CABINET Secretary Karlo Nograles, co-chair of the COVID-19 Interagency Task Force (IATF), said there is a big dependence on the local government units (LGUs) for the success of the vaccination program. Nograles, who was in Dagupan City on Feb. 11 for the Presidential Communications Operations Office Roadshow, said “the vaccine…
A PROVINCIAL board member is set to ask the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF) to temporarily close and ban the operations of cockpit arenas in the province. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario is keen on recommending the measure to ward off the…
DRIVER’S ERROR – Curious onlookers take pictures of the brand new car that plunged into a fishpond when it tried to avoid a slow moving motorcycle carrier (garong) on a narrow road in Calasiao town. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COMMISSION on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero De Vera said he is confident the limited face-to-face classes allowed by the President for some medical schools and other allied health science courses will succeed. Speaking to local newsmen at Monarch Hotel on Feb. 9, De Vera said people will just have…
TWO colleges in Pangasinan operated by local governments received the Gawad Parangal from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in ceremonies held at the Monarch Hotel in Calasiao on February 9. CHED Chairman Prospero de Vera III bestowed the recognition to Binalatongan Community College in San Carlos City and the…
THE Sanggunian Panlalawigan approved the ordinance creating the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank Facility to ensure adequate supply of safe blood in the province. The Provincial Ordinance No. 32-2021, “An Ordinance Creating the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank Facility and Providing Guidelines for the Collection, Processing and the Operation of Blood Bank…
WHEN NATURE STRIKES – The Lingayen Baywalk started to show wide cracks that resulted in the collapse of parts of the area after a series of storm surge from December -January. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE first health front liners in Pangasinan to be vaccinated with the anti-COVID-19 vaccines that are set to arrive in the country by the second or third week of February are health workers from the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) as well as those from the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. This was…
THE Pangasinan Molecular and Diagnostic Laboratory (PDML) located at the premises of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City is still awaiting accreditation from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) before it can serve members and qualified beneficiaries. This was the update given by Dr. Anna de Guzman,…
STAKEHOLDERS in the provincial government’s COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out plan have started to validate the activities in preparation for the arrival of the vaccines allocated for Pangasinan. Governor Amado I. Espino III and Provincial Health Officer Anna Maria Teresa De Guzman and the League of Municipalities in the Philippines (LMP) –…
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