TO CHECK COVID-19 CONTAGION THREE local government units in Pangasinan have reimposed the liquor ban due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in their respective areas since the start of the year. Speaking at the virtual KBP Forum on Wednesday, P/Capt. Arturo Melchior Jr., deputy chief of the community…
THE Provincial Health Office’s expanded targeted mass testing for COVID-19 yielded only 3% positivity rate since it started in May 2020. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, said the rate was determined from the 96,443 tested samples as of January 12, and only 3,270 tested positive. The…
THREE city governments in Pangasinan have decided they will not simply wait for their allocation of vaccines. Dagupan City has set the pace and allotted P10 million to purchase vaccines while the cities of San Carlos and Alaminos are set to allocate their own too for the purchase of vaccines…
COVID-19 spiked anew in Pangasinan, bringing the number of active cases near the threshold of 700 as 355 more new cases were added to the tally, dwarfing the number that recovered from the disease from January 8 to 14, according to the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Records…
SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri recently filed a bill seeking to reclassify the Mangabul Reservation in Bayambang into alienable and disposable land of the public domain for the purpose of redistributing the same to the bonafide and long-term farmers/occupants. A copy of Senate Bill No. 1961 was received by Mayor Cezar T….
SAFETY FIRST – P/Lt Rachel Corpuz of the Pangasinan Maritime Police Station at the Tondaligan Beach, calls out swimmers warning them not to move beyond the buoy markers of risks posed by underwater current in the area. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AZURIN REPORTS TO CHIEF PNP SINAS CRIME rate in Region 1 registered only 10,003 incidents or 43%, from a total of 23,444 registered in 2019 or 13,441 less in 2020. This was the report of P/Brig. General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., Police Regional Office 1 director, to chief PNP General Debold…
TWO barangays in Dagupan City, Barangays IV and Mamalingling, have been declared drug-cleared by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA Pangasinan Barangay Drug Clearing Officer Mary Jean Botes said the regional oversight committee declared the two barangays during its deliberations December 16 last year. Botes said barangays, according to…
COLLABORATING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT — Personnel of the Tondaligan Park Administration, Philippine Marines, PNP Maritime RMU-1, POSO, CDRRMC at Philippine Navy, Lifeguards and Tondaligan Vendors Association get together to clean and clear the Tondaligan Beach Baywalk of trash left behind by visitors on January 1. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Binmaley government banned anew swimming in the town’s coastal areas to prevent the further local transmission of COVID-19 among residents and visitors. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said the prohibition is pursuant to the resolution of the Municipal Task Force against beach swimming, mass gathering, youth camps and other sporting events…
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