THE Provincial Health Office’s expanded targeted mass testing for COVID-19 yielded only 3% positivity rate since it started in May 2020. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, said the rate was determined from the 96,443 tested samples as of January 12, and only 3,270 tested positive. The results included test samples from […]
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Three cities eye own funds for COVID-19 vaccine
THREE city governments in Pangasinan have decided they will not simply wait for their allocation of vaccines. Dagupan City has set the pace and allotted P10 million to purchase vaccines while the cities of San Carlos and Alaminos are set to allocate their own too for the purchase of vaccines for COVID-19 to be made […]
Active COVID-19 cases close to 700 mark
COVID-19 spiked anew in Pangasinan, bringing the number of active cases near the threshold of 700 as 355 more new cases were added to the tally, dwarfing the number that recovered from the disease from January 8 to 14, according to the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Records of the PHO said that […]
Senate bill reclassifying Mangabul as alienable, disposable land filed
SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri recently filed a bill seeking to reclassify the Mangabul Reservation in Bayambang into alienable and disposable land of the public domain for the purpose of redistributing the same to the bonafide and long-term farmers/occupants. A copy of Senate Bill No. 1961 was received by Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao from Senator Zubiri who […]
FOOD FOR THE FISH
FOOD FOR THE FISH – A fishpond worker collects lumot or green algae from a pond in barangay Naguelguel, Lingayen to sell to fish growers. Lumot serves as an alternative food for fish being raised in fishponds. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
Bautista’s onion farmers lost P169-M to ‘harabas’
ONION farmers in the municipality of Bautista lost some P169,000,360 worth of onions last 2020 to the massive infestation of army worms, locally known as harabas. Ernesto Dorado, the town’s municipal agriculturist, said the losses equate to 4,234,000 kilos of onions, covering approximately 211.7 hectares out of total land plantation area of 481.2 hectares that […]
Barangay collection of business fee questioned
NO LEGAL BASIS THE collection of barangay business clearance fees in Mangaldan’s Barangay Poblacion, was questioned in an administrative case for grave misconduct filed by former Mayor Bona Fe Parayno against Melinda Morillo, the punong barangay of Poblacion, Mangaldan before the town’s Sangguniang Bayan presided by Vice Mayor Jojo Surdilla. However, the expected face-up between […]
10 fishing vessels using banned seine nabbed in Sual
TEN undocumented Commercial Fishing Vessel (CFVs) believed using the banned Danish seine (hulbot-hulbot or buli-buli) or a fishing net that uses floaters to entraps fish, were towed and held in Sual town by law enforcement agencies in Region 1. BFAR Regional Director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan said her agency received information about the CFVs operating in Lingayen Gulf, […]
BEATING THE DEADLINE
BEATING THE DEADLINE – Representatives of business establishments file their documents for the annual business permits at the One-Stop shop at the City Museum in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
Pangasinan tourism gets boost with new branding
THE Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) will soon launch tourist destinations with new branding via website and social media marketing. The Pangasinan Provincial Board recently approved Provincial Resolution No. 1896-2021 that authorized Governor Amado Espino III to enter into a Contract with Pixelhub Creative Design Studio for the Implementation of the “Pangasinan Tourism […]