THE Dagupan City government will strictly observe and comply with the directives of the rules and guidelines set forth in the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) declaration issued by President Duterte. This was stressed on Tuesday, March 14 by P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr. to the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) when invited to provide a briefing on…
GHOST CITY – The usually bustling part of the commercial district along A.B. Fernandez Ave. in Dagupan City is deserted 2 days after the Enhanced Community Quarantine was declared in Luzon, sending an eerie feeling among local storeowners. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod declared Dagupan City under the state of calamity to enable it to respond effectively to meet the challenges of COVID-19 in the city notwithstanding the fact that the city remains free of the virus. Councilor Joey Tamayo said a session called Tuesday morning approved Resolution No. 7678-2020 authored by Councilor Cisco Jay Flores that seeks…
CLASSES in all levels both in public and private schools in Pangasinan were suspended starting March 16 until April 12 to address the threat of the Covid-19. Governor Amado Espino III said he issued Executive Order (EO) No. 0012-2020 on March 13 Friday detailing the safety measures agreed upon by…
YEHEY! NO MORE CLASSES – A boy happily yells at the beach as he feels the gentle wave rolling around him. The added benefit for the parents of the playful kids is the knowledge that the summer heat helps fight off the COVID-19 virus. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALL TRACED CONTRACTS, NO SYMPTOMS GOOD news! The Pangasinan balikbayan, a Fil-Aussie, who contracted COVID-19 has recovered and all the persons who had close contact with her here tested negative of the virus. This was announced last Thursday by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna De Guzman in a meeting with…
RETURNING FIL-AUSSIE WITH COVID-19 THREE persons are poised to be arrested and charged in court for illegally posting pictures of the a Filipino-Australian woman who tested positive of COVID -19 upon her return to Australia on March 2 after attending a school reunion in Dagupan City and Lingayen on February…
MOST of the forest areas around the Daang Kalikasan in Mangatarem are covered by or applied for tenurial instruments between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and people’s organizations and individuals for the purpose of reforestation. This was gleaned from the briefing of Atty. Arlyn Katherine Buduhan, community environment, and…
THE documentation and gathering of pieces of evidence on the broad-daylight killing of retired P/Brig. General Marlou Chan in Calasiao two months ago is almost complete. This was bared by P/Col. Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, when asked on the status of the slaying of Chan, who once served as…
CODE COVID-19 – Gov. Amado Espino III presides over the emergency meeting of the Inter-Agency meeting on containment efforts against COVID-19 in Pangasinan on Friday. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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