THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) rejected a proposed ordinance submitted by the city executive seeking to implement a number coding scheme for all private vehicles in Dagupan City After a lengthy discussion on the issue during a special session called by Mayor Brian Lim on May 7, the SP decided to defer…
IRREGULARITIES IN SAP IMPLEMENTATION TO address the complaints about the implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in the city, the San Carlos City government formed a grievance committee last week specifically to receive and investigate the complaints. City Mayor Julier Resuello said the city hall will continue to receive…
CHARGES have been filed at the Prosecutor’s Office against the driver of a hearse who was caught in a quarantine checkpoint in Barangay Biec in Binmaley hiding bottles of gin inside a coffin on Tuesday. P/Lt. Col. Brendon Palisoc, town police chief of Binmaley said Jeffrey Velasco, 23, from Barangay…
DO IT WELL. DO IT FAST! –Governor Amado Espino III briefs food relief responders before he sends them to their designated areas in the province. (PIOphoto)
STRICTER QUARANTINE RULES GOV. Amado Espino III in a new executive order extended anew the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Pangasinan to May 15 this year in compliance with the directive of the national government But unlike his previous executive order, E.O. 0022-2020.issued on April 30, 2020, the quarantine rules are more stringent,…
IN its special session on April 29, the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed Ordinance No.0-749 that reverted P247 million from various accounts in the annual budget to finance expenses to fight against COVID-19 in the city. The move was in response to Mayor Brian Lim’s April 28, 2020 letter request…
AS of May 1, the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) or suspected COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan that died has risen to 63, but only three were confirmed to have died of COVID-19. The data of Pangasinan Health Office also showed that out of 311 suspected COVID-19 cases, 219 have…
TWO more COVID-19 patients in Pangasinan recovered on May 1, raising the number of recovered patients in the province to 26, from a total of 39 infected by the coronavirus since the second week of March, reflecting a 66% rate of recovery. Only four patients remain confined, of whom are all…
PANGASINAN listed 177,038 beneficiaries, and received P973,709,000, representing the biggest share of the P1,915,666,500.00 of emergency subsidy from the government’s Social Amelioration Program in the region. According to DSWD Regional Director Marcelo Castillo, 348,303 poor family-beneficiaries in Region 1 were identified as beneficiaries through the local governments. Ilocos Norte listed…
LONE COVID-19 CASE RECOVERS THE lockdown in Barangay Poblacion, Laoac was lifted on April 25 after its lone confirmed COVID-19 case turned negative of the virus after her 16-day home quarantine. Mayor Ricardo Balderas lifted the lockdown at 12:01 a.m. on April 10 after the 33- year-old female health worker…
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