PANGASINAN’S STATUS PANGASINAN is closer towards attaining a COVID-free status after only four active cases remain in the tally of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), compared to nine on April 14. Records of the PHO showed there were only four new active cases while eight recoveries were logged from April…
VOTE-BUYING, VOTE-SELLING DAGUPAN City Elections Officer Michael Frank Sarmiento warned both candidates and voters who resort to vote-buying and vote-selling that the two unfair election acts are punishable under the Omnibus Election Code and those convicted of the offense stand to suffer up to nine years imprisonment. Moreover, candidates convicted…
WRECKED AND VANDALIZED – A common poster of the Team Belen-BK in Barangay Lucao is destroyed by unidentified group as the campaign activities of candidates in Dagupan City see supporters of opposing camps becoming more polarized. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE 3,339 vote-counting machines (VCMs) that will be used all over Pangasinan in the May 9 national and local elections have arrived last April 15 (Good Friday). Provincial Elections Supervisor Erickson Oganiza, who supervised in the unloading of the machines from trucks that arrived from Manila, said the testing and sealing…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 has clarified that second booster doses are still unavailable, as guidelines are still being finalized. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, CHD-1 spokesperson, said while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended its emergency use authorization (EUA) to allow administering a second…
WHO PROJECTS UPTICK DESPITE the low average daily cases of COVID-19 being recorded, the Department of health Center for Health Development Region 1 (DOH-CHD) is anxious about an uptick in cases after the May 9 elections. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, CHD-1 spokesperson, said as of April 20 monitoring, the agency has…
BANGUS FESTIVAL MURAL – The mural created by AGINI Artist Collective, local artists for Dagupan Bangus Festival was unveiled in a ceremony led by Mayor Brian Lim last, April 22, 2022. The two murals painted can be seen on the roof deck of SM Center Dagupan. The concept of the mural is…
SOCIAL Security System (SSS) urged members, pensioners, and employers of the state-pension fund to secure their login credentials on the My.SSS portal and other personal information to protect their accounts from fraudulent transactions. The urgent reminder was issued following several complaints from SSS members that fraudulent transactions appeared in their…
HERE’S a piece of good news for families who may not have the means to support their children though college. State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is set to launch the fourth batch of scholars under its flagship corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, the DBP Resources for Inclusive and…
THE Land Bank of the Philippines recently inaugurated its three-story corporate center along MacArthur Highway in Barangay Nancayasan in Urdaneta City to serve as a one-stop shop for the banking and financing needs of Pangasinenses. The corporate center houses the Landbank Urdaneta Branch (that serves clients in Urdaneta City, Villasis, Asingan, Manaoag and Pozorrubio) complemented by…
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