AFTER seven months, the road clearing operations in all towns and cities as ordered by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) have resumed. Paul Lalata, DILG Pangasinan provincial director, said the road operations officially started on November 16 and will continue through January 15, 2021 for validation. Lalata…
ANOTHER P100,000 has been added to the P200,000 reward being offered by a group of businessmen in eastern Pangasinan for vital information that could lead to the speedy arrest of perpetrators in the gun slay of a local journalist on Nov. 10 in Villasis. Local businessman Rosendo So, representing the…
Another P100K reward offered for Maganes killers’ capture
RUSHING 2021 CITY BUDGET — Dagupan Vice Mayor Bryan Kua listens in on the discussion of the city councilors on the annual budget of the Dagupan City government during a recess inside the session hall. In photo are Councilors Chito Samson, Marvin Fabia, Cisco Flores, Karlos Reyna and SP Secretary Ryan…
RUSHING 2021 CITY BUDGET
TYPHOON Ulysses’ strong winds and rainfall caused P26 million in damages to both agriculture and infrastructure in 20 towns and 46 barangays in Pangasinan. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ((PDRRMO) reported 476 families or 1,806 individuals were moved to evacuation centers and higher grounds as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal…
‘Ulysses’ left P26-M damage in Pangasinan
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has been cited as the best police provincial office in the region after receiving the highest rating for unit performance in 2020 by the Police Regional Office. According to Police Colonel Redrico Maranan, Pangasinan provincial director, his command was given a converted total rating of…
Pangasinan PPO cited as region’s best in performance
MISSION TO CAGAYAN — Members of the Pangasinan Rescue team collect the donations from Dagupan City residents intended for the flood victims in Cagayan province to form part of the humanitarian mission organized by the Espino provincial administration. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MISSION TO CAGAYAN
A convoy of 24 vehicles, including 10-wheeler dump trucks, left the capitol compound in Lingayen at 11 p.m. on Thursday for their day-long journey to Cagayan to deliver their loads of food and essential goods as part of the Oplan Tulong Kapatid organized by Governor Amado Espino III. The convoy was…
Pangasinan humanitarian mission leaves for Cagayan
THE Department of Education-Dagupan City Division sees no reason to conduct an academic nor a semestral freeze. Dagupan City Division OIC Superintendent Aguedo Fernandez said teachers and students under her jurisdiction are already able to adapt to the requirements and the city was not directly affected by recent typhoons that…
DepEd Dagupan: No to academic freeze
HEALTH authorities in San Carlos City were baffled how the 44th confirmed COVID-19 case in San Carlos City was infected. The City Information Office said the 17-year-old girl, resident of Barangay Naguilayan, had no travel history to or from outside the province since the pandemic begun. The patient has a…
Contact-tracing for COVID-19 patient faces blank wall
RISKY PALAY DRYING AT THE HIGHWAY — Farm workers do what they’ve been doing for decades – lining up their harvested palay on the cemented shoulder of the highway in Mangatarem. The practice is illegal since it poses danger to both motorists and farmers but no local government has enforced the law. (Punchphoto by…