FOR PHILHEALTH MEMBERS DAGUPAN CITY— Member-patients of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) in Region 1 requiring kidney transplant may now avail of its kidney transplant package worth P600, 000. This was made possible after a memorandum of agreement was signed by PhilHealth with Lorma Medical Center in San Fernando City,…

ALAMINOS CITY –Opposing local candidates in fifteen communities already held a ‘Peace Covenant’ signing for peaceful and credible elections on May 9. P/Chief Inspector Michael Grona, head of the Police Community Relations of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO), told The PUNCH that fourteen towns and one city out of…

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DWSD) Field Office 1 warned the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries who pawn their cash cards to money lenders. According to DSWD Field Office 1 information officer on 4Ps, Jaesem Ryan Gaces, beneficiaries caught pawning their cash cards will be delisted. Gaces…

SUCCESSFUL MOCK POLLS IF the recent successful holding of mock elections in Pangasinan is any indication, Pangasinenses can look forward to a peaceful and credible elections in May 9. The Commission on Elections said from the casting of votes to counting and transmission of ballots, the mock elections in Pangasinan…

LINGAYEN– The Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO) recently bought 11 various new construction equipment for the implementation of different infrastructure projects in the province. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. led the blessing of the equipment held at the Provincial Motorpool, Capitol Compound last week. Provincial engineer, Engr. Antonieta Delos Santos, the new…

ALL the 44 town and four city election officers in Pangasinan will be reshuffled in preparation for the May 9 polls as part of the Commission on Elections’ campaign to ensure honest and credible elections. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor of Pangasinan, and who was one of four election…

LINGAYEN—“The real issue here is not the black sand… this is happening because they don’t want me and my son to run.” This was the reaction of Governor Amado Espino Jr. on Saturday after receiving a copy of the resolution from the Office of the Ombudsman dated Jan. 11 denying…

DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez received the Gawad Kalasag Exceptional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service Award for the city from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Region 1 in recognition of the city’s exceptional disaster risk reduction preparedness. The award was in recognition of the city’s…

AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE LINGAYEN— In view of the increasing number of tourists at the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag in Manaoag town, the preparation of a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Minor Basilica is being planned. Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, Archbishop Socrates…

THE rise in cases of upper respiratory diseases due to the constant changes in weather has been confirmed by a team of medical practitioners in Dagupan City. Councilor Jesus Canto, a doctor and former director of Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan, said his Team Kalusugan that is moving around…