LIBRENG SAKAY IN DAGUPAN – One of the brand new modern jeepneys owned and deployed by the BTSI ply new routes to serve the medical frontliners, authorized persons outside residence, and essential workers in the city. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AS of June 6, 225,291 doses of the anti-COVID-19 vaccines had already been administered in Region 1, out of which 170,738 were used as first dose and 54,553 for the second dose, according to the Department of Health-Center for Heath Development 1. Speaking at the virtual presser of PIA Region…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance increasing the monthly honorarium of all 593 barangay tanods in Dagupan by P500, effectively raising their stipend to P1,200 per month. This was provided for in an ordinance proposed by Councilor Celia Lim and co-authored by all councilors present. The present monthly…
DUE TO INITIAL MINOR NEGATIVE EFFECTS MORE than 2,000 persons that were already inoculated with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine still have to complete their vaccination protocol with the second dose. Department of Health Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) spokesperson Dr. Rheuel Bobis said the hesitant inoculated…
GADGETS ARE HAZARDOUS TWO persons died after a lightning struck them in Barangay Angio, San Fabian town on Tuesday evening, June 8 in what was suspected to have been caused by an active smartphone in an open area in the middle of a thunderstorm. San Fabian Police identified the victims…
SOME 150 young boys benefited from Oplan Libreng TULI organized by the Liga ng mga Barangay President Mamilyn Caramat in Calasiao. On June 8, a medical team from the Region 1 Medical Center, trooped to Barangay Dinalaoan for the circumcision of the beneficiaries that also included boys from Barangays of…
BIKE MARSHALS ON THE JOB – To ensure safety of hundreds of bicyclists and joggers during the “Bike-and-Run Day” event every other Sunday at the De Venecia Expressway Extension in Dagupan City, marshals are deployed to enforce two simple rules for bicyclists: “No-helmet, no-biking” and “No U-turn.” (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NEARLY 95% of all medical frontliners, commonly categorized as A1 individuals, have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines. This was bared by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1. The 95 percent, which translates to 75,122 individuals, were already…
THE Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen town was locked down last week after a member of the school faculty tested and later died of COVID-19. Elvira Viray, PNHS principal, said the lockdown was implemented to give way for massive disinfection of the campus, and to conduct contact tracing of…
THE first wave of the vaccine rollout in for provincial government employees already inoculated 454 employees administered by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). PHO chief Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman said the three-day inoculation of provincial government employees, from May 31 to June 2, 2021, said employees with comorbidities…
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