PEOPLE never seem to learn and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is incensed at the reported high number of patients treated in various hospitals around Pangasinan for injuries from firecrackers during the New Year celebration. Monitoring will continue until today, January 6, but as of January 4, there were already…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City will be undergoing major expansion with the construction of a P1.6-billion earthquake-proof, 11-storey building complete with a helipad beginning within the first half of this year. Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia, RIMC chief, said the project is funded by the national government…
CALM AFTER THE FIREWORKS—The Calmay River in Dagupan City provides a tranquil scene, viewed from the De Venecia Highway Extension, during the first sunset of 2013 after all the noise and smoke from the New Eve’s revelry have died down. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
WITH the national government spending P1.6 billion for the expansion of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) based in Dagupan City, what’s the need for building a P40-million city-run hospital? None, says Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia, R1MC chief. “I am speaking as a private citizen now but my opinion is…
URDANETA CITY—A grass fire at around 5:30 in the afternoon of December 31 in Barangay Nancayasan along McArthur Highway here alarmed residents with its huge flame and smoke. It was not determined whether the blaze was set off by a firecracker but Fire Officer 1 Franklin Corpuz, a fire arson…
ALAMINOS CITY—Three people were arrested by the police in Barangay Baleyadaan here last January 2 for cutting down a half a century old Narra tree. Superintendent Armando Muena, police chief, identified the suspects as Gilbert Reynosa, 50, married, resident of the barangay, Gilbert Bain, 35, married, and Benjie Lalosin, 34,…
DAGUPAN City received last month the Pinnacle of Excellence Award from the Department of Health for its program against tuberculosis. Dr. Aurora Cuison, head of the City Health Office’s Directly Observed Treatment System (DOTS), said apart from the hall of fame award for the city’s TB initiatives, five employees manning…
FLOODING IN CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT THE upgrade of roads in the business district of Dagupan City is among the top priorities for this year of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) second engineering district to address the perennial flooding in the area during high tide and continuous rains….
FISHPOND operators in the bangus-producing areas in Pangasinan seem to be finally learning to follow the right methods of cultivation with no incidents of fishkill reported in 2012. Nestor Domenden, regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) based in Dagupan City, said the reported fishkill in…
ADOPTED CLASSMATE—Dagupan City National High School Batch 1982 presents to Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez the class’ resolution making her an ‘Adopted Classmate’ and its plaque of appreciation in recognition of her support to the school’s projects and development. With the vice mayor are former city councilors Atty. Joey Tamayo (white shirt)…
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