THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region already rolled out the COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent in towns and cities in the region for vaccine deployment and vaccination campaign for the A1 (frontline workers in health facilities both national and local, private and public, health professionals and non-professionals like students,…
THE PUNCH, NEWS LEADER IN PANGASINAN SINCE 1956 — Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez presents the city government’s award to Sunday Punch during the awarding ceremony of the city’s 75th founding anniversary. Around her are Associate Editor Eva Visperas, Chief Photographer Willie Lomibao, Entréacte columnist Rex Catubig and chief Correspondent Ahikam Pasion (Punchphoto)
IN a news conference last Thursday (June 22) afternoon, Mayor Belen Fernandez belied Erfe-Mejia’s statement that she and members of the minority did not meet at anytime in the past. She said that as far as she can recall, she met members of the majority five times in the past…
2nd ROUND FOR 2023 BUDGET “IF you are serious in resubmitting the 2023 annual budget, we are also serious in requesting for pertinent documents to support the annual budget.” This was the response of Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, chair of the committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriations of the Sangguniang Panlungsod…
ANTICIPATING IMPACT OF 7.6 TREMOR ALARMED by the movement of the Manila Trench, a potentially dangerous earthquake fault west of Luzon on June 15 that triggered 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Calatagan, Batangas but only felt at Intensity 2 in Dagupan City, Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the City Disaster Risk Reduction…
SECOND ROUND BATTLE MAYOR Belen Fernandez convened the Local Development Council (LDC) to a meeting last Wednesday, June 21, and passed two resolutions approving the resubmission of the 2023 Annual Budget of P1.3 billion and the submission of the P148.9 million Supplemental Annual Investment Plan No. 1 to the Sangguniang…
DCNHS STUDENTS ART EXHIBIT — MaArten Bangus, a colorful five-day exhibit (June 19-24, 2023) hosted by the SM City Dagupan showcased creative art works and performances of Grades 11 and 12 and Senior High School Arts and Design of the Dagupan City National High School. Thank you SM! (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I recorded there were 15 COVID-19 positive patients in critical conditions admitted in hospitals in the region last week. According to DOH monitoring from June 11 to June 17, 264 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, and the daily average case was…
THE processing of applications for gun ban exemption in the province for the duration of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE) period this October has begun. Comelec Resolution 10918 released on last week of May, said applications for the issuance of a Certificate of Authority to be allowed to…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I recorded an 11 percent uptick in dengue cases in the region, from January 1 to May 31 this year. Majority of the reported cases were from Pangasinan. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, DOH-CHD1 medical officer, said out of 742 dengue cases in…
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