AMID the rising COVID-19 cases in Dagupan City, Mayor Brian Lim enforced a stricter implementation of health and safety protocols as he revealed that the number of active cases in Dagupan already climbed to 203, the highest ever registered in the city since the contagion began in March last year….
THE Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) entered into by the Dagupan Water District and the Pamana Water Corporation in early December last year was reportedly given the green light by the Department of Justice through the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC). This was disclosed by lawyer Elpidio J. Vega,…
ACCIDENTS DUE TO NON-ENFORCEMENT OF LAW — A motorcycle rider lies on his back after his motorcycle collided with a tricycle along the diversion road in Urdaneta City. The law bans both motorcycles and tricycles from using middle of the highway but the police do not enforce it. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ALL cockpit arenas operating in Lingayen town were ordered closed until further notice. This was contained in the executive order issued by Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil last Thursday to further avert the spread of COVID-19. Specifically, Bataoil’s Executive Order No . 06, series of 2021, titled Reinforcing Health and Safety…
TO CHECK COVID-19 CONTAGION THREE local government units in Pangasinan have reimposed the liquor ban due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in their respective areas since the start of the year. Speaking at the virtual KBP Forum on Wednesday, P/Capt. Arturo Melchior Jr., deputy chief of the community…
THE Provincial Health Office’s expanded targeted mass testing for COVID-19 yielded only 3% positivity rate since it started in May 2020. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, said the rate was determined from the 96,443 tested samples as of January 12, and only 3,270 tested positive. The…
THREE city governments in Pangasinan have decided they will not simply wait for their allocation of vaccines. Dagupan City has set the pace and allotted P10 million to purchase vaccines while the cities of San Carlos and Alaminos are set to allocate their own too for the purchase of vaccines…
COVID-19 spiked anew in Pangasinan, bringing the number of active cases near the threshold of 700 as 355 more new cases were added to the tally, dwarfing the number that recovered from the disease from January 8 to 14, according to the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Records…
SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri recently filed a bill seeking to reclassify the Mangabul Reservation in Bayambang into alienable and disposable land of the public domain for the purpose of redistributing the same to the bonafide and long-term farmers/occupants. A copy of Senate Bill No. 1961 was received by Mayor Cezar T….
FOOD FOR THE FISH – A fishpond worker collects lumot or green algae from a pond in barangay Naguelguel, Lingayen to sell to fish growers. Lumot serves as an alternative food for fish being raised in fishponds. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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