TYPHOON Ulysses’ strong winds and rainfall caused P26 million in damages to both agriculture and infrastructure in 20 towns and 46 barangays in Pangasinan. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ((PDRRMO) reported 476 families or 1,806 individuals were moved to evacuation centers and higher grounds as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal…
TEMPTING THE WAVES – Two young men dare take pictures of themselves chasing the waves during the storm surge at the jackstones breakwater in Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City as Typhoon Ulysses exited. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NEW CASES: 42 SISON town is considered today as the epicenter of COVID-19 contagion after it registered 51 active cases, making it on top of the watch list of the Provincial Health Office as of November 12, replacing Dagupan City. This after 27 more positive cases, all from a cement factory in…
LOCAL TRANSMISSION INTERACTION of authorized persons outside of residences (APORs) with local residents is believe to be the source of infection among the 137 newly confirmed COVID-19 patients who had no travel history. This was bared by a daily cumulative report of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) from November 6…
PRO1 FORMS SITG THE police have started to pursue investigative leads and identified persons of interest in connection with the slaying last November 10 of Virgilio “Vir” Maganes, columnist at the Northern Watch newspaper and formerly a block time commentator of DWPR, in Barangay San Blas, Villasis town. Undersecretary Joel…
MAGANES’ WAKE — Undersecretary Egco of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, accompanied by Police Regional Director P/Brig. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr and Villasis Mayor Nonato Abrenica, visit the wake of Maganes. (Punchphoto by ECV)
A GROUP of businessmen belonging to the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Eastern Pangasinan has put up an initial reward money of P200,000 to anyone who can provide vital information that will lead to the arrest of the suspects behind the gun slay on Tuesday of Virgilio Maganes….
CASH reward as incentives are being offered to law enforcers and residents in Villasis by the local government for reporting and arresting violators of health and safety protocols being implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19. Mayor Nonato Abrenica said a local ordinance was recently passed authorizing the local government…
FAMILIES BY THE COASTLINE SOME 300 persons in different towns and cities and 200 in Dagupan were evacuated by their respective local governments when Typhoon Ulysses lashed out Pangasinan on November 12. All those evacuated were mostly from the coastal areas and flood-prone areas near rivers affected by high tide…
PANGASINAN’S provincial government is cited anew as the 2020’s Best LGU Advocate in the country for its outstanding performance and contribution in statistical development. This was bared by Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator Benita Pizarro who said Pangasinan received the same PSA award in 2018. Pizarro said the provincial government…
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