THE 14th-month pay of regular employees of the Dagupan City government was released just in time for the holiday celebration. Mayor Belen Fernandez took time to personally distribute their bonuses on December 23 at the CSI City Mall with the families of the employees in attendance. The employees’ 14th-month pay was provided for…
FIRECRACKER ZONE-–Personnel of Bureau of Fire Protection Station in Dagupan City inspect the various pyrotechnic products on display inside stalls of licensed vendors located inside the West Central Elementary School, the designated firecracker zone in the city. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
FIRECRACKER ZONE
LINGAYEN—It’s already the time of the year when the machos and the unsuspecting kids tempt their fate by lighting up bigger, louder and more dangerous firecrackers. And the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is already gearing itself for the task of cutting off burnt fingers to save victims from further infection….
New Year revelers urged to avoid firecrackers
NATIVIDAD—This town recently passed an ordinance banning home birthing, traditional birth attendants (hilot) to deliver babies and requires only professional health practitioners to deliver babies only in health facilities. Councilor Rose Ann Rafael, author of the measure, said the town must aim to reduce and eliminate the cases of maternal…
Natividad town bans home birthing
ZERO-DROWNING TARGET LINGAYEN– Baywatch by trained lifeguards and members of the Water Search and Rescue (WASAR) of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) will continue in the Lingayen beach this yuletide season till the first week of the January. Avenix Arenas, PDRRMO spokesperson, teams were deployed in several strategic areas along the Lingayen…
Baywatch launched throughout holiday
THE muzzles of all firearms issued to policemen in Pangasinan will be sealed with tape to remind them of the order of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Station not to use these for indiscriminate firing from December 22, 2014 to Jan. 5, 2015, particularly on the eve of New Year on December…
Cops ordered to seal their guns’ muzzles
LINGAYEN—After the P2.77-billion annual budget for the year 2015 was approved, the sangguniang panlalawigan enacted the province’s P76.7-million supplemental budget last week. Authored by Board Member Clemente Arboleda, the board adopted appropriation ordinance no. 4-2014, “an ordinance enacting supplemental budget no. 3 of the general fund for the operation of…
Capitol gets P76.7M supplemental budget
ALAMINOS CITY–The Alaminos City Water District (ACWD) is under fire after the town’s Liga mga Barangay (LnB) passed a resolution urging Mayor Arthur Celeste and the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to investigate its activities as a result of the poor management and alleged anomalous operations. The resolution cited numerous complaints from water consumers for unreliable service…
Alaminos Water District slammed
REGULAR employees of the Dagupan City government will be rewarded with a 14th bonus this year. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance during its special session on Dec. 16 setting aside P18 million to cover the 14th month pay and productivity enhancement bonus for the year 2014. SP Secretary Ryan Ravanzo said…
SP okays 14th month pay
ALL senior citizens in Pangasinan are now served health insurance benefits. Thus assured Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Office 1 information officer Joseph Manuel, even if the implementing rules and regulations of the concerning law are still being drafted. Manuel said PhilHealth offices are already closely coordinating with the Office of the…




