THE Ilocos Regional Police Office (PRO 1) will start deploying thousands of police officers in Region 1 to ensure safe and orderly conduct of the National and Local Elections (NLE) this year. In a virtual press conference, P/Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, PRO 1Director, said 5,314 police personnel will be assigned…
DO you want to work in the government? Then you need to pass the Career Service Exams (CSE), to begin with. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, only 1,000 slots are open to applicants. Flordeliza Bugtong, Director of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Field Office of Western Pangasinan, said applicants…
THE Lingayen Municipal Hall was placed on a granular lockdown from Jan. 13-14 for decontamination. All transactions at the Municipal Hall will resume on Jan. 17. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil issued on Jan. 12 Executive Order No. 03, series of 2022, posted at the town’s official Facebook page before 7:00 p.m.,…
MACARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS –The newly restored Home Economics Building of West Central Elementary School 1 (WCES), General Douglas MacArthur’s temporary quarters, is adorned with US colors in commemoration of the landing of American and allied forces landing at the Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945. Visitors get a glimpse of the MacArthur’s quarters inside…
NO STRAY BULLET VICTIMS THE provincial government logged a 15 increase in firecrackers-related injuries, based on the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office from December 21 to January3 Provincial Health Officer Anna de Guzman told Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan that there were 39 cases reported this year compared to 34 covering…
FINALIST FOR BEST PNP STATION –Dagupan police chief, P/Lt. Col. Louise Benjie Tremor, listens to the explanation of Lyn Castillo of the Provincial Advisory Group Police Transformation and Development, about the results of the validation and assessment of the Dagupan City Police Station .The DCPS is a contender for the 2021 Best…
UNVACCINATED Pangasinenses are urged to stay home in anticipation of possible sudden surge of COVID-19 cases of various variants, particularly the new Omicron variant, in the aftermath of the holiday season. Provincial Legal Officer lawyer Geraldine Baniqued, in a radio interview, warned individuals who have not been vaccinated or not…
SO far, no Pangasinense had a close call with COVID-19 infection with close contacts of ‘Poblacion Girl’ who tested positive and attended an event in La Union. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person of the CHD Region 1, made this clarification after two of Gwyneth Chua, who earned the moniker…
A VICE mayoralty candidate in Dagupan City tested positive for COVID-19. In his Facebook post, Carlos Alipio Fernandez said Wednesday that tracing of people who were exposed to him was already being done. “I already informed those people whom I had close contact with. Pasensya na po for the inconvenience…
LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Batoil tested positive for COVID-19. “I am sad to inform you that I was tested positive for COVID-19 after I underwent an RT-PCR test today because of my cough,” Bataoil said in a Facebook post dawn Friday. He said he initially thought it was due to fatigue…
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