WHAT SOCIAL DISTANCING? – Lax enforcement of established protocol for Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in Dagupan City finds families taking a breather from the summer heat by swimming at the Pantal River by the De Venecia Extension Highway in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE provincial government’s halfway house in Sta. Barbara sent home its sixth COVID-19 survivor on April 21. The sixth COVID-19 survivor, a 66-year-old female from Malasiqui stayed at the halfway since April 14 to complete her remaining quarantine period after testing negative twice at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. She received…
6th COVID-19 survivor leaves Halfway House
PANGASINAN Police warned the local officials to strictly follow the protocol of the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) being implemented in the province or face arrest. The stern warning was issued by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, in compliance with order of PNP Chief Archie…
PNP warns: Strictly follow EECQ protocols
THE death of a San Carlos City resident with a suspected case of COVID-19 was recorded by the by government last April 18, the city’s second death case. In its Facebook post, the City Information Office said a 56-year-old woman from Barangay San Pedro Taloy was rushed to Pangasinan Provincial…
San Carlos City records 2nd suspected Covid-19 death
THE clergy of the Archdiocese of Lingayen- Dagupan donated to the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) one unit of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment for the detection of the COVID-19 virus. With the donated equipment, the BGHMC hopes to test an additional 360 cases daily. BGHMC is…
Archdiocese donates PCR to Baguio General Hospital
THE Pangasinan Contractors Association through Engr. Carlito Dion has funded the construction of the Emergency Quarantine Facility, as an extension of the Sta. Barbara Halfway House. Provincial Engineer Antonieta Delos Santos said the construction of the emergency facility is expected to be completed by this week. Provincial Health Officer Anna…
Additional quarantine facility in Sta. Barbara Half-way House
THE rate of Index Crimes in the province has decreased drastically since the implementation of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine a month ago. Latest statistics coming from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office show only 30 recorded index crimes from March 15 to April 16, as compared to 176 index crimes…
Index Crimes in Pangasinan decrease
NEW NORMAL – Barangay folk in Lingayen town no longer need to go to the town’s public market because the local government has introduced the mobile market program that brings sellers and vendors to the barangays on scheduled days like the vendor who displays his fresh meat products in front…
NEW NORMAL
LEAVE it to the young to teach their elders about full transparency in governance. The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) council of Barangay Magtaking in San Carlos City was lauded for its report providing a complete list with prices of the relief items distributed in its Facebook post. Netizens cited the post…
San Carlos City SK lauded for transparency in relief ops
FOR REAL PROPERTY TAXES THE provincial board directed the extension of deadline to avail of the 20 percent discount for payment of current real property taxes to from March 31 to May 31, 2020. Third District Board Member Angel Baniqued Jr, author of the ordinance, cited as premise the Provincial…