THE Department of Health (DOH) listed Barangay Caranglaan in Dagupan City as one of two areas with ‘clustering’ of measles in the country. The other being Barangay Balangasan in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur. In a report by DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on October 5, she named the two barangays…
PALAY-DRYING BANNED ON DE VENECIA HIGHWAY – Members of the Dagupan Public Order and Safety Office rush to clear the area of wet palay along De Venecia Highway where farmers dumped them for drying. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE driver and the operator of a passenger jeepney plying the San Fabian to Dagupan route who figured in a shouting match two weeks ago with some of his passengers who protested the overcharging of fare, are being investigated by the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB). This was…
THE Social Security System (SSS) issued notices to seven delinquent employers during its third leg of the “Run After Contribution Evaders” (RACE) operation on September 29. The employers of the establishments were issued written orders giving them 15 non-extendable calendar days to visit the SSS Urdaneta Branch located at CB…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) clarified that it is not abolishing the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) online portal contrary to posts going viral and circulating in social media. Atty. Teofilo Guadiz III, LTO Chief, said the system is being reviewed to protect the integrity of the Comprehensive Driver’s Education…
THE Department of Agriculture distributed sentinel hogs, hog starter feeds and hog grower feeds to 45 raisers in San Carlos City who lost their hogs to the African Swine Fever. The hog raisers became parts of the ASF Sentineling Program and Livestock Banner Program of the Agriculture Department. The DA…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE share secrets depending on the level of trust and comfort with persons, and the sensitivity of the information being shared. Some secrets we share with our partners, some we share with friends, some with total strangers. However, there are also secrets we ourselves are…
By Farah G. Decano WITH eyes flaming in anger, Percy Lapid stared at me. He likely believed that he could scare me with that conduct when he appeared at a Manila court for his arraignment some ten to twelve years ago. He had, at that time, several unimplemented warrants…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS stunned and saddened by the news that the football game tragedy in East Java’s Malang City, Indonesia last October 2 was marred by a stampede that killed 131 people. The talk now in the world of sports describes the disaster as the…
By Rex Catubig THERE are no road markers to lead visitors to the site. The site, in fact, is hardly known in the vicinity. The name Villa Milagrosa no longer rings a bell, silenced by the hands of time. Undeterred, we found the way through some remembered route much…
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