Still no strict enforcement of protocols IS there a general compliance with the health and distancing protocol in Pangasinan as imposed by the national IATF? NO. While most adults wear face masks, still many freely leave their noses and mouths exposed when huddling with friends, even in public. And face…

Putting mayors on the spot  WHILE the provincial government has managed to keep the contagion checked at .1% ratio of the province’s population, compared to Cebu province’s 4.9% and Cavite’s .6% performance, Gov. Amado Espino III is right in keeping a hard, unrelenting stance towards town and city mayors to…

Does efficacy matter?  THERE appears to be no debate today on who should have priority to be inoculated with the first batches of vaccines to arrive in the country, i.e., medical and health workers, AFP and PNP personnel, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, transport operators, etc.. That’s the general consensus…

Mental health at risk UNKNOWN to the senators perhaps, the needless brouhaha over the vaccination of the Presidential Security Group is an indication that the quarantine has affected their mental state. Instead of looking at the need for the government to rush and roll out the plan for the vaccines…

Not the beginning of an end IT’’D be delusional on the part of our people and our local governments to believe that finally the dawning of the new year, 2021 signals the end of the COVID-19 malady, for nothing can be further from the reality confronting us today. What continues…