SITUATION UNDER CONTROL THERE was no official recommendation received so far that Pangasinan and Dagupan City should revert back to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from its present Modified General Community Quarantine (MGSQ) status. This was jointly stressed by Dr. Rhouel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1, and Dr. Anna…
OMINOUS MESSAGE? — The billboard structure of ABS-CBN covered by its tarpaulin is struck down by a strong wind and hailstorm last July 18 but another billboard structure beside it stood unscathed. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DRUG-FREE TOWNS: 28 THE town of Basista has been added to the list of drug-cleared cities and municipalities in Pangasinan per declaration of the regional sub-committee led by PDEA in Pangasinan. According to P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, police rovincial director, the other towns already declared drug-free are Laoac, Dasol, Mapandan,…
THE request of transport leaders for additional 75 jeepneys to ply city routes in Dagupan was endorsed partially by Mayor Brian Lim in his letter to Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board Regional Director Nasrudin Talipasan dated July 22, 2020. This was confirmed by Bernard Tuliao, president of the Alliance of…
AN all-organic herbal medicine developed by a Pangasinense as prevention and cure for patients experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 was endorsed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for technical review and recommendation. The herbal medicine developed by Jaime Imbat of Barangay Cablong, Pozorrubio town that could be vaporized…
TRAINING FOR NEW NORMAL – Teachers of Dagupan City National High School, one of the pilot areas in the region, CNHS is implementing online and modular instruction (OLaMI) conduct a two-week simulation of distance learning using different learning modalities to be used in the next school year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WAR VERSUS CORONAVIRUS THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan has now risen to 28 as of July 17 because 15 new patients were reported from 26 last July 10 while 13 recovered from the disease. Dr. Anna de Guzman, the provincial health officer, said the remaining 28 active…
A one-year-old boy from Barangay San Felipe East, San Nicolas became the youngest COVID-19 patient when he and two siblings, a six-year-old and an eight-year-old, both female, and two other family members were found infected with COVID-19 last July 14. The boy and her siblings were brought to San Felipe…
THE leader of a gun-for-hire group in Eastern Pangasinan died in an armed encounter with policemen manning a checkpoint in Barangay Guiling in Rosales at 10 a.m. on July 9. The suspect, identified as Charlie Espanto, leader of the Espanto Gun-for Hire Group, riding a motorcycle ignored policemen who flagged…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) assured that it is slowly bringing back public transportation in Pangasinan. The assurance was made by lawyer Annabel Nullar, LTFRB assistant regional director, during a virtual KBP Forum through zoom video tele-conferencing on Thursday. She said they will restore back 50 percent…
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