THE Bayambang local government in partnership with Philippine Medical Society of Northern California provide free medical services to 7,092 patients during the town’s Grand Medical Mission last January 16-21, 2024 at Pavillion 1 of St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park. The medical mission provided a range of services of major surgeries including: mastectomy, amputation,…
FOR LOVERS’ PHOTO-OP IN LINGAYEN — A student imagines how he and his girlfriend should pose inside the heart-shaped structure installed at the Lingayen public plaza on Valentine’s Day by the local government. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FOR LOVERS’ PHOTO-OP IN LINGAYEN
FOUR towns and one city were recently placed in the dengue watchlist of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) after the province registered 72 cases of dengue as of January this year. However, the PHO clarified that the 72 dengue cases were 13 percent lower compared to the 83 cases recorded…
New 72 dengue cases in Pangasinan, 1 dies
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 145 persons that suffered from influenza last week but there is no cause for alarm as the number is 18 percent lower than the 177 cases recorded for the same period in 2023. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, cited a report prepared by…
Influenza downs 145 persons in Pangasinan
THE Provincial Agriculture Office confirmed that mariculture areas in Infanta town are free from toxic red tide. In a letter dated January 17, 2024 addressed to all mayors, Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya informed the local governments that the coastal areas of Alaminos City, Sual Bani, Anda, Bolinao and the maintained mariculture…
Mariculture areas in Infanta, red tide-free
DEVELOPING FUTURE JOURNALISTS BY LAW – Participants in the three-day Division School Press Conference (DSPC) 2024 of DepEd Schools Division Office (SDO) in Dagupan gather in front of the main building of Dagupan City National High School on January 17 for the competition in different journalism categories (elementary and secondary). Republic Act No. 7079 mandates…
DEVELOPING FUTURE JOURNALISTS BY LAW
THE new police regional director of the Philippine National Police Region 1 presented to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) his priorities to maintain peace and order in the Ilocos Region after the legislative body acknowledged his new leadership being a Pangasinense. Police B/Gen. Lou Evangelista, from Binmaley town, said in his…
Evangelista presents priorities for peace and order in region
WITH the scheduled opening of the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) in the next school year, several various training sites for its courses have been identified. To help institutionalize PPC’s curriculum, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan adopted the resolution authored by Vice Governor Mark Lambino, titled: “Allowing the Pangasinan Polytechnic College-Center for Lifelong…
Pangasinan Polytechnic College soon to includes TESDA courses
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Commuters oppose fare increase by modern jeepneys COMMUTERS in Pangasinan are up in arms against the reported plan of transport cooperatives operating modernized public utility vehicles to seek higher fares from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). The cooperatives argued that the…
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STRICT SCREENING OF VISITS – Relatives of detainees at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penolgy/BJMP Dagupan City, are required to present their food packs intended for their detained relatives for clearance before they are allowed entry inside the facility. Personal effects are checked for contrabands particularly drugs. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)