LINGAYEN—The provincial government provided more than 30,000 books to the Department of Education (DepEd) Pangasinan 1 and Pangasinan 2 divisions for the K-to-12 curriculum. Last Monday, June 27, outgoing Gov. Amado Espino Jr. turned over the reading materials to the DepEd supervisors in Pangasinan. According to DepEd Pangasinan 1 information…

ALARMED by the increasing number of diarrhea cases in Mapandan, the town’s health unit decided to teach the sector most vulnerable to dengue and diarrhea how to prevent these. The Mangaldan Rural Health Unit 1 (RHU-1) trooped to the Mangaldan Central School (MCS) and lectured Grade 4 and 5 pupils…

LINGAYEN— The police have alerted parents and guardians to look into the security of their daughters and female relatives on a regular basis because the number of rape cases in the province has increased. The Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded 121…

SOME inmates at the Dagupan District Jail may expect to be freed soon and join the 8,600 inmates that had been freed after 13,600 civil cases were settled by the Justice-on-Wheels (JOW), a mobile court launched by the Supreme Court since year 2005. SC Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez who headed the Justice-on-Wheels…

ONLY 290 household helpers in Dagupan City have been registered in Social Security System (SSS) by their employers in compliance with the “Kasambahay Law”. Marilyn Dioquino of accounts monitoring section in SSS Dagupan branch said, her office is still conducting mapping to locate household helpers that have not been enrolled…

URDANETA CITY—A barangay captain of Echague, Isabela and another person died while five others were injured when the Mitsubishi Montero they rode in hit a mango tree at the road shoulder in Barangay Catablan here night of June 14. The fatalities were identified as Aureliano Baracao, 52, barangay captain of…

THE provincial government is prepared for the onset of the La Niña phenomenon. This was the assurance given by Avenix Arenas, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) training and information officer during the KBP Forum last week. He said PDRRMO’s disaster plan, contingency plan, among other plans, are ready…

LINGAYEN— The provincial health office (PHO) is set to do an evaluation whether the province can still be declared malaria-free in the next three years. According to PHO chief, Dr. Anna De Guzman, her office already received guidelines on how to do the assessment in areas that are considered high…

NATIONAL PRESS FORUM PUBLISHERS and editors of member-newspapers of the Philippine Press institute will gather in Manila at the Century Park Hotel on June 22-24 for the 20th National Press Forum, whose theme “Understanding the Disputes in the West Philippine Sea” will focus on media’s role in fostering public understanding of…

LINGAYEN—Pangasinan, one of the top rice-producing provinces in the country, considers itself “very lucky” for not sustaining extensive damages due to the El Niño phenomenon. This was the assessment submitted by Dalisay Moya, acting provincial agriculturist, during the 1st Pambansang Mannalon-Mag-uuma-Magbabaul-Magsasaka ng Pilipinas (P4MP) Regional Congress held at the Health…