FILIPINO-Chinese business owners and their employees in Dagupan City have started to receive their COVID-19 jabs last week after the Dagupan-Pangasinan Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DPFCCCII) received 1,990 vaccines procured by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers Of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). Atty. Edward Cham,…
COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Region 1, putting heavy pressure on existing health care facilities that include Intensive Care Units and ward beds of government and private hospitals, as well as isolation beds of LGU-managed facilities. The July 12 data released by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 1) confirmed…
Higher health care bed utilization in Region 1 seen
THE Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) may soon require anew inbound visitors to Pangasinan to secure a travel authority before entering the province to mitigate the spike of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. In an interview, Provincial Health Officer (PHO) and Provincial IATF member Dr. Anna de Guzman cited…
Prov’l IATF may require travel authority anew
THE president of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) was suspended for three months from July 9 to October 8, 2021 by the Ombudsman as a result of a case filed against him three years ago by one of his professors for simple neglect of duty. This was confirmed in a…
PSU president suspended anew
KISS OF DEATH BERNARDO Alvarez, 61, the renowned ‘Boy Ahas’ from Barangay Lanas, Mangaldan town, died after receiving death’s kiss from a cobra he recently caught on Friday, July 9. Investigation of the Mangaldan Police shows Alvarez was called by residents when a Philippine Cobra was spotted in their area….
‘Boy Ahas’ dies after cobra bite
PROVINCIAL Assistant Veterinarian Jovito Tabarejos reminded the townsfolks of Malasiqui to be responsible pet owners after they had their pets vaccinated with anti-rabies during the Veterinary Medical Mission on July 7. The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVET) brought free veterinary services that included anti rabies vaccination, deworming, vitamins, castration…
OPVET campaigns for responsible pet ownership
JABS FOR GUANZON COMPANIES – Employees of the Guanzon Group of Companies (GGC) get inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines that the company procured, after donating 1,000 doses and P200,000.00 worth of medical supplies to the Dagupan City government. A memorandum of agreement between the company and the city government was signed by GGC…
JABS FOR GUANZON COMPANIES
FARMLANDS WITHOUT NIA IRRIGATION THE San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) ceased its power production completely starting Saturday, July 17. This was confirmed by Engr. Cipriano Yabut, chief of the Agno-Sinocalan and San Fabian River Irrigation System (RIS) under the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), through a phone call on Friday afternoon,…
San Roque dam halts power production, farmlands
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution urging the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) to grant a grace period or moratorium for poor consumers who cannot pay their three-month dues owing to the present economic hardships brought about by the pandemic by suspending disconnection of their electricity. The resolution authored…
Dagupan SP asks Decorp for moratorium
MEMBERS of the transport group Alliance of United Transport Organization Provincewide (AUTOPRO) – Pangasinan are set to meet this week to finalize their petition for a two-peso increase in jeepney minimum fare. Bernard Tuliao, AUTOPRO-Pangasinan president, said the two-peso fare hike petition to the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB)…