AMID COVID-19 THREAT LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has urges the faithful not to leave God out of the threat of COVID-19. In a pastoral message on March 10, Villegas said the epidemic of “godless fear” of the unknown is spreading “so there’s a need return to the basics of Catholic…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) will soon create the Person-In-Crisis Inter-Agency Action Committees (PIC-IAAC) to help individuals with suicidal tendencies. P/Lt. Rosemarie Reate, head of the committee on public safety and security, said the PIC-IAAC will primarily provide immediate intervention for individuals with suicidal thoughts. Reate cited data from…
MOTORCYCLES riders in Dagupan City who wear nutshell (half) helmets will be accosted and fined by the Dagupan City Public Order and Safety Office (POSO). The warning was issued by Robert Christopher Erfe-Mejia, POSO chief, citing the city’s Ordinance No. 1922-2008, that makes wearing nutshell helmets a violation as instituted…
A “No Touch Policy” is being implemented at the Dagupan City National High School-Junior High by the school’s principal as a preventive measure against COVID-19. According to Medarlo de Leon, DCNHS-JH, the usual expression of respect of students to their teachers –kissing of teacher’s hand – and any physical close…
IDEAL FOR VIEWDECK – Lingayen Mayor and chairman of the Provincial Advisory Council Leopoldo Bataoil gestures to the place as the ideal location for one of the view decks along Daang Kalikasan during a site inspection trip last week. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE small steps expected to lead to giant strides in greening the newly-constructed Daang Kalikasan that connects Pangasinan to Zambales provinces have begun. Imagine palm trees, acacia mangium and a host of coconut and ylang-ylang stress lining the 54-kilometer road. Since Daang Kalikasan was temporarily closed since Feb. 17 for…
A NURSERY, view deck stations, and a dam will be part of further development and improvement of the scenic Daang Kalikasan road here to be implemented by various national government agencies and the local government unit (LGU). This was pointed out by Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil during the question hour of…
CONGRESS’ DECLARATION SOUGHT THE help of Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) was sought to adopt separate resolutions asking Congress to declare the Daang Kalikasan and the Daang Katutubo, and the Lingayen to Binmaley Baywalk as national roads. Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, chairman of the newly formed Provincial Advisory Council (PAC), told the…
THE excellent delivery of quality health care services provided by Pangasinan Provincial Hospital has been validated anew by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015’s certification of the hospital. PPH Chief of Hospital Aurelio O. Cariño confirmed that PPH is once again validated for ISO 9001:2015 certification this year, affirming…
EARLY MORNING RIDE — Rusty Blue, a Macau parrot, hangs on to his owner-trainer Ronnie Fernandez while they do their daily early morning ride through the stretch of Old De Venecia Road in Barangay Lucao in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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