ANOTHER breakthrough in health care has arrived in the Philippines and Pangasinenes are among first lucky beneficiaries. Introducing the RxBox, a health companion in a box. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and University of the Philippines-Manila, developed the RxBox to bring…
MALASIQUI–Policemen here knocked on the doors of some residents, not for the dreaded Oplan Tokhang anti-drug campaign, but to give red roses to the ladies on Valentine’s Day to spread love. P/Chief Inspector Dennis Balitoc, deputy police chief, said it was P/Superintendent Cirilo Acosta Jr., chief of police, who initiated…
ALAMINOS CITY—Two of three fishermen who went to fish in the West Philippine Sea on January 31 on board two fishing boats have not returned home and are still missing, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) reported. OCD Region 1 Director Melchito Castro told newsmen in Alaminos City on Feb….
MANGALDAN—The barangay workers in four towns and one city in the Fourth District got their wishes on Valentine Day. Rep. Christopher de Venecia delivered various equipment they had wished for to help them in their work. Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Child Development Workers (CDWs) received 168 units of blood…
NO INCREASE IN PENSION FOR WWII VETS GIVEN the fast depleting number of World War II veterans, Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil expressed hope that his bill seeking to increase the old age pension of veterans, from the current P5,000 a month to P20,000 a month, is approved this year and included…
Coney Niebres Bunagan 19 Feb 2018 Till now po ba meron pa po sa SM Rosales? San po banda dun?
Jesse Delfin 17 Feb 2018 “Tokhang merely establishes the identities of known drug pushers and users via civil police visit in their homes.” So, if the police know that these are drug pushers and users, why not arrest them??? Otherwise, this is just police harassment of citizens, which apparently…
BOOMING TALABA INDUSTRY – Jesus Purugganan of Sitio Tococ, Lucao checks the sizes of ‘talaba’ in his oyster farm due for harvest on the first week of March. He is among the 15 ‘talaba’ growers who received free bamboos and rubber strips from the city as livelihood assistance of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez…
HAPPY OCCASION – Four students of a Catholic school in Dagupan happily show off the crosses drawn with ash on their foreheads on the occasion of Ash Wednesday ritual. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
VALENTINE DUTY –- Dagupan policemen farm out to the city streets to give roses randomly to ladies on the street on Valentine’s Day. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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