THE Holy Week may have ended, but the period for penitence of Pangasinenses will still continue. This, after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned that the warm dry season has only just begun with easterlies or warm air from the Pacific Ocean entering the Philippines. In…
UNLIKE other cities and towns in Pangasinan, the Lingayen local government gave school administrators of public and private schools in all levels to decide whether they should suspend face-to-face classes amid the prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan. Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, said the teachers and school administrators can discern…
NO truth to the health tip spreading on social media that drinking cold water when feeling hot due to today’s climate is bad. This was stressed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD), and said there is no scientific evidence…
P4-M WORTH SEIZED, 2 MINORS NABBED JOINT anti-narcotics and police operatives eradicated almost P4-million worth of ready-to-harvest marijuana in a plantation in Barangay Mapita, Aguilar town on March 26 and arrested two minors cultivating the plants. In a report, the pieces of drug evidence were seized in three areas with…
PALM SUNDAY RITUAL — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas blesses palm fronds before the celebration of his Palm Sunday Mass at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BUS operators in the Dagupan City coped with the overcrowding in their terminals by shortening buses’ departure from the usual one hour to 10-minutes intervals or less depending on volume of passengers arriving in their terminals. Martin Nges O, terminal master of Victory Liner Bus in Dagupan City, said passenger…
EARTHQUAKE DRILL –Personnel of Dagupan City Fire Station are joined by OJT trainees do their ‘ Dock, Cover and Hold’ during the Quarterly Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
CONTAGIOUS PERTUSSIS CASE REPORTED IN PANGASINAN PANGASINAN and La Union are the provinces in the region with the highest cases of measles. According to Department of Health – Center for Health Development’s medical officer, Dr. Rheuel Bobis, DOH-CHD 1 Pangasinan and La Union both have 13 cases of measles, followed…
(Filed by IFM Dagupan News) Pangasinan PNP probes abduction of two youth leaders THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office is investigating the abduction of two youth leaders by unidentified armed men in San Carlos City on the night of March 24. The victims, Eco Dangla and Jak Tiong, were reportedly accosted…
ALL four engineering districts in Pangasinan were mobilized by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office to assist motorists traveling on all national roads during the observance of the Holy Week. DPWH Regional Director Ronnel Tan issued the order to organize the DPWH Lakbay Alalay Teams and…
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