COLORFUL FACE MASKS – Street vendor shows varied colorful cloth face masks that small entrepreneurs produced in the face of shortage of surgical face masks. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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P’sinan records first confirmed COVID-19 case
PANGASINAN recorded its first confirmed case on March 20 in Bayambang town. This was confirmed by Bayambang Mayor Cezar Quiambao, in a live interview aired over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, where he also confirmed that the victim died at the Lung Center of the Philippines. “The patient was tested earlier this month but the results from […]
Fr. Soc tells medical frontliners: You are the faces of Jesus
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the medical frontliners and health workers attending to COVID-19 patients are “the faces of Jesus”. In a message on March 26 on the Facebook page of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan., Villegas wrote, “You are taking care of God. We cannot pay back your love and service that you are giving […]
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake hits Pangasinan
A MAGNITUDE 4.3 earthquake hit Agno town on March 24 Tuesday, 4:23 a.m., but no damage to person and property was reported by the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. PDRRMO’s early warning division head Shallom Balolong said the earthquake was tectonic and not inland but part of the Manila trench. Balolong said […]
Bataoil places Brgy Libsong West under EECQ
LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil placed its Barangay Libsong West under Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) following the death of a Patient Under Investigation (PUI) from that village on March 25 at the Region1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City. Bataoil issued Executive Order No. 26 Series of 2020 on March 25 placing the entire Barangay Libsong […]
Barangay brass tasked to do errands for sick constituents
TO ease the minds of two residents of Malasiqui town being treated in a hospital, the town’s government moved to take over usual household chores during their confinement. Mayor Noel Anthony Geslani said in an advisory on March 24 tasked barangay officials where the two live to do the errands for the two who are […]
DOWNTOWN STREET AS PALAY DRYER
DOWNTOWN STREET AS PALAY DRYER – With no vehicles plying the once busy street, an enterprising farmer freely uses the street to dry his palay harvest with no one accosting him for violating the quarantine protocol. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
Doctors to patients: Tell truth in travel history
DOCTORS in Pangasinan advise patients seeking medical help to be true to themselves and must tell the truth during interviews. Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia of the Region I Medical Center (R1MC) said those who manifest symptoms of COVID-19 must be honest and to tell the truth of what they are experiencing to health worker attending […]
Sta. Barbara execs nix plan to build isolation hospital for PUIs
THE Sta. Barbara government has vehemently opposed the plan of the provincial government to use the pavilion of the provincial nursery in Barangay Tebag East here as hospital isolation extension for patients under investigation (PUI) of COVID-19. “We will not agree to such a plan,” said Mayor Joel delos Santos in his Facebook post as […]
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
SIGNS OF THE TIMES –At this time of the year, Pangasinan beaches are already swarming with loud frolicking schoolchildren while elders are busy preparing picnic lunches. The warning signage has changed all that. The beaches are mostly deserted. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)