TRADITIONAL PALM BLESSING – A priest blesses the host of palm fronds collected from parishioners in Lingayen town in lieu of blessing these while being held by devotees after each celebration of the Holy Mass on Palm Sunday. The marked fronds were returned to the homes of owners. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
PICK-UP TRUCK INSTEAD OF A DONKEY – A priest from the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese makes the round in barangays in Dagupan City to bless parishioners with their fronds, literally depicting the scene in the Bible with a difference – Jesus rode a donkey. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL — CSI Grocery promptly resumes operations inside Stadia after it was razed to the ground last week to serve the daily needs of its loyal customers. (Contributed by Philstar Wire Service /ECV)
MAIN SAP BENEFICIARIES — Families of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) members withdraw their cash grants the easy way – through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) while others have to wait for cash handouts distributed physically. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LONELY FRONTLINER — A street cleaner in Dagupan City goes about her daily duties – to help keep the environment clean – oblivious to the absence of the usual crowd in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CAPITOL NEWS GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III signed Executive Order No. 0017-2020 on April 5 extending the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in the province until April 14. The extension is the province’s response to safeguard the welfare and health of Pangasinenses due to spread of COVID-19 in Pangasinan. As of…
WHILE inside her house, former Congresswoman Manay Gina de Venecia decided to make her Enhanced Community Quarantine worthwhile by making homemade Protective Personal Equipment (PPEs), i.e., face shields and masks out of local materials. The mother of Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia, gathered her household members and staff to help…
CAPITOL NEWS THE Provincial Government of Pangasinan conducted misting cannon operations anew, this time in Tayug and Binalonan. On April 7, responders from Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Provincial Engineering Office disinfected the environment of the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital based in Tayug. Hospital beds, and other…
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