THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed two flood mitigation projects near the Agno River recently to protect residents living in low-lying villages from flooding. In DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the construction of dikes in Barangays Agno and Barangobong–Magallanes have been completed by DPWH Pangasinan Third…
THE provincial government is all set to stage the Provincial Security Summit on October 7 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro, event organizer, said barangay captains, municipal and city disaster risk reduction and management officers, Department…
SOME 3,330 examinees have registered to take the qualifying exam to become science and technology scholars on October 20. Alexa Apostol, science research specialist of DOST-Pangasinan, said tests for the 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will be held at the Abong na Alumni of…
MINIMIZING FLOODING IN THE CITY— Dagupan City’s engineering personnel continue their drainage-clearing operations along the commercial district in anticipation of more extended rains in the weeks ahead. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TO ENSURE BAN OF ENTRY OF HOGS POZORRUBIO–Aside from manning a quarantine checkpoint at the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) exit in Barangay Bobonan here, the local police began monitoring operations of the town’s slaughterhouse and an existing hog farm in Barangay Bantugan last week. The two tasks are in compliance…
AFTER more than ten years of keeping the province polio-free, the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office will launch an enhanced disease surveillance and vaccination for children in the face of a declared polio outbreak in the country. Dra. Anna De Guzman, PHO head, called on local governments and health workers to…
THE BIGGEST FOR THE SMALLEST — Pangasinan’s smallest town, Sto. Tomas, hoists the biggest flag measuring 2.43 m. by 3.65 m. on the 15m. high flagpole for the first time last week during the flag ceremony attended by the municipal employees and officials led by Mayor Timoteo Villar III, police officers, teachers and students last September 23…
STO. Tomas is the smallest town in land area and population in Pangasinan, but it stood tall again for raising the biggest flag in Pangasinan or possibly in Region 1. Mayor Timoteo Villar III said it was raised on the flagpole for the first time last Monday’s flag ceremony. He…
THE provincial government will donate P500, 000 cash assistance to the calamity-stricken victims in Ilocos Norte. The provincial board approved Provincial Resolution No. 150-2019, extending financial assistance during its regular session on September 23 after Ilocos Norte was declared under a state of calamity on August 24 owing to damage…
THE Dagupan City branch of the state-run Social Security System (SSS) is one of the pilot branches that will go on full digitalization to streamline its services and to better serve its members. Jocelyn Lim, officer-in charge assistant branch head of SSS-Dagupan, said investments in new digital technologies were considered…
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