Ready for Old and New Normal? IF the data culled on the status of the campaign vs. COVID-19 as of June 18 are to be believed, indeed, Pangasinan has reason to be optimistic that the shift to both the old and new normal can proceed earlier and better than expected….

Work on discipline THE meeting recently convened by Gov. Amado Espino III to assess community development plans was timely and definitely forward-looking. Between the COVID-19 crisis and the plan of the national government to defeat terrorism, a local government that will remain merely reactionary is tantamount to having a governance…

The long overdue accreditation of R1MC THE recent accreditation of Region1 Medical Center by the Department of Health authorized to test specimens for rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for COVID-19 using cartridges should help efforts of the provincial government to flatten the curve with certainty. For too long, hundreds of…

Tested, effective protocol SINCE Pangasinan recorded its first positive COVID-19 case in March, the campaign to defeat it has resulted so far in 33 recoveries, 17 still being treated and only 9 had died – out of 59 cases. With due diligence on the part of our provincial government, the…

Planning makes the difference WHILE we are inclined to accept the provincial government’s performance in containing the spread of COVID-19 as successful, there is no reason to be complacent and rest. As we focus on contact-tracing and watching our borders today, our provincial government should prepare for the new normal…