THE COVID-19 pandemic brought another potential crisis if not addressed early – environmental disposal of face masks, shields, personal protection equipment (PPE), plastic gloves, etc. Dagupan City’s Waste Management Division (WMD) reported that an estimated two tons of COVID-19 related wastes have already been collected in the city from isolation…
SUICIDE cases due to depression and other causes are still high in Pangasinan based on data compiled by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). This was disclosed by P/Lt. Colonel Brendon Palisoc, police deputy provincial director for operations, in a briefing before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on May 3. Based on…
NEW 400 CASES, 364 RECOVER PANGASINAN may finally be on the threshold of stopping the COVID-19 contagion with the encouraging trend showing the wide gap between the number of new confirmed cases and the number of patients that recover continues to narrow down. This is the common consensus of health experts…
TOKEN BANGUS FESTIVAL – Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim releases a bag of fingerlings provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to signal the start and end the Bangus Festival. April 30 was declared a non-working holiday for the celebration of the Bangus Festival. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has created an ad hoc committee that will seek to settle all boundary disputes involving some towns within Pangasinan, and Pangasinan with its neighboring provinces. The creation of the ad hoc committee headed by Vice Governor Mark Lambino, SP presiding officer, was proposed by Sixth District Board…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has required its personnel to submit to reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test twice a week to monitor and check COVID-19 infection among the police personnel in the province. “We have to be tested at least twice a week,” PPPO spokesperson Maj. Arturo Melchor…
S-PASS (Safe, Swift and Smart Passage) will soon be fully implemented in Pangasinan. This was assured after the Management Information Services Office (MISO) presented an update on the implementation of S-PASS in Pangasinan to members of the Technical Working Group on April 21. S-PASS is a new paperless app launched…
COMMUNITY PANTRY BY THE CATHEDRAL – A senior citizen picks up food items from the pantry manned by members of the Knights of Columbus and other religious groups of Cathedral Parish of St John the Evangelist in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN’S HISTORICAL LANDMARKS SANGGUNIANG Panlalawigan, in its virtual session on April 26, approved a resolution that will help maintain an inventory of the province’s cultural and historical properties/ landmarks. Endorsed by SP was resolution authored by Board Member Margilou Humilde-Versoza, Provincial Resolution No. 2314-2021 entitled, “Endorsing to the Philippine Registry…
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