A 21-year-old construction worker and resident of Barangay Esmeralda is the first COVID-19 case of Balungao town. Mayor Maria Theresa Rodriguez-Peralta confirmed that the male patient tested positive for the virus after being swabbed on Jul. 30, although he was asymptomatic. The patient reportedly travelled from Pasay City, without a…
THE San Carlos City government cautiously considers the city as free of COVID-19 since it has not recorded any confirmed COVID-19 positive case over the last two weeks. In a posted message on Facebook on Thursday, City Information Officer Jhuliano Nazareno confirmed that the city no longer has active COVID-19…
ONE sitio in Sual was placed under lockdown and a barangay under Modified General Community Quarantine when the town registered nine COVID-19 patients last Thursday, the highest among 18 towns and cities still affected by the COVID-19 contagion. Mayor Liseldo Calugay ordered the lockdown on Sitio Bagatan in Barangay Calumboyan…
THE second batch of NPA returnees and their supporters were officially processed and prepared to start a new life during the ceremony held last August 12 in San Quintin town. The ceremony for the benefit of the 72 former NPA rebels was a phase in Oplan Panagsubli launched by the…
TWO sea turtles, named Balong and WRR, were returned to the Lingayen Gulf on August 12, from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center in Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City. BFAR Director Eduardo Gongona led the release of the female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the…
REGION’S BEST GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III commended the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) for being cited as the Best Provincial Police Office award and for other special awards presented by the Police Regional Office-1 (PRO-1). The Pangasinan PPO was adjudged the Best Police Provincial Office “for its exemplary performance…
REGION’S BEST PNP STATIONS – The Dagupan City Police Station was recently cited as the region’s best in the city category while the Villasis PNP station earned the commendation in the municipality category. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office was cited for excellence in campaign vs illegal drugs and loose firearms. (Punchphoto…
VILLASIS, COVID-19 FREE AGAIN THE lone COVID-19 case in Villasis, a 45-year-old man from Barangay Bacag was among the five patients reported by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) to have recovered on August 6. This patient was a locally stranded individual (LSI) who arrived on July 11 from Metro Manila who suffered…
RESULTS of the evaluation of the possible cure for COVID-19, specifically those suffering from mild symptoms of the virus infection submitted by a Pangasinan inventor by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) are still awaited. This was disclosed by Jaime Imbat, owner of JPI Enterprise, the developer…
TWO sitios in Sual, Sitio Cauayan Hills and Kusinero in Barangay Cauayan, were ordered locked down or on community quarantine on August 2 when they registered four new confirmed COVID-19 cases. This was contained in Executive Order No. 42, series of 2020 issued by Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay on August…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
