THE town of Mangatarem registered its first COVID-19 case on June 11 when a 26-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Barangay Arellano was found positive of the coronavirus during a medical checkup, a requirement for his return to work abroad. Mayor Ramil Ventinilla, in his message on YouTube, said the…
ALL persons arrested or held in custody are already required to take the Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction test before being committed to any jail or detention facility. The order, issued by Governor Amado Espino III in his Executive Order No. 0033-2020, will be implemented at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail…
THE provincial government facilitated the return of 50 stranded Pangasinenses in Cavite and Laguna provinces on June 12. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said the 32 were fetched at Bacoor City Hall in Cavite while 18 were fetched at Sta. Rosa Plaza in Laguna on Independence…
A frontliner from San Carlos City became the second COVID-19 positive case after he had close contact with a colleague in the police service who tested positive earlier and became the first confirmed case of the virus here. The city government confirmed that a 29-year-old police officer from Barangay Baldog…
DILG: People who did not receive SAP fund need to formalize complaints. Persons qualified to receive the Social Amelioration (SAP) fund but did not receive them should file formal complaints. This is the advice of Marilyn Laguipo, local government operations officer of Dagupan, who admitted that disgruntled residents are still…
THE president of the League of Mayor of the Philippines (LMP) Pangasinan chapter has called on all fellow mayors to follow the protocol or chain of command whenever they declare lockdown in their respective municipalities during the current health emergency Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, LMP provincial chapter president, said municipal…
SEXIST ATTITUDE THE biggest irony of it all. Police stations in the country are required to put up Women and their Children Desks yet the number of cases of violations of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) (Republic Act 9262) ranks as the highest among cases filed against police personnel….
WHERE’S THE ENFORCEMENT? — Newly-painted markers for physical distancing on the sidewalk in Dagupan City are ignored by an illegally parked motorist and pedestrians the street on seeing no one enforcing the rules. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
PANGASINAN added another feather to its cap when it was chosen one of the seven provinces in the country that qualified for the 2019 Local Government Unit (LGU) Performance-Based Bonus (PBB). This was gleaned from the Notice of Eligibility from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Development…
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