COVID TESTING OF CURFEW VIOLATORS – Dagupan City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera oversees the collection of specimens for RT-PCR tests of curfew violators. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COVID TESTING OF CURFEW VIOLATORS – Dagupan City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera oversees the collection of specimens for RT-PCR tests of curfew violators. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
CAPITOL NEWS ABIG PANGASINAN IN URDANETA. Governor Amado I. Espino III reiterates call for unity, patience, and discipline among Pangasinenses as he leads the team of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan in bringing the Abig Pangasinan Karaban to the City of Urdaneta on April 21. The Abig Pangasinan is comprised…
CAPITOL NEWS GOV. POGI INSPECTS NEW VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INSIDE THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. Governor Amado I. Espino III conducted on April 19 an ocular inspection of newly-purchased provincial vehicles and equipment at the Motorpool Compound within the Provincial Capitol Complex in Lingayen. Gov. Espino also visited the…
THE conflicting policies in the campaign vs COVID-19 in Pangasinan are suddenly becoming evident (and alarming), indicating to us that the worse is yet to happen. Obviously through no fault of the provincial government, we have a dire situation where the province’s provincial IATF is caught between the devil…
WHAT PANDEMIC? — A young boy shows his catch using beach seine (kalokor) by the Lingayen beach which continues to be a major source of food and livelihood for fisherfolk in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH HOSPITAL CHIEFS, ADMIN EXECS. Governor Amado I. Espino III presides a consultative meeting with Hospital Chiefs and Administrative Officers on April 16 at Palaris Conference room situated inside the Capitol Complex in Lingayen. Important matters discussed during the meeting, include: updates on Pangasinan Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Disposition…
SUN’S GIFT – A young woman in Sual town prepares to pack summer season’s natural food deli, tuyo, to be sold at local markets. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MAN VS. BIRD – A flight of whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) circle around the fishermen hauling their nets by the Lingayen beach, ready to take what they know is rightfully theirs as well. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE reported but still not fully accounted number of positive COVID-19 cases from the National Capital Region (NCR)+ admitted into many private hospitals and government-run hospitals in Pangasinan and in Dagupan City, is a human disaster waiting to happen for the provincial government. It’s definitely another “Damn if you do,…
TIGHTER CONTROL AT CITY’S BORDER CHECKPOINTS — Amid reports of rash of positive COVID cases seeking admission in local hospitals, the police started to watch vehicles from NCR+ closely. (Punhphoto by Butch Uka)