By Atty. Farah G. Decano THE rapid increase in Covid cases is now resulting in a spiked demand for expert medical attention. Doctors, nurses, medical technologists, radiologists and other health care workers (HCWs) are overwhelmed by the influx of patients. They are, either, dying, getting sick, or psychologically drained. …
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER one week of rest and treatment of the bruises he sustained in his botched attempt to regain the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight diadem from defending champion Yordenis Ugas of Cuba last August 22 (PH time) in Las Vegas, our boxing icon Manny…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.moral-shortstory.blogspot.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THE proprietor of a large construction company had a dishonest manager who used fraudulent means to cheat the customers and make money for…
ALLEGED MISUSE OF COVID-19 IRM FUNDS AT the instance of the Department of Justice, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) District Office in Dagupan City filed complaints at the Office of Ombudsman in Quezon City on September 1 against 15 identified officials of PhilHealth in main office and five in…
HYBRID EDUCATION — Personnel of a freight forwarder unload thousands of printed modules and learning materials for students’ e-learning online for Dagupan City DepEd Schools Division’s school year 2021-2022 that starts this month. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALL-TIME HIGH IN ONE DAY THOUGH Pangasinan logged 2,629 new cases in what could be the biggest COVID-19 surge in a week, hopes were rekindled when 807 patients recovered on September 1 that went down in the history of the pandemic as the biggest single day recovery in the province since…
THE detection of 11 COVID-19-Delta variant in Pangasinan, the latest of whom were eight in the province and one in Dagupan City on August 27, was tagged as the main reason for the new surge of COVID-19 in the province. This was the observation of the Department of Health-Center for Health…
IN an unprecedented move, the provincial government asked the Regional Inter-Agency-Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to place Pangasinan under the higher classification status of General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from September 1 – 15 in view of the rising cases of COVID-19. The request…
WOUNDED DOLPHIN RESCUED – Menfolk at the Tondaligan Beach hold a wounded dolphin they found beached in the area as they prepare to deliver it to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources office for treatment. Decades ago, dolphins and whales found beached were immediately butchered to be sold in the…
DAGUPAN City recorded its first case of COVID-19-Delta variant involving a 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia who arrived in Manila on Jul. 25, 2021. This was confirmed by the city information office last Sunday, August 29. The patient arrived in Dagupan last August 11 and brought…
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