LONE COVID-19 CASE RECOVERS THE lockdown in Barangay Poblacion, Laoac was lifted on April 25 after its lone confirmed COVID-19 case turned negative of the virus after her 16-day home quarantine. Mayor Ricardo Balderas lifted the lockdown at 12:01 a.m. on April 10 after the 33- year-old female health worker…
THE island town of Anda’s strict implementation of the lockdown for Enhanced Community Quarantine has resulted in positive results: It is COVID-19 free. Mayor Joganie Rarang told The PUNCH that his town has not recorded a single case of COVID-19 since the lockdown was strictly implemented to the extent that…
THANK YOU FRONTLINERS – A corkboard inside the Region 1 Medical Center displays the many cards, notes and drawings of children expressing their gratitude to the doctors, nurses and aides for their time, courage and sacrifice for Covid-19 patients’ care and healing. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE San Carlos City government breathed a sigh of relief when family members of the police officer assigned in Camp Crame in Quezon City who tested positive of COVID-19, tested negative. The City Information Office confirmed in a statement that the wife, mother and father of the police officer who…
SOME 74 persons stranded and billeted in tents in Rosales town along the provincial boundary of San Manuel, Tarlac that were unable to enter the province and return to Metro Manila for the past 3 weeks have been receiving food and medical assistance from various local governments, Department of Social…
CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED CASES THE Dagupan City government will pay for costs of burial or cremation of persons confirmed or suspected to have died of COVID-19 if the family of the deceased is indigent. This was contained in the resolution passed by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) during its special session…
THE Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Lingayen campus recently conducted its own fund raising to help frontliners with their work in barangays. According to Dra. Liza Quimson, Executive Director, Open University Systems, the fund raising netted P80,000 and were used to purchase personal protective equipment (masks and shields), and various food items…
INCREASING OCCURENCE THE need for vigilance to keep seas free of plastic debris was underscored after a 12-kilogram female Olive Ridley sea turtle collected in San Fabian eventually died with no known cause, only with the suspicion that it died due to plastic ingestion. It was buried at the Fish…
NEW ‘NORMAL’ SUMMER – The lifeguard at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan watches out for anyone who might attempt to violate the total lockdown of the beach because it is the time of the year when the beach is usually crowded. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SOME P20 million of fish (bangus, malaga, talakitok and others) died in a fish kill that happened starting April 24 in the rivers in Barangays Calmay, Lomboy, Salapingao, Pugaro and Bonuan Gueset starting April 25. “Masyadong maliit ang P20 million, sir,” said fish farmers who came to The PUNCH before deadline to…
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