By Al S. Mendoza THE late dictator’s son has skipped the first major presidential public interview, disappointing some 62 million or so Filipino voters. It was Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first major gaffe in the run-up to the national elections on May 9, 2022. His reason? He accused the immensely…
By Gonzalo Duque I received a planner for 2022 from Governor Amado “Pogi” Espino III. At the back of this planner is the official seal of the province of Pangasinan, that stated the province was founded in 1580. I am happy to see that in the seal. Note that…
By Leonardo Micua LATEST data from the Provincial Health Office, and even from the City Health Office, shows that Covid-19 is again on a downturn after surging at the start of the new year. If you look at it, it is the same trend that happened in the National…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo MY two good friends, Vicky Nano-Dalope and Esther M. Pacheco, entered the Gate of the Eternal during the sign of Aquarius. Vicky passed on January 28, Esther on February 1. Vicky is this irrepressible energy that tickles, tickled all the time at the experience of…
INTENSE opposition from the North did not deter Vice President Leni Robredo from visiting Pangasinan, touted as a bailiwick of the Marcoses, to lead a set of activities on Sunday, January 30. Robredo led the launching of a community hub in Alos National High School in Alaminos City, followed by…
THE mayor of San Nicolas town issued an executive order requiring unvaccinated individuals employed in the municipality to take a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test every two weeks at their own expense and present a COVID-19 negative result before they can report to work. In her January 31 executive…
OUT OF 3.1-M FULLY VACCINATED SOME 327,366 residents in the Ilocos Region have been inoculated with booster shots doses anti-COVID vaccines (as of February 3). According to the Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1), the number represents only 10.% of the 3.1 million fully vaccinated…
THE rate of infection of COVID-19 cases have exhibited signs of a downward trend in Dagupan City and other highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Luzon, according to the OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, OCTA Fellow Dr. Guido David said, Dagupan City can now be considered under ‘moderate risk’…
TOLERATED ILLEGAL USE OF HIGHWAY – Two farm workers spread out the palay for drying on the shoulder of the cemented highway nonchalantly not aware that using the highway for drying palay is illegal. However, local authorities don’t bother to enforce the law. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ASF-RECOVERY PROGRAM SOME 135 backyard hog raisers in Eastern Pangasinan received sentinel pigs and feeds from the Department of Agriculture and the provincial government under the government’s African Swine Fever (ASF) recovery program Provincial Veterinarian Jovito Tabarejos said the ASF-affected beneficiaries are from the towns of San Quintin, Tayug, Natividad,…
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