By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN Mayor Brian Lim already has nothing going for him except what the national government can download for the city, and I’m talking about the vaccines allocated to the city. Even the earlier press announcement that he was purchasing city’s own vaccines was nothing…
By Al S. Mendoza I am a resident of Quezon City for decades now. I love it here. No reason to whine. Trees all over. Open spaces as wide as the sky. Air still fresh and smells sweet on mornings mostly misty in the non-summer months. It’s our leaders whose…
By Leonardo Micua “DON’T blame the DOH for (the) COVID spike. It’s the DILG. They fumbled their contact tracing efforts.” This was recently posted by Wilson Chua, CEO of the Dagupan-based Bitstop, Inc. in his social media account. He has been analyzing data about the COVID-19 situation in the country,…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano WITH the recent news that one out of three Covid survivors eventually suffer from mental issues, “akubid,” I predict, will soon be part of Pangasinan’s rich vocabulary to refer to someone who is psychologically unstable. Remember the word, “atipus?” Atipus refers to someone…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games which was supposed to be held last July 24 to August 9 was unanimously postponed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headed by its President Thomas Bach and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo together with the President of the…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read on Demic’s page on Facebook that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. I was once walking alone in the wilderness of the Himalayan mountains, when I came across a crowd of homeless…
CAPITOL NEWS THE Provincial Government of Pangasinan celebrated the 441st Founding Anniversary of Pangasinan on April 5 via a Thanksgiving Mass held at the Capitol Plaza here in Lingayen. The Thanksgiving Mass, which was officiated by Rev. Fr. Jijune Herramia of the Epiphany of our Lord Parish – Lingayen, was…
TIGHTER CONTROL AT CITY’S BORDER CHECKPOINTS — Amid reports of rash of positive COVID cases seeking admission in local hospitals, the police started to watch vehicles from NCR+ closely. (Punhphoto by Butch Uka)
IN spite of warning from the Region’s DOH that COVID-19 positives from the National Capital Region (NCR+) cannot enter region’s hospitals bubble without permission from the local IATFs, and despite tight security by the police on all border control points of Pangasinan, many were already accommodated in big hospitals in…
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