DECEMBER 4-10 UPDATE THIRTY-one persons and 28 close contacts of COVID-19 patients in the province were infected over the December 4 to 10 period according to a province-wide monitoring conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said the newly 31 infected persons only shows that COVID-19…
“I AM your big brother who you can count on.” This was the terse message of P/Colonel Ronald Gayo shortly upon assumption of his new assignment as the new Pangasinan Police Provincial director last December 5. He took over from P/Colonel Redrico Maranan who served as provincial director of the…
SHORTLY after P/Colonel Ronald Valdez Gayo was installed as the new provincial director, vice P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, he didn’t waste time in issuing initial orders to police stations in the province, particularly, his plan to intensify campaign against illegal drugs. In his first command conference, Gayo ordered the chiefs of…
THE mayor of Binalonan town issued an executive order placing specifically homes of two families in the town under extreme enhanced community quarantine (EECQ) effective Dec. 17 due to new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in their households. In his Executive Order No. 69, Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. said new COVID-19…
CROSSING DAGUPAN’S “AURORA BOREALIS” – Two boatmen calmly paddle under the Quintos Bridge towards the light reflection from the bridge while residents are busy themselves with selfies and groufies for Facebook and Instagram. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SIX families in Sitio Sagur in Barangay Pugaro in Dagupan City have been placed on lockdown since December 8 after a surge in active cases was reported in the island village. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, COVID-19 focal person in Dagupan, said the lockdown was effected after Sitio Sagur was classified as critical or…
THE Rosales Police reported that one barangay and several households in three other barangays are currently on lockdown in the town since December 9 due to increased number of active COVID-19 cases to 21. Rosales currently ranks second in the COVID-19 watch list of the Provincial Health Office trailing Dagupan…
RESIDENTS of Sual launched a signature campaign strongly opposing the plan of the local government to avail of a P750-million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). In a letter dated Nov. 23, 2020 to Cecilia Borromeo, chief executive officer of LBP, Estelita Cabanayan, federation president of Ugnayan…
IMPROVING POSO SERVICE – Traffic enforcers, from the Dagupan City’s Public Order and Safety Office (POSO), one of the most visible frontliners in the city, pay close attention to the presentation and discussion on Service Excellence. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AFTER delivering truckloads of relief goods under the Oplan: Tulong Kapatid to flooded Cagayan and Isabela, both ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses, the Pangasinan government donated P1 million to each as financial assistance to the provinces of Albay and Catanduanes devastated earlier by Typhoon Rolly. The financial assistance to Albay and…
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