THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is urging families to have a simple but meaningful Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebration amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by limiting attendance among themselves. PHO chief Dr. Anna De Guzman said reunions, celebrations this yuletide season should only be attended by family…

BARANGAY volunteers in the province recently received amelioration benefits from the provincial government. The first day of Joint Amelioration Distribution for Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs), Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPOs), and Child Development Workers (CDWs) was held in the First District on December 16. Among the…

FOUR persons onboard a Toyota Hi-Ace that traveled from Metro Manila were arrested by the police manning the quarantine control point (QCP) at the TPLEX in Barangay Palakipak in Rosales town mid-morning on December 16 for using falsified travel documents. The suspects were identified as Daniel de la Cruz, 37,…

A 30-year-old man drowned at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City when he went swimming at 7 p.m. The victim, Jefferson Juan Carlos from Betis, Pampanga, currently residing in Barangay Tambac in Dagupan, was having a drinking spree with companion Russel Roque, at around seven in the evening, when Carlos…

TWO medical frontliners, man and woman, in Alcala town tested positive for COVID-19. The two patients, both 27 years old and residents of Barangay Poblacion East and Barangay San Juan. They were working in the same hospital outside town. It is believed the patients caught the virus while tending to…

A 29-year old man died after his motorcycle crashed and fell off a cliff in Barangay Canan Norte, Malasiqui. The victim, Raymund Ocat, together with back-rider Haide Lawas, were traversing a sharp curve in the area when Ocat lost control that caused them to fall off a cliff after crashing…

AFTER delivering truckloads of relief goods under the Oplan: Tulong Kapatid to flooded Cagayan and Isabela, both ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses, the Pangasinan government donated P1 million to each as financial assistance to the provinces of Albay and Catanduanes devastated earlier by Typhoon Rolly. The financial assistance to Albay and…

P/BGen Rodolfo Azurin Jr., regional Director of Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1), confirmed that all the 193 police personnel that took the drug test showed they are all negative of drug use. Azurin said the series of surprise drug tests will continue to support the ongoing campaign against illegal drugs….