By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo MY two good friends, Vicky Nano-Dalope and Esther M. Pacheco, entered the Gate of the Eternal during the sign of Aquarius. Vicky passed on January 28, Esther on February 1. Vicky is this irrepressible energy that tickles, tickled all the time at the experience of…
INTENSE opposition from the North did not deter Vice President Leni Robredo from visiting Pangasinan, touted as a bailiwick of the Marcoses, to lead a set of activities on Sunday, January 30. Robredo led the launching of a community hub in Alos National High School in Alaminos City, followed by…
THE mayor of San Nicolas town issued an executive order requiring unvaccinated individuals employed in the municipality to take a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test every two weeks at their own expense and present a COVID-19 negative result before they can report to work. In her January 31 executive…
OUT OF 3.1-M FULLY VACCINATED SOME 327,366 residents in the Ilocos Region have been inoculated with booster shots doses anti-COVID vaccines (as of February 3). According to the Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1), the number represents only 10.% of the 3.1 million fully vaccinated…
THE rate of infection of COVID-19 cases have exhibited signs of a downward trend in Dagupan City and other highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Luzon, according to the OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, OCTA Fellow Dr. Guido David said, Dagupan City can now be considered under ‘moderate risk’…
TOLERATED ILLEGAL USE OF HIGHWAY – Two farm workers spread out the palay for drying on the shoulder of the cemented highway nonchalantly not aware that using the highway for drying palay is illegal. However, local authorities don’t bother to enforce the law. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ASF-RECOVERY PROGRAM SOME 135 backyard hog raisers in Eastern Pangasinan received sentinel pigs and feeds from the Department of Agriculture and the provincial government under the government’s African Swine Fever (ASF) recovery program Provincial Veterinarian Jovito Tabarejos said the ASF-affected beneficiaries are from the towns of San Quintin, Tayug, Natividad,…
Through the signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Governor Amado I. Espino III (left) and former Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) Secretary Gregorio Honasan II (right) last year, the Free Public Internet Access Program now operates in 47 far-flung barangays in Pangasinan to further enhance public service in…
THE Edades and Bernal Cultural Center and Museum bill filed in the House of Representatives by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia was passed in the Senate in the third and final reading. After a bicameral conference among members of the House and the Senate, the measure will be brought…
VP LENI INSIDE MARCOS BAILIWICK – Vice President Leni Robredo gamely joins supporters in the medical sector during her visit to her sponsored event, Swab Cab, in Lingayen town. The program provided free antigen services to the public in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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