NO HEALTH DOCUMENTS THE Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) of Dagupan City turned away three persons who obviously had traveled from the National Capital Region (NCR) plus bubble at the border control checkpoint in Barangay Tebeng in the city on Wednesday but failed to produce the required health documents….
THE municipality of Sto. Tomas was cited anew by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police as the lone drug-unaffected town in Pangasinan. PDEA Provincial Officer Dexter Asayco, joined by P/Col. Ronald Gayo, provincial police director, led the awarding of certificate to the Sto. Tomas government…
Sto. Tomas, still Pangasinan’s only drug-unaffected town
THERE have been 41 persons who committed suicide in the province during the first quarter of 2021. P/Major Arthur Melchor, public information officer of Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), said issue of rising suicide cases was raised in the recently-held virtual meeting of all police chiefs in the province. The…
Pangasinan PNP records 41 suicide cases to date
THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded 22,000 persons already received their vaccines against COVID-19. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said as of Thursday, April 15, around 21,981 individuals were already inoculated: 18,000 individuals were inoculated with Sinovac vaccine, while the 4,000 were inoculated with the British-made…
Province’s 22k frontliners, seniors vaccinated
POSITIVE CASES FROM NCR+ IN DAGUPAN CITY THE number of active COVID-19 cases significantly decreased from 711 last week to 540 as of 6:00 p.m. on April 15. The drop, however, is being attributed largely to the increasing number of patients recovering from the infection at 466, over the 281…
New active 281cases reported amid fears of surge
WHAT PANDEMIC? — A young boy shows his catch using beach seine (kalokor) by the Lingayen beach which continues to be a major source of food and livelihood for fisherfolk in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WHAT PANDEMIC?
WHILE Region 1 remained under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) up to April 30, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded in the region has already ballooned to 12,652. This as 170 more new active cases were registered: 55 in Pangasinan, 27 in La Union; 44 in Ilocos Sur, 8…
Region 1’s confirmed COVID cases: 12,652
THERE are still more than 100 beds available for COVID-19 patients in Dagupan if a surge in the number of confirmed cases continues. This was reported to the Sangguniang Panlungsod on April 13 by City Councilor Celia Lim in reaction to reports that the isolation facilities in Dagupan are already overflowing with patients…
Dagupan’s isolation facilities can admit more patients, say
THERE are 102 police personnel in full battle gear from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion that arrived in Pangasinan on April 14 to beef up forces manning the 20 border control points into Pangasinan. P/Major Arturo Melchor Jr., information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO), said the deployment was…
102 policemen beef up security in border control points
THE Sison municipal government here belied malicious reports that the town will be placed on lockdown. Through its Facebook page on Monday, the local government branded the news circulating on social media about planned lockdown of the whole town as fake and malicious. In refuting the fake news, the Sison…