TWENTY-seven senior high graduates from St. Mary of Banneux (The Sisters of Mary) in Silang, Cavite who were stranded in the school when enhanced community quarantine was declared mid-March. were finally reunited with their families in Pangasinan on August 23 A team from the Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Office…
MATERIAL FACILITY RECOVERY BY THE ROADSIDE — There was a time when “Huwag magtapon ng basura dito” warning was painted on many walls as the thing to do to stop the disposal of garbage in public areas. Today, the city government decided to do just that to promote clean environmental by installing…
CLASSROOMS FOR COVID ISOLATION THE use of schoolrooms in any locality as additional isolation rooms for COVID-19 patients may be done but only as a last resort. This was the condition aired by Cesar Bucsit, spokesman of Department of Education Region 1, when asked about the possibility of such situation…
ZONE 3 of Barangay Macabito in Calasiao town was ordered locked down for 14 days on August 17 after the town registered three new positive cases for COVID-19 in the barangay. Mayor Arman Bauzon confirmed that the three new cases were close contacts of a confirmed case COVID-19 patient from…
A municipal councilor of Bolinao recently confessed to his constituents that he tested positive for COVID-19. In his Facebook post Monday afternoon, Councilor Jonumer Caasi made the admission that his RT-PCR test showed he tested positive. He said his situation started with a fever and decided, thereafter, to go on self-isolation…
THE town of Villasis registered not only its first locally transmitted COVID-19 case. This was confirmed by the Villasis Anti-COVID-19 Task Force on August 17. An 86-year-old woman from Barangay Puelay was tagged as the first case of community transmission when she was infected by her 29-year-old granddaughter, a medical…
A new COVID-19 case, the 16th, was reported in San Carlos City last Aug 17 after a two-week lull. The new case is a 42-yearold male, resident of Barangay Mamarlao who presently working in Las Piñas City where he contracted the virus, was confirmed by the city’s information office. The…
THERE is a second active COVID-19 case recorded in Sta. Barbara last August 17. According to the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases headed by Mayor Joel de los Santos, latest case is a 66-year-old male from Zone 5 in Barangay Banaoang who tested positive in…
SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE BEACH – Lifeguards and staff of the Tondaligan Beach Park prepare for the expected influx of beach swimmers and picnickers by designating areas for swimming, exit and entry points to ensure compliance with established COVID-19 health protocol. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Santiago Island Bridge that will connect seven islands barangays to the mainland here is set to be constructed next year. Former First District Rep. Jesus Celeste said he already met with Department of Public Works and Highways local officials on Aug. 7 to discuss the bidding for the project…
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