PICK-UP TRUCK INSTEAD OF A DONKEY – A priest from the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese makes the round in barangays in Dagupan City to bless parishioners with their fronds, literally depicting the scene in the Bible with a difference – Jesus rode a donkey. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IN response of the provincial government to the call of the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) to prepare isolation facilities in their areas for treatment of asymptomatic patients, the provincial government set up a ‘halfway house’ at the Farmers Pavilion inside the provincial nursery in Brgy. Tebag in Sta. Barbara…
OPERATIONS of the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital (EPDH) in Tayug town remain suspended since only 68 percent of the swab test results of hospital staff have been released by the Baguio General Hospital as of April 11. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said she will wait for the…
THE provincial government went on the offensive to combat COVID-19 in the province by disinfecting critical areas by conducting misting cannon operations in towns and specific target areas. Responders from Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Provincial Engineering Office initially conducted misting operations in the towns of Tayug,…
WITH the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) in place, the 440th Agew na Pangasinan on April 5 was celebrated quietly and without fanfare. The mood was a departure from the yearly joyous celebration of Agew na Pangasinan usually marked with fun-filled activities, including floats parade and agro-industrial fairs. To mark…
DUE to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan, Gov. Amado Espino III extended the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in the province that was supposed to have ended March 31 for a week or more. His Executive Order No. 0016-2020 extended the effectivity of EO No. 0015-2020 and…
HOLDING FACILITY FOR PUIs THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan has passed a resolution expressing its “strongest displeasure” to the Sta. Barbara government’s decision to oppose the provincial government’s plan to convert a provincial facility located at the Provincial Nursery in the town for the discharged patients under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19. In…
DISINFECTING OPERATIONS – A rider slowly goes under the disinfecting gantry installed by the Department of Public Works and Highways along the Dagupan-Mangaldan Road in Barangay Bolosan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BAYAMBANG residents have been introduced to “medical tele-consultation” for health concerns with the Rural Health Unit (RHU) for the duration of the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine declared by the municipal government to address COVID-19. RHU physician Dr. Adrieene Estrada said the employment of tele-consultation has been adopted to protect residents…
COLORFUL FACE MASKS – Street vendor shows varied colorful cloth face masks that small entrepreneurs produced in the face of shortage of surgical face masks. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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