MULTI-TASKING A BANE AFTER the Sangguniang Panlalawigan appealed to local town and city executives to work for the security of tenure of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), the latter also sought a review of their present multi-faceted functions and to seek a more streamlined duties to be more effective. This time,…
COVID UPDATE AS OF APR 22 THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported 430 new confirmed cases in the province for the seven-day period (April 16 – 22) and a high rate of recoveries at 354, but 12 deaths were registered. The update from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) brought the…
DRUMBEATING FOR BANGUS FESTIVAL – The Pandaragupan Tribe makes its presence felt in Barangay Tapuac calling attention to the unheralded 2021 Bangus Festival. Because of seeming inadequate preparations compared to past festivals, suspicion is rife in the city that the Lim administration is hosting a Bulacan Bangus Festival, not the…
STILL THE EPICENTER IN PANGASINAN AS Dagupan City rolls out its plan for the celebration of its Bangus Festival on April 30, nine new COVID-19 cases and one death were reported, effectively raising the number of active cases in the city as of April 22 to 81. While six patients…
ALL TOWNS, CITIES INFECTED AS of April 20, all 48 towns and cities of Pangasinan are already infected with COVID-19. With registered 43 cases, Urdaneta City was moved to the top of the COVID-19 watchlist of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) dislodging Alaminos City with 37 cases as of April…
A clerk in a regional trial court in Tayug town who tested positive for COVID-19 in his antigen test reportedly committed suicide on April 22 in his residence in Barangay Rizal in Natividad town. Crisanto Delos Reyes, 49, shot himself in the head with a cal.38 revolver. Initial police investigation…
THE town of San Manuel became the first local government unit in Pangasinan that received the Seal of Good Education Governance 2020-2021. The seal was awarded during the 14th Washington Sycip National Education Summit for excelling in the delivery of basic education to their constituents amidst the pandemic. Mayor Kenneth…
TOTAL active cases in the whole of Region 1 has risen to 5,154 from 4,443 previous week as 89 more cases were added to the tally last April 20, but officials said the number is still manageable and will not reach the level of cases at the National Capital Region…
SIESTA TIME – A handicraft trader takes a nap at noontime under tree on the shoulder of the Pangasinan-Zambales national highway in Dasol to avoid a heat stroke under the blistering summer sun. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod asked Mayor Brian Lim in a resolution for copies of the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between the Dagupan City Water District and Pamana Water Corporation to shed light on the details for the protection of the water consumers. Resolution No. 7810-2021 authored by Councilor Michael Fernandez and…
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