LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said a total firecracker ban is in effect in the town following the occurrence of separate fire incidents in at least two barangays during the New Year revelry. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil went to the affected areas in Tonton and Pangapisan North, together with Bureau of Fire…
THE number of persons injured by firecrackers and fireworks display during the New Year’s countdown in Region 1 significantly decreased by 62 percent, with two victims of indiscriminate firing during the New Year revelry. P/Brig. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr also said in his report to the Philippine National Police (PNP)…
THE celebration of New Year in Pangasinan was generally peaceful with only 17 persons reported hurt from December 21 to January 1, although the final count for firecracker-related injuries will still be known on January 5. P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, described the decrease in firecracker- related incidents in…
THE Dagupan City government is set to purchase 10-million worth of COVID-19 vaccines. According to City Mayor Marc Brian Lim, he sent a letter to the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), stating the city’s intent to purchase vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the city’s residents….
THE Police Provincial Office turned over 107 Galil Ace 21 rifles to eight police stations in a bid to boost their firepower in protecting their areas of responsibility from communist terrorists and criminal groups. The rifles were turned over by P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, last December 28 to…
LECHON IS IT, ASF OR NOT — For many households, lechon was still a must to serve and relish during the holiday season amid the African Swine Fever scare and the Jonas Lechon House in Bued, Calasiao was the place to get it. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Liga ng Barangay of Pangasinan was recently rocked by political intrigues as the naming of the successor to the late Jose Peralta due to COVID-19 led to conflicting claims by two groups: One for Edgardo Fontelera, Liga ng Barangay of Pangasinan vice president (Liga president of Dasol town) and…
ANOTHER evidence of local transmission, closer to home, literally. Three brothers in Dagupan City are currently under isolation, after being infected by their father who tested positive earlier and died. The brothers, aged 11, 18, and 19, are all residents of Barangay Bonuan Gueset. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, the city’s COVID-19…
FOR the record, Pangasinan has started year 2021 with 2,826 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 2,377 recovered, and a death toll of 113. And the count started with 54 new confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded in Pangasinan during the first two days of 2021, three on January 1 and 51 on January 2,…
WHILE the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has started the campaign for the early registration of low-income economic households in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) for the issuance of their free national ID (PhilID), most still do not understand what the national ID is about as mandated by Republic Act No….
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