TWO locally stranded individuals (LSI) were the latest to become COVID-19 positive cases in Lingayen. This was confirmed by the Lingayen’s Municipal Health Office (MHO) on September 2 and added that the two are in addition to two other patients confined earlier in the hospital. One is a 43-year-old male…
YES, we are ready. This assurance was given by the Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office I amid calls to extend suspension till January 2021. Dr. Tolentino Aquino, Regional Director of DepEd RO1 said DepEd is ready for the opening of public schools and some private schools come October 5,…
SAP PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION A barangay Kagawad in Anda town was arrested and detained for collecting P1,500 ‘kotong’ from every person he recommended to be included the recent distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Barangay Kagawad Mhenard Damian y Garcia, 35, a resident of Barangay Tori-tori in the said…
MAYOR Marilen Lambino placed Sitio Alaminos in Barangay Gueguesangen and a sitio in Barangay Anolid under localized lockdown after more persons from these villages were found infected with COVID-19. In Sitio Alaminos three new cases tested e positive for COVID-19 by RT-PCR test on August 31. The three, according to…
THE provincial government is seeing a 56% decrease in dengue cases compared to last year over the same period that ended on August 31. According to Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, 2,123 cases were recorded from January to August 31 this year, compared to 4,780 cases tallied the…
REST IN PEACE, ARCHBISHOP CRUZ — Bishops led by Archbishop Socrates Villegas, members of clergy and parishioners join follow the horse-drawn hearse carrying the ashes of Archbishop Emeritus Oscar V. Cruz, D.D to the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral where he was interred for his final rest. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
19 TOWNS, 2 CITIES COVID-FREE COVID-19 made its biggest surge in Pangasinan last week with 55 cases admitted in different hospitals and the death of one person, against only 19 patients that recovered, according to the daily update by the Provincial Health Office from August 20 to 27. Dasol continues to remain as the only town…
THE world is poorer by his passing away. Heaven has a new jewel. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas described the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, popularly called as OVC among priests and close friends here, on his Facebook account. The archbishop died on Aug. 26 due to…
MAJOR REVAMP IN PANGASINAN A MAJOR revamp is taking place among the chief of police in Pangasinan following a major revamp in the hierarchy implemented by the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame. The first wave of reshuffling took place on August 27. The chiefs of police in Dagupan City…
STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS 2020 SIGNIFICANT strides were made by the Dagupan City government in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the city, foremost of which was the conduct of mass testing to local frontliners which eventually included market vendors, tricycles drivers and other sectors of the community….
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