SAN CARLOS ACTS VS SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES THE San Carlos City government started to implement stringent measures anew last Monday, May 10 to contain the further transmission of the virus after a week of surge in COVID-19 cases. City Information Officer Jhuliano Nazareno said the move will expectedly result…
WITH less than a year before the 2022 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Pangasinan Provincial Office already recorded 76,461 newly-registered voters and counting. This was the latest data bared by Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor. Pangasinan total voters now is 1,962,000. This is expected to…
Pangasinan has 1.96-M voters, still counting

BEATING THE HEAT – Two boys find relief under the scorching sun from a flowing water from an artesian well in the neighborhood. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BEATING THE HEAT
TO ENTER PANGASINAN FROM MECQ AREAS PERSONEL (uniformed and non-uniformed) of the Philippine National Police coming from Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) areas and areas of higher quarantine classification are required to present their negative RT-PCR result taken within 72 hours when they enter the Border Control Points in Region…
PNP personnel told to present negative RT-PCR
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO reported that as of May 10, Monday, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Pangasinan has already benefited 37,098 persons in the province. PHO chief Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman said most of the vaccinated persons were listed in the identified Group A priority group…
37K medical frontliners get COVID-19 jab
THE online vaccine registration developed by the San Carlos City government for its residents was recently activated to determine the vaccine acceptability of San Carlenians. City Information Officer Jhuliano Nazareno said applicants can access the link of the Google form at the Facebook page of San Carlos City Information Office…
San Carlos City activates online vax registration
A 500-kilogram false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) stranded off Colibra Island in Dasol town on May 10 is being treated at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources- Regional Mariculture Technology Demonstration Center in Alaminos City due to injuries and scratches. It is strong but it’s not yet eating, according to…
BFAR treats injured 500-kg false killer whale
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) has warned the public against common diseases during the dry season. It can be recalled that on May 1 this year, the state weather bureau recorded a 51 degree Celsius heat index in Dagupan City, the highest body temperature in the entire country. Dr. Anna…
PHO warns public of heat stroke, sore eyes during summer
THE Mangaldan Rural Health Unit (RHU) recorded a 94.28% of death rate among senior citizens who contracted COVID-19. Dr. Raquel Ogoy, Mangaldan COVID-19 focal person, said the town already listed 35 deaths involving senior citizens infected with COVID-19. Last weekend, the town’s RHU have recorded its two recent deaths. One…
Mangaldan‘s seniors have high COVID-19 death rate

SAVING THE PLANTS, VEGGIES — A municipal worker trains a hose on the plants and vegetables at the town plaza in Lingayen to survive the intense summer heat (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)