NO ASF-FREE DECLARATION LINGAYEN–Just as Pangasinan was about to be declared “African Swine Fever (ASF)-free,” blood samples taken from 30 dead hogs bought by a local trader in Barangay Apalen, Bayambang from Camiling, Tarlac, were confirmed on October 16 to have died from AFS. The 30 hogs were among 60…
SITG ESPINO JR. LINGAYEN–The term “last possessor” is different from the term “last registered owner”. With this as his statement, P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, insinuated that businessman Jewel Castro of Baguio City, tagged as one of 22 suspects in the attempted slay on former Congressman Amado Espino Jr….
PANGASINAN police has assured the province that the chain of command in the Philippine National Police has not been affected by the controversy involving the outgoing P/General Oscar Albayalde who has since resigned as PNP chief. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, P/ Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, provincial police…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan provincial government, along with two cities and 21 municipalities, earned the 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance Awards. This was reported by Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año in a post on the DILG website. As 2019 SGLG awardee, Pangasinan is set to receive P7 million Performance…
THREE towns received failed ratings in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) assessment and validation on the road clearing operation mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Pangasinan officer-in-charge Randy dela Rosa, in an interview Wednesday, said Tayug and Mangatarem received 65% rating, while Natividad got 60%. “The DILG…
PENALTY FOR NAMES ON AMBULANCE THE Office of the Ombudsman has reduced the period of suspension of the mayor and vice mayor of Asingan from one year to one month for conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service that emanated from putting their names and photos to the…
LINGAYEN—Parents are finally responding to Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) campaign vs. dengue. PHO recorded 7,133 dengue cases in the province from Jan.1 to Oct.14 this year, two percent lower than the 7,257 cases over the same period last year. Provincial health officer Dr. Anna Teresa De Guzman said only 11…
114-YEAR OLD CAPE BOLINAO LIGHTHOUSE. It is the second largest lighthouse in the Philippines. It was built by Filipino, American and British engineers in 1905. It rises 351 feet atop Punta Piedra Point in Bolinao town in Western Pangasinan. Visibility is 20 miles at mid-sea across parts of the West…
NO LOCAL HOGS INFECTED LINGAYEN–An African Swine Fever focal team from the Department of Agriculture strictly enforcing the 1-7-10 protocol in Mapandan town is set to recommend the restoration of Pangasinan’s status as ASF-free. With only a few hours before October 12, the day set by the DA the incubation…
LINGAYEN–By a vote of 11-4 and after a heated floor debate, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan declared Roger Erpelo, a hog trader from Barangay Baloling, Mapandan, as persona non grata in Pangasinan for bringing in 60 hogs afflicted with African Swine Fever (ASF) from Bulacan into the province. The 15 SP members…
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