WHILE the province was busy looking after COVID-19 contagion, 935 dengue cases with nine mortalities were recorded to date. Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Anna de Guzman said the deaths could have been caused by the strict community quarantine when the mobility of people is limited and access to transportation is…
ALL eyes in Pangasinan are on Asingan town where two new COVID-19 patients surfaced after the last three remaining cases in Dagupan City recovered last May 15. The two brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan to 41 with 30 recovered and nine died. The two new patients…
MASS TESTING OF 843 THE mass testing in Pangasinan will not achieve its objectives because of the experienced delay in the return of results of submitted tests from the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, the authorized testing center in Region 1. Anna Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, cited…
PANGASINAN continues to have the lowest number of COVID-19 cases compared to other provinces but communities in the province should continue to be more cautious in their exposures in public places today under the relaxed guidelines of the General Community Quarantine. This warning was echoed by P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan,…
TIMELESS PINOY ENGINEERING — A customized farm machinery, locally called pugpog designed to adapt to local agriculture environment, is used by farmers in Lingayen to transport their produce, including newly harvested bamboos. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE provincial government and the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office have agreed on a protocol to be implemented during the General Community Quarantine while employing a stricter border control policy for visitors and residents and stranded visitors. Pangasinan Police Director Redrico A. Maranan, said while the provincial government and the Pangasinan Police…
A SECOND round of mass testing will be launched shortly in Pangasinan days following the first mass testing that covered 843 individuals in previous high-frisk areas for COVID-19 conducted from May 5 to 9. This was bared by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, who said the second wave will be launched…
ASINGAN Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. wrote Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III on May 19 and appealed to Parayno to allow the Asingan residents to purchase foods and medicines and access essential services in Urdaneta. Lopez made the appeal after he received reports from Asingan residents that they were being…
RESIDENTS of Asingan are not being discriminated against or prevented from entering Urdaneta City during the current General Community Quarantine (GCQ), according to Mayor Julio Parayno III of Urdaneta City. This was the assurance of Parayno in response to the appeal of Asingan Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. who had complained about the…
THE provincial government has concluded the first batch of mass testing with 843 collected throat swab specimen including medical frontliners, law enforcers, mild Persons Under Investigation and High Risk Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) in the sixteen “hotspot areas” (the cities and municipalities) with recorded Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the province….
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