THREE candidates filed their respective certificates of candidacy for board member, one for mayor and another for vice mayor in Pangasinan for next year’s elections, according to the provincial election supervisor. “It was orderly,” said lawyer Marino Salas, adding that those who substituted were aspirants Ramon Bautista and Gerald Gubatan…
BOOSTER SHOT FOR FRONTLINERS – To signal the start of administration of booster shots to fully vaxed frontliners, Dr. Juan Antonio Maximo Escaño, Medical City Pangasinan president, gets the first booster shot. He, too, was the firsts to get a Sinovac vaccine in the city. With them is Dr. Dalvie Casilang…
MALL-BASED INOCULATION OVER 1,400 both pediatric and adults have been inoculated against COVID-19, during a mall-based vaccination in Calasiao town. The e Provincial Health Office (PHO) and the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO), partnered with the Robinsons Place Pangasinan for the conduct of mall-based inoculation. PTCAO special events…
THE Asingan local government already vaccinated 70.71% of its total eligible adult population, a tad closer to reaching the town’s herd immunity. Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr., in a radio interview, said the town already lists 29,700 vaccinated adults, out of 42,000 total eligible adult population. And, 18,000 of these have…
SOME 2.5 million residents in Region 1 have registered for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 as of Oct. 31, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a 3rd annual forum, PSA Region 1 civil registration and administrative support division officer-in-charge Camille Beltran said 1.49 million registrants were…
TO THE RESCUE – Three policewomen with the Field Training Police of the Dagupan Police Station, help the mother move the wheelchair of her handicapped child towards a waiting ambulance. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution asking Mayor Brian Lim to authorize Aguedo Sta, Maria, the city market supervisor, to appear at its November 16 session to shed light on the complaint of small-scale vendors that they are being made to pay P100 worth of cash tickets daily, P80 more…
THE vaccine rollout for minors, aged 12 to 17 years old, in Pangasinan saw the administration of the anti-COVID-19 vaccines to 1,500 youngsters from different places in Pangasinan for their first jab. This was bared by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, who added that since the launching of…
THE Police Regional Office 1 covered court in San Fernando City, La Union, in cooperation with the Department of Health-Regional Office 1 and Ilocos Training Regional and Medical Center inoculated some 262 minors, aged 12 to 17, all dependents of police personnel in Region 1 last week. P/Brig. General Emmanuel…
THE average bed occupancy rate in the 14 provincial government-run hospitals of Pangasinan is down to 26%, making wards with COVID-dedicated beds spacious. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said out of 570 dedicated COVID-19 beds, only 148 beds are utilized since the province started recording only a daily…
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