THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is set to launch a hotline backed by social workers after an alarming increase in suicide cases was noted while more persons are reportedly diagnosed with depression. In an interview Thursday, P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, provincial director, said Pangasinan PPO has handled 44 suicide cases…
COOL SPRING WATER — Local tourists enjoy swimming in the cool spring water of Bayaoas river in Barangay Laoag in Aguilar town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CORRECTION: NOT 95% ROAD clearing, that started July 29, did not end after a 90-day period on September 29 because it is a continuing activity of all Local Government Units (LGUs) throughout the country. This was underscored by Marlyn Laguipo, city director of the Department of the Interior and Local…
CHOOSING BETWEEN COMPLIANCE AND VENDORS — Dagupan City councilors huddle during the suspension of session to decide on the resolution requested by vendors who asked for a reprieve from the road clearing operations and to act on their complaint vs. delivery trucks of ‘alien’ bangus getting preferred treatment from city hall. (Punch…
LINGAYEN— Pangasinan became among only five provinces throughout the country that consistently bagged the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) since 2015. This was announced during the awards ceremony of the 2019 SGLG Award presided by Interior and Local…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 1 issued a public warning that the shellfish gathered from Sual coast have tested positive of red tide paralytic toxin. BFAR Regional Director Nestor Domenden said shellfishes from barangays Baybay Norte and Cabalitian in Sual town issued a public advisory…
A TOTAL of twenty five thousand kilos of processed meat were intercepted on two separate days at the quarantine checkpoint in Carmen, Rosales and were made to turn back to their points of origin. Ten thousand kilos were intercepted last November 6 while fifteen thousand kilos of frozen and processed…
“SAFE TO EAT PORK” THE provincial health office has reiterated that African Swine Fever (ASF) does not transfer or infect to humans and maintained that there is no such case reported in Pangasinan contrary to a recent claim. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman stressed there is no known case…
DENGUE cases continue to increase in Pangasinan based on the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) surveillance monitoring. Dr. Ana de Guzman, provincial health officer, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, said 8,182 cases of dengue have been reported from January this year to November 4, and 11 have been confirmed…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government is fully compliant with R.A. 11032 or the “Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018”, which was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte in July this year. Janette Asis, human resource and development officer of Pangasinan, said Pangasinan is one of…
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