A radio booth set up inside a secondary school in Barangay Bolosan in Dagupan City broadcasts lessons to students by their teachers under the distance learning system being implemented by the Department of Education nationwide. Renan Bautista, department head of Technology and Livelihood Education at the Judge Jose de Venecia…
SINGING VACIADOR –- A bystander and a Dagupan POSO enforcer are awed by the beautiful singing voice of the metal sharpener who sang while servicing a customer’s bolo. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AS of October 1, the city of Dagupan still has the highest number of active COVID-19 case in Pangasinan after it breached the 100 mark. The city’s active cases already number 108, out of which 12 new cases were registered on October 1 while 109 cases recovered and 10 persons…
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA CONFLICT DESPITE the volatile situation, there is the potential for a peaceful settlement on the raging conflicting claims in the West Philippine Sea. This was aired by the former five-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Jose C. de Venecia Jr., during the Virtual Global Rally of…
THE Bangrin Mangrove Marine Protected Area (BMMPA) in Bani town, specifically in Barangays Aporao and San Miguel, is made up of 42.25 mangrove forest and is open to local residents for a unique close encounter with nature. According to Romel Dulay, local tourism officer, the area is home to more…
THE town of Mangaldan already registered new 19 active COVID-19 cases out of the 43 cases recorded in the town since the contagion started. This was disclosed by the town’s Information office which also reported that out of the total 43 confirmed cases, 22 patients have clinically recovered and two died….
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod failed to meet in session last Tuesday and Thursday over reports that seven city hall employees tested positive for COVID-19. This was confirmed by City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo who said that there was no virtual session of the SP on Tuesday because there was no agenda for…
TASK FORCE BAYWALK— Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (right) and P/Col. Redrico Maranan, Pangasinan police director, (left) drive all-terrain vehicles along Lingayen-Binmaley Baywalk accompanied by Binmaley Mayor Simplicio Rosario and retired Col. Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, respectively during the formal launching of the Pangasinan PNP’s…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) launched on Wednesday, Sep. 23, its Task Force Baywalk to assist tourists and ensure that IATF health protocols strictly enforced along the Lingayen-Binmanley Baywalk area. At the launching ceremony, P/Col. Redrico Maranan, PPPO director, said the creation of the task force is an inter-agency…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) has sounded the alarm that the isolation facilities put up by towns and cities for COVID-19 patients in their respective jurisdictions are almost filled to the limits. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna de Guzman said this is a big challenge to the local governments who…
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