THE provincial health officer confirmed that a 14-year-old girl from Bayambang recently died of Japanese encephalitis, a rare kind of mosquito-borne disease. According to PHO chief, Dr. Anna de Guzman, based on her office’s initial investigation, Jasmine Prestoza of Barangay San Vicente, Bayambang was confined for four days at the…
PREPARING for the closure of the open dumpsite, the Dagupan City Waste Management Division (WMD) has launched an information and education campaign on proper waste management starting in the city’s barangays. Teddy Villamil, WMD Consultant, said the campaign is necessary to significantly reduce the daily volume of wastes in the…
LINGAYEN – Measles cases in the province have been dramatically and alarmingly increasing. This is the assessment of the Provincial Health Office citing the 637% or 1,298 cases of measles with 9 deaths from January to July this year is a lot more in contrast with the records from the…
DESPITE low number of dengue cases in Dagupan City, compared to other towns, five barangays in Dagupan City have been placed under dengue-watch owing to recorded high concentration of suspected dengue victims. City Health Officer Dr. Ophelia Rivera identified the barangays as Bonuan Gueset, Caranglaan, Calmay, Binloc, and Pantal. From…
CALASIAO – Flooding in the town will continue because of a still unrepaired dike in Barangay Gabon. According to Freddie Villacorta, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO), “the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed two phases in the construction of dikes from Barangay…
SAYING that only prevention can cure dengue, Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City health officer, recommended not only the adoption of 4S and the 4 o’clock habit but also the cultivation of mosquito repellant plants in backyards and gardens. Rivera told the hearing in the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided by Councilor Jose…
THE provincial government is encouraging Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to get involved in local governance. The invitation was aired during the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Conference on August 9 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center that gathered the top officials and representatives of federated provincial associations of CSOs. CSO…
BUGALLON — “Lubak-lubak, madilim, mabato, maputik,” this was how Lalyn Anchera Pajarito, resident of Salomague Sur described her barangay road on her Facebook post at 10:29 PM of August 8. She wrote that for more than 25 years, the situation never changed. Although there are few streetlights, it’s still dark…
USEFUL BED – A bamboo bed vendor takes a breather on the street with the help of the unsold bed as his cover from the searing heat of the noon sun. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IN Bayambang town, backyard vegetable gardening will be a major source of livelihood! This was assured by Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao who said in a press conference Tuesday during the opening of the four-day Science and Technology Caravan of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Aug. 13 that…
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