XINNIAN BAO – Happy Chinese New Year! That’s the Mandarin greeting awaiting visitors at the CSI Mall in Dagupan City and in all Fil-Chinese owned establishments in Pangasinan on February 12! Note red objects displayed in stores and homes, symbolizing good luck in Chinese culture. (Punchphoto by Willlie Lomibao)
EYEING FOR COVID-19-FREE STATUS THE provincial government is set to allocate initially a standby fund of P44.5 million for the purchase of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to augment the vaccines that will be provided by the national government for only 70 percent of the 1,089,004 eligible population of the province. The Provincial…
THE LINE STARTS HERE – A security guard manning the entrance to the Bily Transport warehouse in Dagupan City, the lone Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Center in Pangasinan, pores over his records of motorists waiting for their vehicles to be inspected to qualify for 2021 registration. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
WHEN NATURE STRIKES – The Lingayen Baywalk started to show wide cracks that resulted in the collapse of parts of the area after a series of storm surge from December -January. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
RISKING COVID-10 INFECTION– Beneficiaries in Dagupan city wait patiently for their turn to receive their scheduled cash assistance from the Special Amelioration Program. In the absence of a marshal, they forget to observe the health protocol increasing risks of COVID-19 infection of among them. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
CASH ASSISTANCE FOR MARGINALIZED FOLKS – Indigent farmers and fisherfolks in Dagupan City receive cash and food subsidies from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources at the city plaza . Beneficiaries received P3,000 cash and P2,000 worth of food items. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO CLEARING OPERATIONS? — A delivery truck occupies the sidewalk while unloading gas tanks to a store along A.B. Fernandez Ave. in Dagupan City forcing people to walk on the street. Some pedestrians forced to walk on the street were recently hit by a speeding tricycle. Another white van in the…
THROUGH the help of Rep. Christopher de Venecia, all the Rural Health Units (RHUs) in the Fourth District of Pangasinan are now more equipped and can now effectively deliver basic health services to their respective targeted clienteles. De Venecia provided the much needed medical equipment and facilities to the RHUs of Mangaldan, San…
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