HERE’S the good news as of last week. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dagupan continues to drop with only 91 active cases as of February 11, from 149 last February 4 – a significant drop of 48 cases over a week’s period. Dagupan’s Public Information Office reported that…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) confirmed the arrest of three suspects behind the ambush and attempted murder of former Congressman Amado Espino Jr. in San Juan, Batangas last February 7. P/Colonel Ronald Valdez Gayo, PPPO director, said Albert Bataan Palisoc, Benjie Lantonio Resultan and Armando Frias y Mangrobong, considered…
POLICE have declared the ambush case of former governor and 5th District Representative Amado T. Espino Jr. as ‘partially closed’. This was the view shared by Police Regional Director Brigadier General Emmanuel B. Peralta and Pangasinan Provincial Director Colonel Ronald Gayo in a press conference held at the Basista Training…
EVEN as the number of COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan continues to decrease, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has not stopped prodding local governments to adopt the zone containment strategy in areas where there is one, two or more confirmed cases to prevent further spread of the virus to healthy residents. During the…
ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH PROTOCOLS — Uniformed police personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station make the rounds in the business district reminding pedestrians to wear both face masks and face shields, not just face masks. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao).
TRICYCLE ROUTE PLAN 2021-2022 THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution adopting the Tricycle Route Plan 2021-2022 in compliance with the Memorandum Circular of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The resolution, authored by Councilor Karlos Reyna, chairman on the committee on Transportation and Public Utilities, and…
OMINOUS CLOSURE FOR PMVIC? – The Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Center in Dagupan City closed for the celebration of Chinese New Year. But whether it will continue operating after President Duterte announced that the new inspection policy is no longer mandatory, remains to be seen. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE liquor ban in Calasiao has been lifted effective Feb. 9 based on the executive order issued by the town mayor. Executive Order No. 27 signed by Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon has lifted the ban on the sale, distribution and consumption of liquor and other alcoholic beverages after noting the…
CABINET Secretary Karlo Nograles, co-chair of the COVID-19 Interagency Task Force (IATF), said there is a big dependence on the local government units (LGUs) for the success of the vaccination program. Nograles, who was in Dagupan City on Feb. 11 for the Presidential Communications Operations Office Roadshow, said “the vaccine…
A PROVINCIAL board member is set to ask the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF) to temporarily close and ban the operations of cockpit arenas in the province. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario is keen on recommending the measure to ward off the…
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