NEW NEO-NATAL AND MATERNAL CARE UNITS—A newborn screening (NBS) test is conducted on a baby who was delivered inside the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital in San Carlos City to identify any genetic/metabolic/infectious conditions affecting the infant. NBS test is among the early health care interventions being practiced by government-owned hospitals to…
LINGAYEN—Local government units (LGUs) in the province are urged “to conduct blood-letting activities to secure readily available blood supply for their constituents.” The call was made by Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Anna Maria Teresa de Guzman during the Mobile Blood Donation drive sponsored by the provincial government through…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government of Pangasinan participated in the ceremonial launching of the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill conducted by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on June 10 at barangay San Vicente West, San Manuel. Residents led by local officials dramatized an actual earthquake and flood scenario. Line…
LINGAYEN–“We are now considered the fastest growing economy in Asia but this has not brought effect in poverty reduction as proven by the latest report of the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) where the country only posted a slim 1.1 percent from 2006 to 2012.” This was stated by Assistant…
COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR PROVINCIAL SCHOLARS—Acting Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. (2nd from left) turns over a facsimile cheque to incoming college freshman Ferren M. Velasco who topped the exams among successful examinees who are now among the 100 new scholars under the Provincial Scholarship Fund Board (PSFB) of the…
LINGAYEN–Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr., currently acting-governor while Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. is on leave, led the distribution of scholarship worth P8,000 each to 100 incoming first year college students who made in this year’s new rooster of Provincial School Fund Board (PSFB) Scholarship Program.
WHILE the country as a whole posted a slim 1.1 percent decline in poverty incidence rate from 23.4 percent in 2006 to 22.3 percent in 2012, Pangasinan registered a sharp drop of 9.5 percent from 26.5 to 17 percent for the same comparative years. The report was recently released by…
TO STOP “5-6” LOAN SHARKS LINGAYEN—Provincial government employees will soon have access to a provident fund for their pressing financial requirements, an alternative to the popular “5-6” loan sharks who have been operating and preying on needy workers for almost 50 years.
THE May 13 vote for 12 senators in Pangasinan, one of the top three provinces with the highest number of voters, slightly differs from the national result in terms of ranking. The top three in the national tally, Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Senator Loren Legarda and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, matches…
VICTORIOUS MAYORS’ CIRCLE LINGAYEN—Out of the elected mayors in Pangasinan’s 44 towns and 4 cities, 29 are re-elected while 19 others won either as a neophyte, returning to the post, or previously served in another elected position. Re-elected from their posts were Mayors Jose Pajeta Jr. (Agno), Alberto Guiang (Burgos), Noel…
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