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PUNCHITERIA July 12, 2020
Editorial Cartoon July 12, 2020
Editorial July 12, 2020
Your SUNDAY PUNCH is 64 years old WHEN our founder-editor Ermin Erfe Garcia, started to publish the news in July 5, 1956 as these happened in Pangasinan for the next ten years, little did he know that his original pocket-sized newspaper then would be the only news publication in Pangasinan in the 21st century, replete […]
ANOTHER LEGACY FOR DU30
ANOTHER LEGACY FOR DU30 — The 88.85 kilometer, four-lane Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) from Pozorrubio town to Rosario, La Union is finally open to commuters. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Only 25 active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan
11 RECOVERED, 9 NEW POSITIVE THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan scaled up to 31 at one point last week but eventually dropped to 25 as of 9:00 a.m. on July 10 (from 27 the previous week) as 11 patients who recovered outnumbered the nine new confirmed cases registered from July 3. The […]
PNP: Curfew should stay with exemptions
THE PNP provincial office expressed support to the call of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to ease curfew rules in the province for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during the Question Hour of the SP on Monday, P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, provincial director, said while he agrees that the curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. […]
Crime rate in Pangasinan down by 37.43%
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded lower cases of crimes and vehicular accidents this year compared to same period last year. This was reported by PPPO Director Redrico Maranan to the provincial board on July 6 during the latter’s ‘Question Hour’. PPPO records showed 4,008 criminal cases from January 1 to June 30 this […]
SB orders probe of discovered ‘treasure–hunting’ tunnel
TAYUG residents are puzzled about the existence of tunnels discovered by five persons digging in front of the Tayug Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) building. The discovery was made on July 3, Friday, mid-afternoon, when Adriano Santiago, Tayug Sangguniang Bayan’s consultant, accosted five men digging in the area, who immediately fled in a white vehicle. […]
PNP arrests 22,096 for violating quarantine protocols
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office reported that under a modified general community quarantine status, Pangasinan PNP still maintains 19 border control checkpoints, 3 dedicated control checkpoints and 170 quarantine checkpoints. P/ Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said the checkpoints have so far resulted in the arrests of 22,096 persons for violating the community quarantine […]