2020, a wet, pandemic year By Leonardo Micua WE were lucky to be spared by Typhoon Pepito that lashed out in some areas in Regions II and III and IV-A (Quezon). But it’s too early to rejoice. According to PAGASA, there will be from five to eight typhoons more that will visit…
STILL, OLD CHRISTMAS NORMAL—A couple looks at colorful parols on display that they can hang outside their home to help buoy the traditional Christmas spirit in their neighborhood amid the pandemic. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COVID-19 CONTAGION AFTER a week of what appeared to be a positive development in the provincial government’s war vs. COVID-19, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) logged 186 newly confirmed active patients, five of whom died. Last week’s new cases were only 137. The only mitigating factor over the week was…
DAGUPAN CITY COVID-19 CASES DAGUPAN City has registered the highest death toll for COVID-19 in Pangasinan to date. As of 9 p.m. on October 22, the city of Dagupan already registered 17 deaths from COVID-19 infection, three are believed to be members of a Filipino-Chinese family with a business shop…
VACCINE FOR MEASLES – Family members put their hands together to calm down their baby as the vaccine is administered on her by a nurse at the clinic for the government’s Chikiting Ligtas, ang bakuna ay kontra sa Tigdas program. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
STA. BARBARA is no longer ranked as having the second highest number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan but Lingayen. As of October 22, the tally of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) shows Lingayen behind Dagupan in the number of COVID-19 cases at 31 as of 6 p.m. on October…
THE Lingayen government, headed by Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, is considering a localized lockdown in some barangays due to increasing number of residents that tested positive for COVID-19. Lingayen is among the five towns in the province with the highest number of COVID-19 cases — with 31 recorded cases, according to…
SOME 1,526 local residents in the province were swabbed during the four-day aggressive community mass testing conducted by the National Task Force of the Inter-Agency Task Force in the Management of Infectious Disease (IATF), in partnership with the Pangasinan provincial government from October 19 to 22. Pangasinan was one of…
REMEMBERING LOLO BEFORE NOV. 1 – The two sisters remember to honor their grandfather at the memorial park in Dagupan City before it closes this week in compliance with IATF protocol for All Souls Day. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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