THE city of Dagupan leads 14 cities and municipalities placed under the watch list by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) on account of their rising number of active COVID-19 cases. As of 8:00 a.m. on September 18, Dagupan—an independent component city of Pangasinan—logged 64active COVID-19 cases, the highest yet in…
UNDER MGCQ THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has warned the public that holding picnics by the beach by families or friends are still not allowed under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) and will be arrested for violating the health protocol. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said only…
TO AVERT SURGE IN COVID CASES NEW guidelines for stricter border control at checkpoints were ordered by Gov. Amado Espino III on September 16 in the wake of the reported single day spike in COVID-19 cases in the province. This was confirmed by Provincial Police Director Redrico Maranan after an…
RED FLAG AT TONDALIGAN BEACH – The beach scene at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City last week is no different from beach scenes in Florida and Rio de Janeiro more than 60 days ago that caused the number of COVID cases to spike 1,000% in the two cities. There are still…
THREAT OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION THREE more patients died in Pangasinan, raising the number of COVID-19 deaths in the whole province to 21 as of September 10, according to the monitoring conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Meanwhile, 50 patients recovered against 48 newly confirmed prompting Dr. Anna de Guzman,…
A 55-year-old woman in Dagupan City is the latest fatality here due to COVID-19, the fourth in the city, while four new cases have been confirmed on September 9. The city’s information office identified the latest victim as a Filipina-Chinese businesswoman who owns a shop in the city’s main commercial…
WARRANTS of arrest have been issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Magnolia Cayetano of Branch 56 in San Carlos City against the 24 suspects in the attempted murder of former Rep. Amado Espino Jr. and the murder of his driver and police escort. Of the 24 suspects, four were issued…
OPERATIVES of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), reinforced by the Pangasinan police arrested five persons in a buy-bust operation and raid of a suspected drug den in Barangay Herrero-Perez in Dagupan City. Retchie Camacho, PDEA-Pangasinan assistant provincial officer and operation team leader, identified the suspects as Fidel de Gracia,…
AN 85-year-old man who escaped from his isolation room at the Region 1 Medical Center when he tested positive for COVID-19, attempted to burn down a town’s isolation facility last September 6 where he was held. The patient from Barangay Gueset Norte in San Manuel town attempted to burn a…
THERE are still 22 or 46 percent of the 48 towns and cities of Pangasinan that are COVID-19-free while 26 remain infected. This was gleaned from the COVID-19 tracker released by the Provincial Information Office on September 8. The COVID-19 free towns are Aguilar, Alcala, Anda, Balungao, Bani, Bugallon, Burgos,…
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