DAGUPAN City councilor Dennis Canto urged medical practitioners in the city to volunteer as vaccinator for the city. Canto, chairman on the committee on public health and sanitation, underscored the city’s urgent need for vaccinators after the series of consecutive committee and public hearings on the expected roll out of…
USED face masks indiscriminately disposed of by visitors at the “Little Batanes of Pangasinan” located in Barangay Baybay Norte, Sual town made up most of the trash collected in a coastal clean-up on Jan. 30. Groups that participated in the cleanup activity, mostly municipal employees and volunteers from different sectors,…
RISKING COVID-10 INFECTION– Beneficiaries in Dagupan city wait patiently for their turn to receive their scheduled cash assistance from the Special Amelioration Program. In the absence of a marshal, they forget to observe the health protocol increasing risks of COVID-19 infection of among them. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TWO employees of the Commission on Election (Comelec) office in Dagupan City tested positive for COVID-19. Lawyer Michael Franks Sarmiento, city Comelec officer, said Wednesday the two infected (male and female) employees have been brought to the isolation facility of the city and would remain there for 10 days. Sarmiento…
THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) – Regional Office I will hold its Licensure Examination for Social Workers in Carmay Elementary School in Rosales town on February 10-12. Virginia Martin, regional director of PRC Region 1, said the exam will be the first Licensure Examination to be conducted by PRC Regional…
RECKLESS DRIVING – Fifteen construction workers are thrown off on impact after the speeding pickup truck turns turtle when the driver tried to avoid a head on collision with another vehicle. (Puchphoto by Butch Uka)
PANGASINANSES can begin to avail of the COVID-19 test using saliva, instead of a swab in February to be administered by the Philippine Red Cross-Pangasinan chapter. Krismar Glen Brillantes, PRC-Pangasinan head, said the PRC head office is currently conducting training and orientation for specimen collector of the chapter’s personnel. “The…
AN online survey to determine the level of acceptance of vaccination by people in Region 1 is being conducted by the Department of Health – Center for Health Development I, according to Dr. Rheuel Bobis, infectious disease cluster head and spokesperson of DOH Region 1. Speaking at the virtual KBP…
IF communities think the heads of their Local Government Unit (LGU) are not doing enough to contain the spread of COVID-19 cases in their areas, they should be reported to the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Health…
THE Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers has been approved by Congress on third and final reading earlier this year. Deputy Speaker and Third District Rep. Rose Marie Arenas, author of House Bill No. 8057, said the role played by seafarers in national development, particularly their huge monetary contributions, supporting the…
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