THE Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in Dagupn City want the Waste to Worth (W2W) project to be implemented as soon as possible while a member of Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) recommended the hauling of the city’s garbage to the sanitary landfill either in Urdaneta City or Capas,…
THE scenic 54-km Daang Kalikasan in Mangatarem town and the Daang Katutubo in Aguilar town were closed to public starting Feb. 17 to address several problems that arose due to sudden tourist influx in the areas. The multi-agency emergency meeting presided by Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil decided to close the…
THE provincial government appears to be losing the battle against the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in Central Pangasinan as 1,441 more hogs were again culled last week in six barangays, bringing to 3,479 the number of hogs that were so far culled since January this year in the…
CONTRA COVID-19 POLICY — A local health worker using a handheld thermal scanner randomly checks the temperature of a market vendor while another provides alcohol to persons entering the market in Lingayen town. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
CULLING CONTINUES IN MANGALDAN EIGHTY hogs were already culled in Barangay Bateng, Mangaldan, after they tested positive for African Swine Fever. Barangay Bateng became the ‘ground zero’ for ASF in the town, and the epicenter of the 1-7-10 protocol of the Department of Agriculture, along with Barangays Talogtog and Bantayan….
LAST MINUTE FLOWER SHOPPING – Male students go over various displays of flower arrangements on February 14 of a local flower shop in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ANTI-COVID-19 MEASURES AS fears over the 2019 Coronavirus Disease or CoViD-2019 reaching pandemic proportion, Governor Amado Espino III ordered the immediate postponement of all crowd-drawing activities of the provincial government effective February 13 till the mid- April, and closure of public facilities hosting events; and temporarily suspended the engagements of…
REACTING to the pandemic caused by Covid-19, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution last week urging local chief executives and barangay captains in the province to discourage public and private crowd-drawing gatherings as well as cancel planned events in their jurisdictions. The Provincial Resolution No. 201-2020 was adopted in line…
FEVER CHECKPOINT — A security guard of the University of Luzon uses a thermal scanner on students and visitors that enter the school premises. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Region 1 Medical Center has declared the patient under investigation (PUI) admitted on February 10 negative of infection of the novel Corona Virus 2019 (CoViD-19). R1MC Director Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia said the results of the swab tests arrived Thursday afternoon from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)…
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