DRA. Jacqueline Llamas-Rapacon, a consultant at the Department of Pediatrics of Region 1 Medical Center, recently finished her Rotation in the International Observership Program in Rheumatology at the Boston Children’s Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated hospital and the best pediatric hospital in the United States. After finishing her medical studies at the…
OWNERS ABANDON STRUCTURES THE removal of some 1,460 illegal fish pens and fish cages in Dagupan City finally started last November 13 with the demolition of abandoned 15 oversized pens and cages located in Barangays Bonuan Gueset, Pugaro-Suit and Salapingao by the Task Force Bantay Ilog created by Mayor Belen…
RETURN OF THE NUTRIBUN — Senator Imee Marcos leads the distribution of nutribuns to students in Dagupan City at the Astrodome. She is assisted by Mayor Belen Fernandez, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilor Dennis Canto. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TO ATTEND SOCIAL EVENT IN MANILA ALL seven councilors of Dagupan City belonging to the majority members of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod decided to abandon their regular session last Tuesday for a chance to attend the 87th founding anniversary celebration of the Office of the Vice President in Manila on…
LOCAL health authorities have begun closely monitoring the rising cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the region, particularly in Pangasinan, after the Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I recorded 320 cases. Pangasinan remains at the top with 189 cases, followed by La Union with…
COVID PANDEMIC BLAMED THERE were already 101 Pangasinenses that committed suicide as of November 15 this year. P/Major Ria Tacderan, public information of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, however clarified that the number is lower than the 124 suicide incidents logged by the police in the province last year. In…
THE number of children who are victims of abuse and other crimes in Pangasinan has gradually decreased over the years from 2018 to 2022, according to the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO). Likewise, over the same period (2018 to 2022) the number…
THE highly successful ‘Ubo Patrol’ program of the Dagupan City government to address the fight against tuberculosis (TB) will be introduced overseas soon as a benchmark of one of the “best practices” throughout the world in the campaign against TB. This was revealed by Dr. Jennifer Ann Wi, a pulmonary expert from…
‘REGISTER ANYWHERE’ PROJECT TO BE TESTED THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will resume the voter’s registration for the postponed Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on December 9 and will end on January 32, 2023 According to Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Marino Salas, since the passage of the BSKE postponement into…
THE town of Urbiztondo always found itself hugging the news headlines in the past about reports of heinous crimes being committed by and against town’s personalities. Then all of a sudden, the town was quiet, and has been so over the past months. When asked about how recent events were…
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