THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution last week strongly urging the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and the Department of Health to convert the Region 1 Medical Center as a “dedicated COVID-19 hospital for the province of Pangasinan.” Authored by Fourth District Board…
THE provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) agreed to place Manaoag town under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) until Sept. 19, Sunday. In a meeting last Sept. 3, the provincial IATF granted the request of Manaoag local government owing to the unusual surge in COVID-19 cases recently. Provincial IATF resolution 07-…
IF you can avoid it, don’t get sick! This was the message that Dr. Ophelia Rivera, COVID-19 focal person in Dagupan City, conveyed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod during the inquiry in aid of legislation on the current status of COVID-19 amid its reported renewed surge blamed to the Delta variant. She…
CAPITOL NEWS THE Provincial Government of Pangasinan under the leadership of Governor Amado I. Espino III donated more than 285,000 copies of Self-Learning Modules (SLMs) to Pangasinan I and II Schools Divisions Office; and Speech Laboratory Equipment (SLEs) three-Schools Division Office (SDO) on September 8. The said program aims to…
DAGUPAN’S NEW TOURISM SITE – The newly restored Home Economics Building of the West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City , renamed as ‘Gen MacArthurs’ Headquarters’ is returned to the school for administration and maintenance for its new added purpose – as a tourism site. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Education (DepEd) Schools’ Division Office in Dagupan City has officially taken over utilization and maintenance of the newly-restored MacArthur Building at the West Central Elementary School last week, September 8. The historical heritage structure, also known as the” Home Economics Building,” was used by American Gen. Douglas…
WITHOUT HEIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS THE upgrading of Dagupan City’s status as General Community Quarantine (GCQ) “without heightened restrictions” prompted questions at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) why Pangasinan’s GCQ was authorized “with heightened restrictions” and Dagupan City was not. The question was raised by Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez in SP’s…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan is keen on asking Gov. Amado Espino III and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) to grant chiefs of provincial government-run hospitals special powers with accompanying accountability in managing crisis situations involving COVID-19 cases in their respective hospitals. The resolution on this matter was filed by Fourth District…
BARANGAY Alibeng in Sison was placed on total lockdown from Sept. 8 to 15 due to surge of COVID-19 cases in the community. This was contained in Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution (IATF) No. 004-2021 approving the request of the barangay council . The resolution said the rise in cases…
THE Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) clarified that vaccination cards cannot be used as passes to enter the province and only SPASS registration is the only way to get in. Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Geraldine Baniqued stressed this in a radio interview on Thursday, September 9. Baniqued said individuals from…
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