DENGUE cases in Region 1 have dropped significantly by 86.6% this year compared to 2021. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, spokesperson for the Center for Health Development Region 1 (CHD), said only 372 dengue cases have been recorded from January until June 1, 2022 compared to 2,828 cases tallied same period last…
RAINY DAY FAVORITE — The rainy season is back, so is tinapa for breakfast in Pangasinan households. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
UNCOLLECTED garbage is beginning pile up in many barangays in Dagupan City. Reason: The Waste Management Division (WMD) has stopped picking up or hauling the wastes from Material Recovery Facilities of each of the 31 villages of Dagupan. Speaking for his barangay alone, Liga ng Barangay president Marcelino Fernandez, barangay…
A motion of Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza asking the Sangguniang Panlalawigan plenary to revert back to the discussion period after Supplemental Budget No. 4 was already unanimously passed by the body was turned down by 10 provincial board members. During the division of the house, only two…
THE worst is far from over. A six-year-old boy in Mangaldan town died recently from COVID-19. This was confirmed by Dr. Racquel Ogoy, municipal health officer, who confirmed that the victim, a resident of Barangay Malabago, was not administered the anti-COVID vaccine. Ogoy said the child’s parents rushed the boy…
COMPLETE LOSS – Firemen from Calasiao and Dagupan City conduct clearing operations on the house in Barangay Banaoang in Calasiao gutted by a one hour fire last week. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AN unusual motion without precedence was proposed by Dagupan City Councilor Celia Lim, mother of outgoing Mayor Brian Lim, during last week’s session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan. Lim moved specifically to invite and allow newly elected councilors to attend and participate in the council’s deliberations on the proposed…
A group petitioning for people’s initiative for a manual recount of all the votes in Pangasinan by the Commission on Election submitted additional 26,000 signatures to the Provincial Elections Office in Dagupan City on Tuesday, May 24, in addition to the 21,000 signatures earlier submitted on May 16. The petition for…
AFTER a two-week silence, outgoing Second District Rep. Jumel Anthony Espino finally reacted to the results of the May 9 election where he lost by a wide margin to his challenger, former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco. Espino said he deemed it to be with his family first to lessen the…
MORE than seven million doses of vaccines have been administered in Region 1, according to the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, CHD spokesperson, said the 7,858,600 COVID-19 vaccines were distributed among 3,195,312 individuals for their second doses while 431,291 were administered…
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