FIRE VICTIMS GIVEN A CHOICE – A mother, accompanied by her daughters, rummages through donated clothes, and also given a choice to pick up sacks of cement bags to help reconstruct their homes, Courtesy of Filco Merchandising. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) called for a closed coordination between public and private hospitals and the Dagupan City government amid reports of continuously soaring COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR+) and are finding themselves admitted in Dagupan and Pangasinan. The call was made by Councilor Michael Fernandez, the…
THE Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City assured that it will continue to cater to poor patients including those turned away by private hospitals during the pandemic. This was assured by Dr. Arnel Gazmen, chief of clinics of R1MC, as he revealed that the hospital continues to serve poor patients or…
THERE were already 15,747 medical frontliners in Pangasinan that have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines. This was revealed by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, in an interview. She said these persons were included in the priority eligible population, namely priority groups A 1.1, and A 1.2, said de…
THE spread of misinformation on social media remains to be a challenge to the government’s vaccination program, reason why some are still hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccines. DOH-CHD 1 spokesperson Dr. Rheuel Bobis said among the worst fake news he saw was a person might become a zombie one…
DUE to increasing COVID-19 cases, persons coming from the National Capital Region and high-risk areas will need to present their negative RT-PCR result with three days validity when going home to Bani town effective April 9. Bani Mayor Gwen Palafox-Yamamoto added that that they also need to present their proof…
SUAL town has extended the temporary closure of all its municipal beaches, tourism destinations and establishments till April 11 this year to prevent any more COVID-19 positive cases in the town. This was provided in the executive order No. 11 signed on April 6 by Mayor Liseldo Calugay, following his…
DESPITE the continuing ravage of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities are also monitoring usual ailments that surface during the summer season in the Philippines. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, however, said despite several instances where the province of Pangasinan reached ‘dangerous’ levels of heat index, no cases of…
AMID reports of heavy congestion in hospitals in NCR Plus Bubble, treatment of COVID-19 patients from these provinces wanting to be treated in hospital in any part of the region will require the official consent of the provincial task forces. This was stressed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV…
TWENTY-three policemen assigned to the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company in Camp Narciso Ramos in Tayug tested positive of COVID-19. In a joint statement last March 31, by Municipal Health Officer Ria Adora Loresto and Mayor Carlos Trece Mapili posted on the town’s official Facebook page, it said the infected…
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