STILL NO CITY BARANGAY DRUG-CLEARED IF Dagupan residents are wondering why none of their 31 barangays have been declared drug-cleared, Dagupan police chief P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr. attributed it to the new and added requirement of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA): All drug surrenderers must be made to undergo…
DENGUE already claimed two lives and afflicted 563 persons in Pangasinan over the period January 1 to February 24, 2020, making it more alarming than the near pandemic COVID-19 in Pangasinan. In contrast, according to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna Ma. Theresa De Guzman, COVID-19 so far registered a national…
SOME 1,342 persons suffered from acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and five have already died during the period January 1 to February 24 this year, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The number of victims recorded was however 11 percent lower than the 1,550 cases and eight deaths recorded for the same…
THE provincial government is partnering with the towns of Mangatarem and Aguilar in preparing a support plan for the still uncompleted Daang Kalikasan and Daang Katutubo. Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Officer Maria Luisa Elduayan said the two towns were designated by a newly formed provincial advisory council to spearhead the…
CONTRA-COVID-19 — A local health worker uses a thermal scanner to check the body temperature of people entering the Lingayen public market as another worker provides alcohol to others. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Court of Appeals (CA) Special Eighth Division denied the appeal of a labor arbiter and his cousin, an Ombudsman graft investigator, to reverse a Sandiganbayan decision that found them guilty of direct bribery after a failed attempt to extort a former governor here and his son. In its ruling…
THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Pangasinan warned the public against members of a syndicate posing as census takers. Ferdinand Jucutan, focal person of 2020 census on population and housing in Pangasinan, said there are robbers reportedly taking advantage of the announced plan of government to conduct a census on population and…
PARA SA BATA, PARA SA BAYAN TO boost the education program of the Lingayen government, the town’s vice mayor has reiterated the appeal to residents to donate more books for the “Para sa Bata, Para sa Bayan” project at the Lingayen Public Library. Vice Mayor Judy Vargas- Quiocho said donated…
BARANGAY chairmen in the province have been told to hold first quarterly barangay assemblies and deliver their respective State of the Barangay Address (SOBA) based on the guidelines set in the Memorandum Circular 2020-041. Provincial director Paulino Lalata Jr. of the Department of Interior and Local Government said the SOBA…
THE Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod (SP) is considering a proposed ordinance regulating the speed of ambulances rushing patients to different hospitals in the city. On a motion of Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, SP invited P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr., chief of police of Dagupan, last week for his comments. Mangelen said…
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