THE Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed that the movement of rebels from Zambales and recently traced in Mangatarem were already being closely monitored by the Armed Forces days before the armed encounter last Tuesday. P/Col. Redrico Maranan, PNP provincial director, said the NPA’s entry into the province’s border, reported by…
FACE-TO-FACE SYSTEM TO BOOST DISTANCE LEARNING BAYAMBANG’S local government has launched its Community-Based Distance Learning Enhancement Program to help students in Grades 7 to 10 in this time of pandemic through of face-to-face learning. At the launching of the program in Barangay Inanlorenza, Mayor Cezar Quiambao said the enhancement program…
DENGUE cases in Pangasinan have decreased by 53%, according to data gathered by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) from January 1 to November 23, compared to last year’s data for the same period. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said this year dengue recorded only 4,217 cases, against last…
BLUE & WHITE CHRISTMAS — Dagupan City Councilor Celia Lim meets with medical frontliners from different hospitals in Dagupan City in front of the newly installed giant Christmas tree at the city plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FROM A HIGH OF 450 IN OCTOBER THE fight against COVID-19 in Pangasinan has shown it continues to gain headway after the province registered a significant drop in the number of active cases to 246 (as of November 16) from 450, its highest number of cases registered last October. This…
THE local government of Sison has bemoaned The PUNCH’S headline news last week that the town is already the “new epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic”. In a statement dated Nov. 16 posted in its official Facebook page, it said that the actual situation in the municipality of Sison is far from…
NOT RELAXING BUT ADJUSTING IN CHECKPOINTS THE Pangasinan Police already arrested 88,662 persons that violated health and safety protocols since the COVID-19 pandemic started in mid-March this year. This was revealed by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, during the Question Hour of the virtual session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan…
AFTER seven months, the road clearing operations in all towns and cities as ordered by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) have resumed. Paul Lalata, DILG Pangasinan provincial director, said the road operations officially started on November 16 and will continue through January 15, 2021 for validation. Lalata…
ANOTHER P100,000 has been added to the P200,000 reward being offered by a group of businessmen in eastern Pangasinan for vital information that could lead to the speedy arrest of perpetrators in the gun slay of a local journalist on Nov. 10 in Villasis. Local businessman Rosendo So, representing the…
RUSHING 2021 CITY BUDGET — Dagupan Vice Mayor Bryan Kua listens in on the discussion of the city councilors on the annual budget of the Dagupan City government during a recess inside the session hall. In photo are Councilors Chito Samson, Marvin Fabia, Cisco Flores, Karlos Reyna and SP Secretary Ryan…
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