THE decision of the 21 mayors to suspend opening of classes in their respective towns and cities, invoking the health and safety of their constituents as a priority may be providential. But their unilateral decision to suspend the start of classes also indicates how unprepared they are being the chief…
THE Pangasinan provincial government is reeling from the sudden surge of COVID-19 infection over the past two weeks after seeing indicators that flattening of the curve soon is possible. There were more patients recovering than new active cases. But that was short-lived. The roof fell soon as Delta cases were…
THE known public “secret” about the suspected collusion between PhilHealth officials and some hospitals over the misuse of public funds for COVD-19 treatment, the same problem that led to the national government’s nightmare amid the pandemic, is finally out. The National Bureau of Investigation office in Dagupan City, on the…
PANDEMONIUM has set in and nothing seems to work in reining in the seeming runaway contagion. Has the COVID-19 virus just suddenly become highly infectious that people are catching the virus from everywhere, and more people are being rushed to the hospital, more people are dying? No. Or, are we…
SEEK cover!! That order was heard a thousand times during the First and Second World Wars to soldiers manning the trenches in the face of incessant bombing by warplanes in the sky. That order to health workers at the frontlines of the war vs. COVID-19 couldn’t be more timely at…
FOR months and weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed by the World Health Organization in 2020, the world has been stormed with numbers and statistics as data and as basis for people around the world to understand the risks, threats and deadly impact of COVID-19. At the rate the…
THE discovery of the COVID-Beta variant in Mangaldan should serve as a wake-up call to provincial and local governments in Pangasinan. Our local governments must review and correct their established priorities in their campaign to flatten the curve. The discovery of the Beta variant, already considered a “concern” of the…
WINNING the first gold medal for the country by Olympian Hidilyn Diaz couldn’t have come at a better time. The country has been in the doldrums for months, coping with various stress being suffered by families caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The only seeming action-filled drama out there are news…
PERHAPS the tag “epicenter of COVID-19 contagion” assigned to a town and city did not mean much to mayors because it can’t possibly be appended to more than one town or city. Woe is the flavor of the month. The past week, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management…
CAN a mere resolution of an ad hoc task force, specifically, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, take precedence over, or override a regional trial court’s issued injunction? While no one questions the IATF’s authority to impose restrictions that promote health and safety protocols to…
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