MOST FIRECRACKER VICTIMS IN PANGASINAN THE New Year revelry in Region 1 was generally peaceful and orderly notwithstanding Department of Health-Center of Health Development’s report that there were 28 victims of firecracker explosions treated in various hospitals as of January 3, 2023. This was the report of P/Brig. General John Chua,…
DAGUPAN’S 2022 LAST SUNSET — Boatmen ferry passengers across Calmay River to one of the city’s five island barangays while Dagupan City watched the last sunset of a new normal year in 2022. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
REGIONS’ FIREWORKS-RELATED INJURY LIST THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region reported a total of 60 fireworks-related injury (FWRI) cases from December 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023. This was confirmed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, in an interview. The figure, he said, is 81.82% higher than…
A nine-year-old boy died in Mangaldan town while his four friends around him sustained serious injuries on New Year’s Day after an unexploded firecracker that he picked up and placed inside a plastic bottle exploded on his face. The boy, King Emanuel Castillo was rushed to the hospital, but expired…
FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2023 2023 has just started and there were already seven dog bite cases recorded in Dagupan City. The Dagupan City Health Office reported that the latest victim was an eight-year-old boy who was bitten on his hand, thigh, and feet. The victim was allegedly walking when…
THE Dagupan City Veterinary Office (CVO) will resume anti-rabies vaccinations of pets in February. This was confirmed by Dr. Daniel Paolo Garcia, city veterinarian, in an interview on Thursday, January 5. Garcia said while vaccination could resume any time, the CVO decided to suspend because January, being a cold period,…
REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE BENEDICT – Catholics in the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese attend a requiem mass for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on January 3, presided by Archbishop Socrates Villegas. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
By IFM Dagupan News Schools welcome students from Christmas break THE Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office 1 assured parents and students on January 1 that all schools were ready to welcome their pupils and students starting January 3 after the long holiday season. DepEd Regional Director Tolentino Aquino was confident that…
Bani public market fire burns 400 stalls UP to 400 stalls were reduced to ashes in a fire that gutted the Bani Public Market at 9:00 p.m. on December 29. As a result of the blaze, 238 vendors lost their livelihood with almost nothing saved from their stalls. Gov. Ramon…
ONIONS FOR PANGASINENSES – A farmer in Bautista town carries his newly harvested onions from his farm to market that he expect to sell from P240.00-P250.00. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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