By Rex Catubig “If you came this way, Taking any route, starting from anywhere, At any time or at any season, It would always be the same: you would have to put off Sense and notion. You are not here to verify, Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity Or carry…
BOOSTER SHOT FOR FRONTLINERS – To signal the start of administration of booster shots to fully vaxed frontliners, Dr. Juan Antonio Maximo Escaño, Medical City Pangasinan president, gets the first booster shot. He, too, was the firsts to get a Sinovac vaccine in the city. With them is Dr. Dalvie Casilang…
MALL-BASED INOCULATION OVER 1,400 both pediatric and adults have been inoculated against COVID-19, during a mall-based vaccination in Calasiao town. The e Provincial Health Office (PHO) and the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO), partnered with the Robinsons Place Pangasinan for the conduct of mall-based inoculation. PTCAO special events…
THE Asingan local government already vaccinated 70.71% of its total eligible adult population, a tad closer to reaching the town’s herd immunity. Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr., in a radio interview, said the town already lists 29,700 vaccinated adults, out of 42,000 total eligible adult population. And, 18,000 of these have…
SOME 2.5 million residents in Region 1 have registered for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 as of Oct. 31, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a 3rd annual forum, PSA Region 1 civil registration and administrative support division officer-in-charge Camille Beltran said 1.49 million registrants were…
SMALL PAROL FOR HOMES – A vendor hurriedly makes the rounds of homes in a barangay in Binmaley to sell Christmas lanterns for display. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
CITY HALL MUM ON IRREGULARITIES THE market supervisor of Dagupan City continues to refuse to appear before the Sangguniang Panlungsod amid revelations of irregularities and criminal activities being allegedly perpetrated by his staff. His continued refusal further earned the ire of City Councilor Teresa Coquia, chairperson of the committee on…
THE University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) that maintains a marine science laboratory in Bolinao town expressed fears that a proposed seabed magnetite mining project scheduled to start in the second half of 2022, will threaten the environment in the Lingayen Gulf and neighboring coastal communities . The…
MAGSAYSAY Fish Market building is dilapidated, its roofs are leaking, the drainage is not functioning and its toilets are filthy and stink. This was how the poor state of the market was described by Councilor Teresa Coquia, which was corroborated by Pro Tempore Karlos Reyna, presiding officer, after the presentation…
THE municipality of Sual is among the only two local government units in the Ilocos Region to be included for the pilot areas of the community-based monitoring system (CBMS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a media forum on Wednesday, Regional Statistical Services Office Region 1 CBMS focal person…
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