290-DAY WAR VS COVID-19 AT the end of the year and 290 days from March 16, 2020, Pangasinan still has 319 active cases confined in hospital and in various LGU isolation facilities. In sum, the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) records showed that the province’s war vs COVID -19 tallied 2,772…
THE Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with the private company Pamana Water Corporation in the middle of the pandemic in August 2020, a deal that surprised many water consumers and even the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The JVA, effective for 25 years, only came to the fore…
LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said a total firecracker ban is in effect in the town following the occurrence of separate fire incidents in at least two barangays during the New Year revelry. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil went to the affected areas in Tonton and Pangapisan North, together with Bureau of Fire…
THE number of persons injured by firecrackers and fireworks display during the New Year’s countdown in Region 1 significantly decreased by 62 percent, with two victims of indiscriminate firing during the New Year revelry. P/Brig. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr also said in his report to the Philippine National Police (PNP)…
THE celebration of New Year in Pangasinan was generally peaceful with only 17 persons reported hurt from December 21 to January 1, although the final count for firecracker-related injuries will still be known on January 5. P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, described the decrease in firecracker- related incidents in…
THE Dagupan City government is set to purchase 10-million worth of COVID-19 vaccines. According to City Mayor Marc Brian Lim, he sent a letter to the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), stating the city’s intent to purchase vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the city’s residents….
THE Police Provincial Office turned over 107 Galil Ace 21 rifles to eight police stations in a bid to boost their firepower in protecting their areas of responsibility from communist terrorists and criminal groups. The rifles were turned over by P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, last December 28 to…
FULL HOUSE FOR SIMBANG GABI – The pews inside the St John the Evangelist Cathedral were fully occupied per distancing protocol during the anticipated Simbang Gabi masses, on Christmas Eve, and expected to be the same for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist and New Year’s Eve. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVID-19 CONTINUES TO SOAR IN PANGASINAN COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the province with 285 active cases recorded as of December 23, compared to only 177 on December 17, or an increase of 108 cases in less than six days. The biggest surge was registered in Dagupan when its…
MOTHER AND SON SLAYING A remorseful police officer who shot dead a mother and son in a fit of anger after an emotional exchange on Dec. 20 in Barangay Cabayaoasan, Paniqui, Tarlac surrendered to the Rosales Police, an hour after the incident. P/Major Fernando Fernandez, town police chief, said the suspect,…
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