THE Holy Week may have ended, but the period for penitence of Pangasinenses will still continue. This, after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned that the warm dry season has only just begun with easterlies or warm air from the Pacific Ocean entering the Philippines. In…
UNLIKE other cities and towns in Pangasinan, the Lingayen local government gave school administrators of public and private schools in all levels to decide whether they should suspend face-to-face classes amid the prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan. Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, said the teachers and school administrators can discern…
NO truth to the health tip spreading on social media that drinking cold water when feeling hot due to today’s climate is bad. This was stressed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD), and said there is no scientific evidence…
SUMMERTIME FRUIT – A vendor braves the high index heat, pushing his cart filled with newly harvested watermelon offering these to barangay residents in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
AN estimated 600,000 devotees visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag during the observance of the Holy Week. This was bared by Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario during an interview with iFM Dagupan, adding that the peak attendance occurred on Maundy Thursday, from afternoon till evening….
PANGASINENSES are taking advantage of the summer season to build houses. On this, DTI Provincial Director Nathalie Dalaten said the higher demand for construction materials are being exploited by unscrupulous construction storeowners, hence, DTI is closely monitor the prices of cement bags, hollow blocks, GI sheets, nails and wires. So…
SOME 1,000 residents of Urbiztondo were beneficiaries of the “Cash for Work” Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Urbiztondo municipal government led by Mayor Modesto Operania. The beneficiaries, chosen from among the indigent families in the town, were given 45 to 90 days short-term…
(Filed by IFM Dagupan News) 7 drown in Pangasinan rivers during the Holy Week PANGASINAN recorded seven drowning incidents during the Holy Week. This was bared by P/Capt. Renan de l Cruz, information officer of the Pangasinan Police, who said all the seven victims drowned in rivers where they went…
ANG BAGONG SAKIT NA LALABANAN PERTUSSIS o WHOOPING COUGH ANO ang mga dapat gawin at iwasan para ma-protektahan ang sarili laban sa naturang bacterial infection? Ito ang ating pinag usapan nina Dr. Julita de Venecia, Dr. Benjamin Bautista, Dr. Shiela Sabado, Dr. Richmond Batulan, Dr. Terence Lapeñas, Dr. Genelyza Garcia,…
EMULATING SIMON OF CYRENE — Penitents share time to carry the cross like Simon of Cyrene did on the way to the St. John Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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