TWO new COVID-19 cases were logged in in Lingayen last week but one died two days before the result of his RT-PCR could be known that he tested positive. The fatality who died on October 12 and didn’t know that he was positive for COVID-19 was a 71-year-old man from…
A 60-year-old man in Lingayen tested positive for COVID-19. A resident of barangay Baay, listed as patient no. 63, was watching for a patient in a hospital, tested positive in his rapid test on October 9, a protocol for hospital watcher. To confirm his situation, he was made to take…
VISITS to the Parasapas Hills, a new and popular tourist destination in San Quintin town, has been suspended effective October 15 to enable the local government to ensure full awareness and compliance of residents and visitors to the health and safety protocols in the area. This was contained in Executive…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Region 1 recently conducted orientation for seven batches of newly-hired contact tracers. This two-day training was for the second and third batch of contact tracers. District 2 residents from Aguilar, Binmaley, Bugallon, Labrador, Lingayen and Mangatarem were trained at the Pangasinan Training…
FARMERS TAKE A BREAK – The tree provides cool shade for the rice farmers in Bugallon town taking a lunch break after planting from early morning till noon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE chairman of a farm industry group Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (Sinag) is urging President Duterte to direct the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allot P36-billion to subsidize the P14 per kilo, farm gate price of palay. Sinag Chair Rosendo So brought to the attention of the President “the dire…
PAMANANG Yaman, Produktong Pangasinan, a series of rolling store marketing activity to help restart the local economy was launched at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen on October 9 to promote marketing efforts of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs as an activity of Abig Pangasinan Recovery Program of the provincial government….
DEMAND FOR GADGETS UP BY 200% THE demand for traditional school supplies in the region has dropped by more than 50-percent because of the blended learning instructions introduced by the Department of Education. According to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 1 Director Grace Baluyan, the demand for ballpens,…
GAWA’D PANGASINAN – A shopper at the SM Center Dagupan walks through the ‘Gawa’d Pangasinan Trade Fair and Exhibit’ that features products of local manufacturers – micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province. The trade fair ends on October 31. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) received a boost amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the staging of the Gawa’d Pangasinan, a trade fair and exhibit being held at the SM Center in Dagupan City, that showcases the products of local manufacturers in the province. Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten of…
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