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March 2021

Random Thoughts

By | Opinion, Random Thoughts

What holds for Dagupan’s garbage? By Leonardo Micua   THE closure of the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for various violations of environmental laws and specifically for converting itself into a mere open dumpsite, inevitably put not only booming Urdaneta City that owns the…

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Random Thoughts

FRONTLINERS OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS’ TURN

By | Headlines, News, Punch Gallery

FRONTLINERS OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS’ TURN – The medical frontliners working in private hospitals in Dagupan City await their turn at the Dagupan Astrodome to have their vaccination from the City Health Office vaccination team.  It’s the first known non-hospital-based vaccination in the region. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

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FRONTLINERS OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS’ TURN

Inter-regional buses resume before Mar. 28

By | Headlines, News, Punch Gallery

PANGASINAN TO NCR VIA BOCAUE INTER-regional bus transport’s point to point (P2P)operations from selected towns and cities in Pangasinan to Bocaue, Bulacan, a jump off point to Metro Manila, may soon be available before March 28 this year. Land Transportation Franchising  and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Director Nasrudin Talipasan gave the…

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Inter-regional buses resume before Mar. 28

Only minimal side effects of vaccines – DOH Sec. Duque

By | Headlines, News

REPORTED adverse effects following immunization among those already inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines was only one to one point five percent (1 to 1.5%), according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. In an interview with the local media during his visit on March 12 at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC)…

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Only minimal side effects of vaccines – DOH Sec. Duque

By March 16, 2021Headlines, News

Bani‘s forgotten “13 revolutionary martyrs”

By | Headlines, News, Punch Gallery

AS residents of Bani town routinely went to church last Sunday, little did they know or remember that a fierce battle took place in the area 123 years ago that Filipino revolutionaries won against superior Spanish forces. Sadly, only a desecrated and worn-out marker across the church in Bani town…

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Bani‘s forgotten “13 revolutionary martyrs”

Urdaneta sanitary landfill operations stopped

By | Headlines, News

WASTE PROBLEMS EXPECTED TO WORSEN THE garbage problem in Pangasinan is expected to further deteriorate following the closure on March 5 of the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill (USFL) in Barangay Catablan for various violations of environmental laws. Environmental Management Bureau Regional Director Dorica Naz-Hipe and Provincial  Environment and Natural Resources Officer Maximo Soriano…

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Urdaneta sanitary landfill operations stopped

By March 15, 2021Headlines, News