PROVINCIAL Health Officer Anna de Guzman said the surge of new COVID-19 cases is because of people’s mobility during the holiday season. She cited four situations that contributed to the surge: Pangasinan vendors of fruits, vegetables, meat and other essential goods traveled to provinces where cases of COVID-19 were high,…
THE Dagupan City government has secured an initial allocation of 40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca – a British pharmaceutical company, as soon as the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves its use in the country. The city’s Public Information Office said a tripartite agreement was signed last…
ENFORCING HEALTH PROTOCOL – A family that was holding a picnic at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City was asked to leave the picnic area after they were caught by the Maritime Police violating the ban on picnics and the health protocol – not wearing face masks. No one was arrested. (Punchhoto by…
AMID the rising COVID-19 cases in Dagupan City, Mayor Brian Lim enforced a stricter implementation of health and safety protocols as he revealed that the number of active cases in Dagupan already climbed to 203, the highest ever registered in the city since the contagion began in March last year….
THE Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) entered into by the Dagupan Water District and the Pamana Water Corporation in early December last year was reportedly given the green light by the Department of Justice through the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC). This was disclosed by lawyer Elpidio J. Vega,…
BARANGAY TAPUAC’S MURAL – A resident rides past the nature-themed mural along a 50-meter wall along the Amado-Tapuac road in Barangay Tapuac featuring the artwork of Engr. Jelery Celi. Initiated by Sangguniang Kabataan chairman Jemuel Pangan, the mural is intended to help improve the image of the barangay which had earned the…
THE SURGE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan already breached the 400 mark as 258 more new cases and 13 new deaths, were added to the tally in contrast to the 126 cases that recovered during the first week of 2021, according to the monitoring of the Provincial…
THE city of Dagupan remains the epicenter of the pandemic in Pangasinan as its active COVID-19 cases soared to 184 on January 7, representing a little less than one third of the 438 active COVID-19 registered that day in the province. On January 4, Mayor Brian Lim issued an executive…
CONTAGION IN MANAOAG THE local government of Manaoag has advised all residents of its four barangays to stay home and observe quarantine protocol following the spike of COVID-19 cases in the town that already climbed to 30 as of January 7. This was contained in an advisory signed by Mayor Kim Mikael…
PROVINCIAL LIGA’S SUCCESSION ISSUE THE controversial succession issue to the presidency continues to hound the Liga ng Barangay Provincial Federation after a special election attended by 27 of its 47 members elected a new president to replace its president who died of COVID-19 in November. Even as National Liga president…
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