PROVINCIAL Health Officer Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman said the provincial government is set to launch mass testing for COVID-19 in the province. The medical technologists in the 44 towns and three cities and in the 14 government-owned hospitals are scheduled for orientation and training on the process to be…
ANY TRANSPORT WILL DO — Residents leaving the public market in Dagupan City are given a lift by a cargo truck that just completed its delivery. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AN eight-month-old baby girl in Dagupan City earlier diagnosed to be symptomatic of COVID-19 died on Wednesday, April 15, even before results of the lab tests could be known. The city’s Public Information Office reported that the baby was suffering from cough, seizures, and fever when she was admitted to…
STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS FUNERAL parlor owners and mortuary service workers attended a one-day lecture-forum on the proper handling and disposal of both COVID-19 confirmed cases and patients under investigation (PUIs) last Wednesday, April 15 in Lingayen. Governor Amado Espino III underscored the importance of the roles of funeral…
STAY-HOME VIOLATORS – A roving police patrol led by P/Col Rederico Maranan, provincial director, confronts four villagers seated in front of a sari-sari store in Binmaley for violating quarantine protocol and not wearing face masks. The four were brought to the police precinct and charged for their violations. (Punchphoto by Nora…
EPDH RE-OPENS THE Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital (EPDH) in Tayug has resumed its operations on April 16 after it was temporarily closed on April 5 when a doctor in the hospital tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an advisory posted on the provincial government’s Facebook page, Dr. Anna de…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office raised more than P2.5 million fund for PNP’s Bayanihan Fund program. According to P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, provincial director, the fund raised through the efforts of 2,464 police force in Pangasinan, will be forwarded to PNP Regional Director Joel Orduna and who in turn will…
TRADITIONAL PALM BLESSING – A priest blesses the host of palm fronds collected from parishioners in Lingayen town in lieu of blessing these while being held by devotees after each celebration of the Holy Mass on Palm Sunday. The marked fronds were returned to the homes of owners. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
WEARING of face masks by all persons in public places in Pangasinan for the duration and or its extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine is already mandatory by law. This is contained in the Provincial Ordinance No. 235-2020 passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) during its special session on April…
FIRST WAVE THE provincial government completed the first wave of relief package distribution in all 44 towns and three cities in Pangasinan in 3 days. The relief distribution kicked off on Monday, March 30 in ten towns, ended on April 2. The first towns that received their allocations of relief…
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