IN a bid to drastically cut operational costs of the city government due to soaring prices of electricity, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution calling on the city government to convert all electric-powered street lights, lights and facilities and equipment in all its offices to solar power. The resolution was proposed…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is unhappy with the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to Pangasinan. This was bared by PHO chief Dr. Anna de Guzman during the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on August 2 when asked by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino about the volume of vaccines being delivered…
TWO died while two others were injured in separate electrocution incidents on Aug. 4 in Natividad and in Pozorrubio. Jonel John Salinas, 45, a resident of Barangay Pao, Manaoag town was declared dead on arrival at the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital in Tayug town while Aron Agbayani, 21 and Rienel Gaudiano,…
SENIOR citizens in two island barangays in Dagupan City have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after they received the single-dose Janssen jabs on Monday. According to the Public Information Office of Dagupan City, 140 senior citizens in Barangays Calmay and Carael were administered their vaccines by a vaccination team after…
ISLAND CATHEDRAL – At the height of the high tide in Dagupan, the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral appears to be isolated in the middle of a lake. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOOD FOR SAN ROQUE DAM THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) considers the monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Fabian experienced last week in Pangasinan may have caused some damage to farmlands but it served to fill the San Roque Dam’s water reserve. PDRRMO operations center officer Shallom…
ALARMED by the entry into the country of the Delta variant, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan called back officials of the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases IATF-EID and the Provincial Health Office for an update on the status of Delta variant of COVID-19 contagion in the…
SOME 607 essential workers belonging to the A4 priority group in Region 1 have been fully vaccinated. This was confirmed by Ilocos Region Center for Health Development’s (CHD-1) Dr. Rheuel Bobis, focal person for COVID-19 last Sunday, July 25, based on reports from local government units in the region after…
THE Provincial Inter-Agency Taskforce immediately held an emergency meeting following the reported detection of one COVID-19 case with Delta variant in Ilocos Norte. Provincial Health Office Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman revealed the first delta variant case in the region had an exposure to a Pangasinense patient. She said…
THE San Carlos City government achieved the highest single-day vaccine count last Tuesday, July 27 with 1,160 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The number surpassed the recorded highest single-day vaccination on Monday July 26 with 1,064 vials inoculated. In a statement, City Information Officer Jhuliano Nazareno said the city government…
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