THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is urging residents in the coastal towns of Pangasinan to be vigilant and alert about foreign fishing vessels docking in their area to guard against the possible entry of COVID-19’s Delta variant in their communities. Dr. Anna Maria de Guzman, provincial health officer, reminded coastal…
DESPITE HEAVY RAINS THE intermittent heavy rainfall in Pangasinan the past days failed to stabilize the water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town. It remained at 242.78 meters above sea level (masl) only as of July 29. This was still way below the 280 masl spilling…
THREE persons met their unfortunate end in separate accidents in Calasiao, Sison and Anda towns last Wednesday, July 28. Sophia Mae Episcope, three years old, of Barangay Poblacion West in Calasiao town drowned in the floodwater outside their house. According to police investigation, the victim’s mother, Janice, woke up only…
EXPOSING THE CHILDREN – Families quickly take advantage of the decision of the Dagupan City government opening the Tondaligan Beach for swimming, bringing with them children unmindful of government’s caution of exposing them in public areas. (Note: The IATF withdrew its resolution on Friday allowing children to go out in public…
HIGH RISK AREAS DAGUPAN City and other cities/towns have started inoculating A-4 population or workers in the essential sector with COVID-19 vaccines starting July 13 after they were classified as high risk areas for COVID-19 by the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development…
TWO multi-purpose evacuation centers will be constructed in Barangay Pangapisan in Lingayen and Barangay Papagueyan in Binmaley by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) this year. Governor Amado Espino III led the ground-breaking rites for the two projects in Lingayen and Binmaley last July 15 that will be funded…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will only closely monitor the activities of candidates after they filed their certificates of candidacy starting October but it will not hold the candidates accountable for premature campaigning between now and October. In a press conference organized by the Philippine Information Agency-Pangasinan last Wednesday, Comelec…
SAGIP ANGHEL –The Women and Children Complaint Desk of the Dagupan City Police counsels the children who were brought to the barangay hall for not wearing face masks while playing in the streets. The parents were later called to fetch their children. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
FILIPINO-Chinese business owners and their employees in Dagupan City have started to receive their COVID-19 jabs last week after the Dagupan-Pangasinan Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DPFCCCII) received 1,990 vaccines procured by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers Of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). Atty. Edward Cham,…
COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Region 1, putting heavy pressure on existing health care facilities that include Intensive Care Units and ward beds of government and private hospitals, as well as isolation beds of LGU-managed facilities. The July 12 data released by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 1) confirmed…
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