GCQ IS HERE! — What appears to be a long funeral cortege from Binmaley town leading to Dagupan City is actually the rush of private vehicles to Dagupan City from western towns, inching their way through police checkpoints on the second day of the General Community Quarantine. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
CHARGED FOR VARIOUS VIOLATIONS TWENTY-nine elected officials have been charged for violating rules and laws during the Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Pangasinan. P/ Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) director, said among those charged were: For violating Article 354 of the Revised Penal Code and Republic…
A watered-down version of Ordinance No. 2204-2020, a code regulating the operation of private vehicles in Dagupan City during the State of Public Health Emergency declared by the city government, was finally adopted by the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on May 15 during a special session. Under the ordinance, private…
EFFORTS to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Pangasinan may have already flattened the curve after only one tested positive out of the 200 cases that were subjected to mass testing in hotspots in the province. Provincial Information Officer Butch Velasco said the only case that turned positive was of…
WHILE the province was busy looking after COVID-19 contagion, 935 dengue cases with nine mortalities were recorded to date. Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Anna de Guzman said the deaths could have been caused by the strict community quarantine when the mobility of people is limited and access to transportation is…
ALL eyes in Pangasinan are on Asingan town where two new COVID-19 patients surfaced after the last three remaining cases in Dagupan City recovered last May 15. The two brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan to 41 with 30 recovered and nine died. The two new patients…
MASS TESTING OF 843 THE mass testing in Pangasinan will not achieve its objectives because of the experienced delay in the return of results of submitted tests from the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, the authorized testing center in Region 1. Anna Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, cited…
PANGASINAN continues to have the lowest number of COVID-19 cases compared to other provinces but communities in the province should continue to be more cautious in their exposures in public places today under the relaxed guidelines of the General Community Quarantine. This warning was echoed by P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan,…
CASH AID FROM RELATIVES – Barangay folk form long queues in front of money remittance centers daily during the Enhanced Community Quarantine to redeem cash sent by relatives and employers to help them survive the lockdown. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNDER NEW GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE THE Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) withdrew its low-risk area (No-Quarantine) level for Pangasinan and classified it instead as General Community Quarantine effective May 16 to 31 following an appeal made by Governor Amado Espino III to ensure the province’s certain transition to…
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