SPOT THE VIOLATIONS – Seeing a parent going to-and-fro school with his child on a motorcycle appears harmless but is in fact fraught with dangers because of their complete disregard for their safety. This photo easily shows 5 violations or disregard for laws: 1) Father has no helmet 2) Daughter has no helmet 3) Father uses slippers […]
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Bayambang girl dies of Japanese encephalitis
THE provincial health officer confirmed that a 14-year-old girl from Bayambang recently died of Japanese encephalitis, a rare kind of mosquito-borne disease. According to PHO chief, Dr. Anna de Guzman, based on her office’s initial investigation, Jasmine Prestoza of Barangay San Vicente, Bayambang was confined for four days at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) […]
Dagupan WMD launches campaign on waste management
PREPARING for the closure of the open dumpsite, the Dagupan City Waste Management Division (WMD) has launched an information and education campaign on proper waste management starting in the city’s barangays. Teddy Villamil, WMD Consultant, said the campaign is necessary to significantly reduce the daily volume of wastes in the barangays starting with residents of […]
Lingayen backs DOH’s ‘Back to Bakuna’ campaign
LINGAYEN – Measles cases in the province have been dramatically and alarmingly increasing. This is the assessment of the Provincial Health Office citing the 637% or 1,298 cases of measles with 9 deaths from January to July this year is a lot more in contrast with the records from the previous year on the same […]
Five city barangays placed under dengue-watch
DESPITE low number of dengue cases in Dagupan City, compared to other towns, five barangays in Dagupan City have been placed under dengue-watch owing to recorded high concentration of suspected dengue victims. City Health Officer Dr. Ophelia Rivera identified the barangays as Bonuan Gueset, Caranglaan, Calmay, Binloc, and Pantal. From January to August 2019, the […]
Repair of Calasiao dike delayed, flooding expected
CALASIAO – Flooding in the town will continue because of a still unrepaired dike in Barangay Gabon. According to Freddie Villacorta, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO), “the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed two phases in the construction of dikes from Barangay Quesban up to Barangay Gabon […]
CHO: Prevent dengue, grow mosquito repellant plants
SAYING that only prevention can cure dengue, Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City health officer, recommended not only the adoption of 4S and the 4 o’clock habit but also the cultivation of mosquito repellant plants in backyards and gardens. Rivera told the hearing in the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo and joined by […]
CSOs urged involvement in participatory governance
THE provincial government is encouraging Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to get involved in local governance. The invitation was aired during the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Conference on August 9 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center that gathered the top officials and representatives of federated provincial associations of CSOs. CSO is the umbrella organization of […]
SAVE THE SHOES
SAVE THE SHOES — Students from Dagupan City National High School and other schools in Tapuac Road, choose to risk walking barefooted than get their shoes wet at the height of the flash flood that hit the city last week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LOUD MUFFLER CRACKDOWN
LOUD MUFFLER CRACKDOWN — POSO enforcer Mark Reyes looks at the pile of loud, modified mufflers detached and seized from 300 motorcycle and tricycles as a result of the 7-day POSO operation in the city. Owners were fined P500. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)