Conflict in policies By Leonardo Micua THE recommendation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III for LGUs to still maintain the ban on minors in shopping malls, where they run the risk of infection from COVID-19 is laudible. Children, according to Secretary Duque, are not immune to COVID-10 and they could easily…
FOR BETTER DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY — Governor Amado Espino III (right) and the Department of Information and Communications and Technology (DICT) Secretary Gregorio Honasan II (left) sign the memorandum of agreement that which ensures better information and communication network and digital connectivity in Pangasinan. (PIOphoto by MVS)
VINDICATED AFTER 9 YEARS THE 6th division of the Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Governor and former Fifth District Congressman Amado Espino Jr., former Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, Provincial Housing and Urban Development Coordinator Alvin Bigay and eight others in connection with the alleged black sand mining some nine years ago in Lingayen. Others…
AS of 9 p.m. on December 3, Dagupan City remained a COVID-19 hot spot in Pangasinan with 83 active cases, 16 cases of which are new, with a new twist – the island barangay of Pugaro already leads 30 others barangays in the number of active cases. This brought the…
SAFETY FIRST — DECORP maintenance crew to cut branches and twigs of a tree along the newly elevated Galvan Street in Dagupan City that could cause harm to vendors and shoppers if these touch the electrical wires. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TRANSMISSION of COVID-19 has significantly slowed down in Pangasinan for the past four weeks on account of the strong response by local governments led by Governor Amado Espino III and the cooperation of the people by following all the safety and health protocols prescribed by authorities. This was bared by…
DESPITE MANGATAREM CLASH DESPITE the incursion of communist terrorist into Mangatarem last week, Pangasinan has not lost its insurgency-free status. This was clarified by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, who maintained that the 40 armed men who came from Tarlac and Zambales were driven out by elements of the…
JOINT elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police have terminated their clearing and pursuit operation against the members of New People’s Army in the mountainous areas of Mangatarem town. This was officially announced by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, Pangasinan PNP provincial director, after three days…
A 25-year-old man, a resident of Barangay Tanolong in Bayambang town died while in confinement at the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City. A post on the town’s official Facebook account reported that the fatality, initially underwent RT-PCR test on Nov. 26 and was found negative. The result of…
WANT to see the smallest, cutest aquaculture park in the world? Take a trip to Barangay Tapuac in Dagupan City where Westly Rosario, former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Dagupan center chief resides. Rosario started developing the 500-square-meter lot in his compound at the start of the lockdown…
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