NO FACE MASK? PAY THE FINE – Operatives of the Dagupan PNP- SWAT give an unidentified employee caught not wearing a face mask, the direction where to pay the penalty for violating the city ordinance. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE regional office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) warned the public against circulating its letter to the Ilocos Center for Health Development 1 (CHD 1) of the Department of Health (DOH) regarding the returning overseas Filipino worker who was confirmed to be positive of the COVID-19 Delta variant…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) refuted reports that the comfort rooms at the Western Pangasinan District Hospital (WPDH) are dirty. PHO chief Dr. Anna de Guzman said the provincial government under the leadership of Governor Amado Espino III is very particular when it comes to orderliness and cleanliness of provincial…
AS of last week, 365,419 Pangasinenses eligible for vaccination in the province have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines. This was disclosed by Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Anna De Guzman, with a breakdown: 165 were inoculated with the first dose while 82,998 received the full dose of the vaccines….
A FISHERMAN in Bolinao found floating in the sea for days was rescued in the waters of San Sebastian, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, August 8. Romy Dulay, 53, a resident of Barangay Balingasay in Bolinao, sailed out to the sea onboard his fishing boat on Thursday, August 5, despite the…
FRONTLINER FOR THE FLOOD – A street sweeper of Dagupan City’s Waste Management Division, clears the road of debris that could clog sewage, unmindful of the risks of cleaning in the middle of the flooded Burgos St.. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE four cities in Pangasinan and eight towns originally classified as “high-risk” areas by the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) have been reclassified as “critical risk areas” last Tuesday August 3. The change in classification was due to addition of two more towns – Basista and Infanta…
IN line with the observance of the National Adolescent Immunization Month, the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) through its Department of Pediatrics is offering free vaccine booster shots for youth this month. Adolescents aged 13 to 18 may avail of free booster shots of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles–mumps-rubella…
DAGUPENOS were not the only persons that were inoculated with first dose of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine and failed to get their second dose when their turn for the jab came. Reports indicated that the same situation happened in some towns not only in Pangasinan and but in Region 1….
HIGH TIDE IS DIVING TIME – Four young men decided to take advantage of the high tide in the city for an afternoon of fun, diving spree from a short bridge at the De Venecia Diversion road. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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