THE Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Lingayen campus recently conducted its own fund raising to help frontliners with their work in barangays. According to Dra. Liza Quimson, Executive Director, Open University Systems, the fund raising netted P80,000 and were used to purchase personal protective equipment (masks and shields), and various food items…
INCREASING OCCURENCE THE need for vigilance to keep seas free of plastic debris was underscored after a 12-kilogram female Olive Ridley sea turtle collected in San Fabian eventually died with no known cause, only with the suspicion that it died due to plastic ingestion. It was buried at the Fish…
WHAT SOCIAL DISTANCING? – Lax enforcement of established protocol for Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in Dagupan City finds families taking a breather from the summer heat by swimming at the Pantal River by the De Venecia Extension Highway in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE provincial government’s halfway house in Sta. Barbara sent home its sixth COVID-19 survivor on April 21. The sixth COVID-19 survivor, a 66-year-old female from Malasiqui stayed at the halfway since April 14 to complete her remaining quarantine period after testing negative twice at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. She received…
PANGASINAN Police warned the local officials to strictly follow the protocol of the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) being implemented in the province or face arrest. The stern warning was issued by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, in compliance with order of PNP Chief Archie…
THE death of a San Carlos City resident with a suspected case of COVID-19 was recorded by the by government last April 18, the city’s second death case. In its Facebook post, the City Information Office said a 56-year-old woman from Barangay San Pedro Taloy was rushed to Pangasinan Provincial…
THE clergy of the Archdiocese of Lingayen- Dagupan donated to the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) one unit of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment for the detection of the COVID-19 virus. With the donated equipment, the BGHMC hopes to test an additional 360 cases daily. BGHMC is…
THE Pangasinan Contractors Association through Engr. Carlito Dion has funded the construction of the Emergency Quarantine Facility, as an extension of the Sta. Barbara Halfway House. Provincial Engineer Antonieta Delos Santos said the construction of the emergency facility is expected to be completed by this week. Provincial Health Officer Anna…
THE rate of Index Crimes in the province has decreased drastically since the implementation of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine a month ago. Latest statistics coming from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office show only 30 recorded index crimes from March 15 to April 16, as compared to 176 index crimes…
THE declaration of Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in Urdaneta was extended till April 30 by virtue of the Executive Order No. 34, Series of 2020 issued on April 13 by Mayor Julio F. Parayno III. The EO mandates that the movement of people within Urdaneta City is restricted for the purpose of…
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