HOLY WEEK PILGRIMAGE THE Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag, one of the most popular religious sites in the North, is gearing up for the expected arrival of pilgrims during the observance of the Holy Week from March 28 to April 3. “Nothing’s changed in the…
THE planned rerouting of buses from Pangasinan to Bocaue in Bulacan Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) may be delayed even if the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LFTRB) acts on the petition of bus operators for special permits to field their units for travel to the south. This was…
FRONTLINERS OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS’ TURN – The medical frontliners working in private hospitals in Dagupan City await their turn at the Dagupan Astrodome to have their vaccination from the City Health Office vaccination team. It’s the first known non-hospital-based vaccination in the region. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN TO NCR VIA BOCAUE INTER-regional bus transport’s point to point (P2P)operations from selected towns and cities in Pangasinan to Bocaue, Bulacan, a jump off point to Metro Manila, may soon be available before March 28 this year. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Director Nasrudin Talipasan gave the…
DOCTORS TAKE THE JAB — Health Sec. Francisco Duque III administers vaccination shot to Dr. Butch Ydia, chief of clinics, at Nazareth Hospital in Dagupan City during his visit to Dagupan City, his hometown, last week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
REPORTED adverse effects following immunization among those already inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines was only one to one point five percent (1 to 1.5%), according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. In an interview with the local media during his visit on March 12 at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC)…
AS residents of Bani town routinely went to church last Sunday, little did they know or remember that a fierce battle took place in the area 123 years ago that Filipino revolutionaries won against superior Spanish forces. Sadly, only a desecrated and worn-out marker across the church in Bani town…
WASTE PROBLEMS EXPECTED TO WORSEN THE garbage problem in Pangasinan is expected to further deteriorate following the closure on March 5 of the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill (USFL) in Barangay Catablan for various violations of environmental laws. Environmental Management Bureau Regional Director Dorica Naz-Hipe and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Maximo Soriano…
ONLY 187 NEW CASES AS COVID-19 cases continue an upward spiral in Manila, sparking suspicion it could have been sparked by stronger variants of the coronavirus, it is the exact opposite in Pangasinan where the cases are on a continuous downturn at a time even when the roll out of…
CRITICIZE CONSTRUCTIVELY, DEMAND ACOUNTABILITY—Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, former House Speaker, exhorts members of the KBP-Pangasinan chapter led by Jay Mendoza, to freely criticize public officials constructively and demand accountability to effectively make governance serve people’s interests. (Punchphoto by Patrick Garcia)
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