LINGAYEN—The provincial government continues to support the sick among the less-privileged through the continued implementation of the Point-of-Care (POC) program. The POC enrollment scheme will continue alongside the Point-of-Service (POS) in accordance with PhilHealth Circular 2013-0032. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, provincial health officer, said the PhilHealth Board has…
WATCH ME! — Members of Barangay peacekeepers keenly watch the demonstration by Dagupan City PNP-SWAT members on how to neutralize suspects with bare hands during the 6-day Barangay Peacekeeping Action Trainings at Edades Hall in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
PEACE & ORDER IN BARANGAYS MEMBERS of the Barangay Peace Action Team (BPAT) in the city’s 31 barangays, clustered into six groups, were given a one-day training/seminar by the Dagupan City Police Station on their peacekeeping duties at the city museum on September 11-14. P/ Superintendent Franklin O. Ortiz said…
THE members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) asked the city government to give self-confessed drug personalities who completed rehabilitation program the highest priority for opportunity to be employed in the city’s infrastructure projects being implemented. The recommendation was contained in a resolution authored by Councilor Dennis Canto. It said that…
AS always, everyone points to everyone to be blamed but themselves when push comes to shove. This was the case when the Sangguniang Panlalawigan conducted its inquiry in aid of legislation last week on the reported dumping of garbage along the Lingayen-Binmaley Baywalk project. Present at the inquiry were the…
A TOTAL of 546 classrooms costing seventy percent of the P400 million budget allocated in 2016 have been completed and delivered by the 2nd and 4th Engineering Districts in Pangasinan. DPWH District Engineer Rodolfo Dion said the classrooms are already occupied by Junior and Senior High School students of the…
DAGUPAN CITY— The clergy of Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese, including the faithful from various sectors, celebrated their synod, assembly, under the grieving shadow of the more than 13,000 countrymen who have been killed in the anti-drug campaign. This was pointed out by Archbishop Socrates Villegas in his post-synodal message issued on September…
SOON, DAGUPAN TO LINGAYEN BAYWALK — When the construction of the baywalk that connects Dagupan City to Lingayen is completed, soon residents can walk, run and bike to and fro with a stop in Binmaley. The site is outside the 104th Army Reserved Command in Binmaley. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SISON—The provincial health officer said it was dengue, not Japanese encephalitis, that claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl from Barangay Asan Norte here. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman issued an advisory on Thursday to Pangasinan newsmen, clarifying that, “the case of an eight-year old girl in Sison is…
INFANTA FISHERMEN’S FIND INFANTA–The 20 kilos of white crystalline substance found inside a drum floating off the coastal waters by local fishermen here tested negative of shabu by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office in La Union. PDEA Region 1 Director Jeoffrey Tacio said the laboratory test on…
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