DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar denied the request of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to convert the Urdaneta -Manaoag Road into a national road. In his letter to Governor Amado Espino III, Villar said the road section of Urdaneta-Manaoag did not conform with any of the DPWH…
THE Dagupan City hall as well its plaza, parks and open spaces near it are being proposed to be declared as cultural heritage sites for tourism and educational purposes. This was contained in a draft ordinance filed by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo last week that seeks to remind the city…
LINGAYEN–The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has confirmed that all persons incapable of paying their health insurance are now covered by the Point-of-Service (POS) subsidized by the national government, no longer the old Point-of-Care (POC) program covered by Local Government Units (LGUs). This was clarified by Rodolfo B. Del Rosario, Jr.,…
ALL IN GOD’S TIME — A weary farmer in Barangay Unzad, Villasis, goes through his daily routine, taking a break away from the scorching sun and sleeps on a hammock strung under a tree after a hearty lunch with the others before returning to the unfinished task of tilling the land by mid-afternoon. The rest, he…
THE public schools division in Pangasinan, together with other schools in the region, launched a campaign for the donation of ‘learner’s kits’ for displaced students in war-torn Marawi City. DepEd Pangasinan Division 1 has raised 1,000 learner kits while San Carlos City, Pangasinan Division Office turned over 586. Both Superintendents…
SOME 215 centenarians in Region 1 have been identified and to receive P100,000 cash each as mandated by R.A. 10868 or the Centenarians Act of 2016. Data gathered at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 office showed that beneficiaries in other provinces were 136 in Ilocos…
THE police detail providing security to ‘VIP’s’ (mainly elected officials) and in the province have been made to undergo loyalty check last week through an orientation by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. P/ Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, police community relations chief, said around 100 police non-commissioned officer (PNCO’s) with the…
LINGAYEN–A nine-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman were electrocuted to death in two separate incidents in different towns last July 9. The first victim was identified as C-Jay Pascua, a grade III pupil of Lunec, Malasiqui. According to the victim’s mother, C-Jay picked up a live wire on the road…
ROAD SAFETY MEASURES A DRAFT ordinance was filed in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by Councilor Maybelyn Fernandez seeking to regulate the seating of children on tricycles, inside jeepneys, motorcycles and other vehicles, in the city of Dagupan. Fernandez said she filed the measure as a mother to a newly born…
WHILE dengue cases in Dagupan City have decreased, it still has the highest incidence of dengue in Pangasinan because of its big population. Noting this, Dagupan City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera called on the residents to be conscious about their surroundings particularly potential breeding places of mosquitoes. Even caps of soft drinks…
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