MINIMIZING FLOODING IN THE CITY— Dagupan City’s engineering personnel continue their drainage-clearing operations along the commercial district in anticipation of more extended rains in the weeks ahead. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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TO ENSURE BAN OF ENTRY OF HOGS POZORRUBIO–Aside from manning a quarantine checkpoint at the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) exit in Barangay Bobonan here, the local police began monitoring operations of the town’s slaughterhouse and an existing hog farm in Barangay Bantugan last week. The two tasks are in compliance…
Cops secure slaughterhouse, hog farm
AFTER more than ten years of keeping the province polio-free, the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office will launch an enhanced disease surveillance and vaccination for children in the face of a declared polio outbreak in the country. Dra. Anna De Guzman, PHO head, called on local governments and health workers to…
PHO gears up to keep Pangasinan polio-free
THE BIGGEST FOR THE SMALLEST — Pangasinan’s smallest town, Sto. Tomas, hoists the biggest flag measuring 2.43 m. by 3.65 m. on the 15m. high flagpole for the first time last week during the flag ceremony attended by the municipal employees and officials led by Mayor Timoteo Villar III, police officers, teachers and students last September 23…
THE BIGGEST FOR THE SMALLEST
STO. Tomas is the smallest town in land area and population in Pangasinan, but it stood tall again for raising the biggest flag in Pangasinan or possibly in Region 1. Mayor Timoteo Villar III said it was raised on the flagpole for the first time last Monday’s flag ceremony. He…
Biggest flag hoisted in Sto. Tomas
THE provincial government will donate P500, 000 cash assistance to the calamity-stricken victims in Ilocos Norte. The provincial board approved Provincial Resolution No. 150-2019, extending financial assistance during its regular session on September 23 after Ilocos Norte was declared under a state of calamity on August 24 owing to damage…
Pangasinan to donate P500-T for typhoon victims in Ilocos Norte
THE Dagupan City branch of the state-run Social Security System (SSS) is one of the pilot branches that will go on full digitalization to streamline its services and to better serve its members. Jocelyn Lim, officer-in charge assistant branch head of SSS-Dagupan, said investments in new digital technologies were considered…
SSS-Dagupan goes digital
FOURTEEN teachers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) are in Pangasinan for an educational trip. Provincial Administrator Nimrod Camba and Chief Administrative Officer Irmina Francisco led the reception of the foreign educators from the Marianville Secondary School in Bomana, PNG. The group will visit the Binmaley North Elementary School (BNES), Pangasinan…
Capitol welcomes Papua New Guinea teachers
GOODBYE BILAO, HELLO MOTOR – Gone are the days when vegetable vendors walked around communities holding bilaos filled with assorted vegetables. The young vendor moves around in her motorbike in Dagupan’s Bonuan District. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOODBYE BILAO, HELLO MOTOR
IMPORTED MEAT, ASF CARRIER THE chairman of Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) is pushing for strict implementation of a 100 percent inspection of imported processed meat at the port of entry in the country to prevent the spread of African Swine Flu (ASF). Rosendo So said, “Quarantine first because that’s…
