SAN CARLOS City Mayor Julier Resuello has threatened to impose a city-wide lockdown if the spike in COVID cases in the city continues owing to continued disregard of health and safety protocols. In his Facebook live video message to city residents on May 5, Resuello expressed dismay that the city…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), in an unprecedented move, declared the P193,756,372. annual budget of a town, Bani, for calendar year 2021 as “inoperative in its entirety”. This was contained in a resolution sponsored by SP Members Noel Bince, Donabel Fontelera and Margielo Humilde-Verzosa and co-sponsored by Shiela Perez-Galicia, Jerome Espino…
SP declares Bani’s 2021 budget “inoperative”

LACK OF RESPECT FOR NATIONS IS NOT PINOY CULTURE — The owner of the motorbike with plate no. AD 66448 must think he was being cute and different by using the USA flag to cover his unit against the elements. This is a shameful mindset that flags of other nations can be used…
LACK OF RESPECT FOR NATIONS IS NOT PINOY CULTURE
SOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING YOUTHS THE Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Barangay Malued in Dagupan City launched an advocacy campaign contest creating more awareness on social issues affecting youths via mural painting. SK Malued chair Jonarch Aquino Jr. said that the project seeks to engage the youths in creating awareness on mental…
SK Malued’s mural paintings get residents’ support
SLOW CONTACT-TRACING, SWAB TESTS THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) was urged by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to direct towns and cities to step up in their contact-tracing and swab testing capabilities because of reports that there are still many persons under investigation (PUIs) freely moving around, unaware that they are…
SP warned of contagion from PUIs
ONLY 33 LGUs IMPLEMENTING THE provincial government is looking forward to more towns and cities to implement the S-Pass, an online travel management system approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Oro, a…
Pangasinan’s S-Pass still in transition
BANI Mayor Gwen Palafox-Yamamoto recently tested positive for COVID-19. In her official Facebook page, Yamamoto said it was on the night of May 3 when the result of her RT-PCR test showed she was positive of the virus. She said it’s been a year that she’s ensuring the safety of…
Bani mayor tests positive for COVID
DUE TO LOWER CONTAGION RATE? THE province’s isolation facilities have only seen an average 8.4-percent occupancy rate, according to the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force. This was revealed last Monday by Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Rhodyn Oro during the question hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. He said…
Occupancy rate of isolation facilities on 8.4%

FRESH BANGUS IN COMMUNITY PANTRY — Different religious groups belonging to the St John the Evangelist Cathedral Parish in Dagupan City have included fresh bangus in their community pantry in addition to eggs, and vegetables for free distribution. The pantry is located beside the church. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FRESH BANGUS IN COMMUNITY PANTRY
TO determine the vaccine acceptability of eligible residents of San Carlos City, the city health office (CHO) is conducting a survey while waiting for the next allocation of vaccines to arrive. In his Facebook live message on Wednesday, Mayor Julier Resuello announced that a team is gathering data in barangays…