PHO CONFIRMS ABOUT 1,000 employees of the provincial capitol in Lingayen said  “no” to vaccination or are having second thoughts about being vaccinated. This was bared by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial Health officer, in a talk on June 1 before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) during its virtual session. “Unfortunately,…

THE total number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan further trimmed down to 665 as of May 27, from 756 a week since May 20 but this could be temporary because of fears that the fourth wave of the disease might hit the province soon. Attributed for the downtrend was the…

IMPLEMENTING 1993 and 2001 U.P. STUDIES THE reorganization in the executive department of the city government of Dagupan was approved unanimously by the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) in an ordinance passed during a special session on May 14 called by the SP. The ordinance was passed three days after the committee on civil service and government reorganization, chaired by Councilor Librada…

BASED ON 1993 & 2001 U.P. STUDY THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is deliberating on a proposed ordinance certified as urgent by Mayor Brian Lim providing for a comprehensive reorganization of the executive departments in the Dagupan City government. Proposed Ordinance No, 0790 filed by Councilor Librada Reyna with Councilor…

NO PROOF OF ESSENTIAL TRAVEL, NO ENTRY THERE have been 2,067 persons that were denied entry into Pangasinan from March 29 to May 2 consistent with an IATF resolution, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported. P/Lt. Colonel Brendon Palisoc, police deputy provincial director for operations, revealed that those turned…

NEW 400 CASES, 364 RECOVER PANGASINAN may finally be on the threshold of stopping the COVID-19 contagion with the encouraging trend showing the wide gap between the number of new confirmed cases and the number of patients that recover continues to narrow down. This is the common consensus of health experts…

COVID UPDATE AS OF APR 22 THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported 430 new confirmed cases in the province for the seven-day period (April 16 – 22) and a high rate of recoveries at 354, but 12 deaths were registered. The update from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) brought the…

AS NCR+ CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE REACTING to the banner headline of the SUNDAY PUNCH’S April 11 issue that NCR COVID-19 patients are already being confined in Dagupan City hospitals, Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza asked if the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases…

IN spite of warning from the Region’s DOH that COVID-19 positives from the National Capital Region (NCR+) cannot enter region’s hospitals bubble without permission from the local IATFs, and despite tight security by the police on all border control points of Pangasinan, many were already accommodated in big hospitals in…