DUE to increasing COVID-19 cases, persons coming from the National Capital Region and high-risk areas will need to present their negative RT-PCR result with three days validity when going home to Bani town effective April 9. Bani Mayor Gwen Palafox-Yamamoto added that that they also need to present their proof…
SUAL town has extended the temporary closure of all its municipal beaches, tourism destinations and establishments till April 11 this year to prevent any more COVID-19 positive cases in the town. This was provided in the executive order No. 11 signed on April 6 by Mayor Liseldo Calugay, following his…
Sual extends beach closure to prevent COVID-19
DESPITE the continuing ravage of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities are also monitoring usual ailments that surface during the summer season in the Philippines. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, however, said despite several instances where the province of Pangasinan reached ‘dangerous’ levels of heat index, no cases of…
PHO warns public of summer illnesses
POPULAR HOUSEHOLD TOOL –– A man transports his newly made ‘walis tambo’, a broom made of dried stalks and flowers of grass locally known as tambo, to suppliers in Sta. Barbara. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
POPULAR HOUSEHOLD TOOL
THE (OIC) Region 1 director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said there is nothing to be concerned about the swarming of worms seen on a shallow part of a beach in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur as there had also been similar happenings in the coastal towns of…
Swarming of worms on a beach, means they are reproducing
BARGAIN SALE IN THE STREETS — Two enterprising young men hawk their mattresses and reclining seat along the Malasiqui-Villasis road with a deal hard to beat – get them on installment terms. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BARGAIN SALE IN THE STREETS
MORE Filipino children from far-flung and hard-to-reach areas in Luzon will soon be able to taste and benefit from local carabao’s milk. San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is partnering with carabao cooperatives to boost their incomes by providing milk for government’s nationwide milk feeding program utilizing its new packaging solution that…
SMC starts sterilized cara-milk production for malnourished kids
IT’S never too late even for the 84-year-old former five-time Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr and wife Manay Gina who decided to get their first dose of their COVID-19 jab on Tuesday at the People’s Astrodome in Dagupan City. To the amusement of onlookers, JDV, who served as Rep. of…
JDV, 84, gets COVID jab
SAN Quintin Mayor Clark Cecil Tiu became the first Pangasinan mayor who took his spot to be vaccinated on April 7 and its video was uploaded live. “Bakunado na po ako. Yes na yes. Bakuna pa more. COVID no more,” read the caption of his photos showing him during his…
Two mayors got their first jabs
CONCRETE ARTIFICIAL REEF PROJECT LAUNCHED IN AGNO. Another component activity of the Abig Pangasinan socio-recovery program, the Concrete Artificial Reef Project launched in Agno aims to provide livelihood opportunities to fisherfolks in the locality, support marine life protection and food protection. Left photo shows the deployment of 45 concrete artificial…