GASTRO CASES AMONG KIDS UP 97% WHILE COVID -19 cases in Pangasinan continue to slide down, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is watching out for traditional diseases that usually accompany the rainy season. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said they are monitoring W.I.L.D. (Water-borne, Influenza, Leptospirosis, and Dengue)…
THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has already declared the onset of wet (rainy) season in the Philippines on Wednesday, May 18, deemed too early compared to previous years. According to Gener Quitong, weather forecaster from the Agno River Basin Forecasting and Warning System of the PAGASA,…
BACK TO SENDER – A policed officer stands guard at the door while waiting for Comelec personnel to pick up the used ballot boxes. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SOME 2,000 loyal supporters of Governor Amado Espino III and his brother, Second District Rep. Jumel Espino, staged a prayer and candle-lighting rally dubbed as “Pangasinan: Anyare?” at the Capitol Plaza on the night of May 16 to protest alleged cheating in the just-concluded election. The participants from different towns…
FIFTH District Board Member Noel Bince appealed to his colleagues in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to let emotions to settle down first before making comments about the recently concluded elections so as not to exacerbate the still tense situation prevailing in the province. Bince was reacting to the privilege speech…
VILLAR CLAN’S 70-YEARS LEGACY THE fifth generation of Villar clan continues to hold sway in governing Sto. Tomas town after the election of another Villar as mayor in the recently concluded polls. Councilor Dickerson Villar, 34-year-old mayor-elect, vows to sustain the 70 -years legacy of his ancestors who served…
MORE DROWNING INCIDENTS A six-year-old child died in a resort’s swimming pool in San Fabian town on Sunday, May 15. The victim, Mark Joshua Estrada, from Marilao, Bulacan was with his family for an outing at the Greysands Beach and Resort in Barangay Nibaliw Vidal, when the incident happened. Police…
A 15-year-old student died while her younger sister was injured after they were hit by a lightning while bathing under the rain outside their residence in Sitio Taew, Barangay Cobol, San Carlos City on May 15. Joana Domantay, Grade 8, and her eight-year-old sister, Joyce Domantay, Grade 2 pupil, were…
A sea turtle, locally known as pawikan, was rescued by fisherman in Alaminos City on Monday, May 16. Jerry Reate, a fisherman of Barangay Pangapisan in Alaminos City, was checking on a pasabing or fishtrap he had set earlier, when he saw a pawikan trapped inside. Authorities sent the pawikan,…
SUMMER’S GONE — With the usual daily crowd at the beach gone, the vendor shifts to selling household wares in coastal houses. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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