By Gonzalo Duque By the time you read this column Sunday, January 16, I am already officially 70 years old. My good friend Ermin has been requesting me to resume my column “Playing with Fire” since I stopped writing here two years ago due to my failing health. I…
230 NEW CASES ON JANUARY 13 THE daily increase of cases in the newest spike in COVID-19 in Pangasinan is now in three digit figures, the biggest of which was 230 logged on January 13, based on the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office (PHO). PHO data show a daily…
LINGAYEN GULF LANDING MEMORIAL – Gov. Amado Espino III (in barong) flanked by P/Col Richmond Tadina (left), PPPO provincial director, Brig .Gen. Krishnamurti Mortela, Brigade Commander, 702 Infantry Defender Brigade (right) , Floro Castro and Marlyn Bautista, son and daughter of veterans PFC Apolonio Castro and T/SGT Mariano O. Pizarras respectively, do the…
AFTER the Alert Level 3 classification of Dagupan was extended by the IATF to January 31 like Pangasinan, its active COVID-19 cases already ballooned to 402 on January 13 with 102 new cases added to the tally with just one recovery and no death was recorded. The 102 new cases…
MAYOR’S “ BLAME GAME” SLAMMED NOT politics but the late submission of the required documents by the executive department is the real reason behind the delayed passage and approval of the 2022 annual budget by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). This was stressed by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo in reaction…
REGION 1 DAILY AVERAGE SHOOTS UP REGION’S health authorities confirmed that COVID-19 cases in Region 1 already averaged 373 cases per day during the second week of January. The situation started as eight cases average per day during the last week of December, then 11 cases per day during the…
FROM JANUARY 12-31 PANGASINAN was placed on Alert Level 3 from January 14 to 31, along with two other provinces in Region 1, La Union and Ilocos Norte, due to their soaring COVID-19 cases. This was contained in Resolution No. 156-C, series of 2022 issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force…
IN PANGASINAN, DAGUPAN CITY DUE to the rising COVID-19 cases, the Supreme Court has declared all courts in Dagupan City and in other parts of the country under Alert Level 3 physically closed from January 13 to 31. This was contained in two-page Memorandum Order No 10-2022 signed on January…
PEACE AND ORDER DURING ELECTION PERIOD THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is evaluating four towns that may be listed as areas of immediate concern during the election period. P/Lt. Col. Ferdinand de Asis, PPPO Information Officer, in an interview Wednesday, January 12, identified the towns of Urbiztondo, Sual, Sto….
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I began writing this piece on January13 when I learned from the official website of the provincial government that the whole province is (now) under Alert Level 3. Yes, it had to be done and we cannot blame our local lawmakers and Gov. Pogi…
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