Planning for efficiency in new protocol THE new initiative launched by the Dagupan City government requiring visitors and returning residents to register with the city government is in the right direction, particularly, regulating entries of authorized persons outside their residences (APOR) especially the delivery crews of fish and vegetable cargo…

Health crisis in Dagupan City THERE is a major health crisis in Pangasinan’s first and oldest city. But the city government led by Mayor Brian Lim doesn’t seem to be aware of it. COVID-19 contagion is getting worse each day. But still, the city government doesn’t seem to understand how…

Establish health, security protocols as an ordinance THERE is a noted surge in COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan, particularly in Dagupan City. This, notwithstanding the successful and intensified efforts of the provincial government to flatten the curve here, so far. Now comes the dilemma. The unexpected surge came at a time…

Dagupan’s ill-advised policies IF the Dagupan City government officials do not begin to plan and coordinate its rules with all its agencies, it will soon suffer the fate of the cities of Cebu and Bacolod, whose COVID cases spiked overnight. The decision to further shorten the curfew hour in the…

A Rev-Gov? OVER the past two weeks, social media was abuzz not only with talks of revolutionary government but of organizing to compel the Duterte administration to declare a ‘Rev-Gov’ in a bid to fast track the long overdue reforms yearned for by our people. But is it the way…