Early warning bells for barangays, schools THE Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Bayambang town completed the distribution of early warning bells to all 55 public schools and 77 barangays in the town on January 9. The 9-inch iron brass warning bells will enable schools and barangays…

DAGUPAN’S 2022 LAST SUNSET — Boatmen ferry passengers across Calmay River to one of the city’s five island barangays while Dagupan City watched the last sunset of a new normal year in 2022. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DAGUPAN’S 2022 LAST SUNSET
REGIONS’ FIREWORKS-RELATED INJURY LIST THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region reported a total of 60 fireworks-related injury (FWRI) cases from December 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023. This was confirmed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, in an interview. The figure, he said, is 81.82% higher than…
Pangasinan reports most number of victims
A nine-year-old boy died in Mangaldan town while his four friends around him sustained serious injuries on New Year’s Day after an unexploded firecracker that he picked up and placed inside a plastic bottle exploded on his face. The boy, King Emanuel Castillo was rushed to the hospital, but expired…
Minor killed by firecracker explosion, 4 others injured
FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2023 2023 has just started and there were already seven dog bite cases recorded in Dagupan City. The Dagupan City Health Office reported that the latest victim was an eight-year-old boy who was bitten on his hand, thigh, and feet. The victim was allegedly walking when…
Dagupan City logs seven dog bites
THE Dagupan City Veterinary Office (CVO) will resume anti-rabies vaccinations of pets in February. This was confirmed by Dr. Daniel Paolo Garcia, city veterinarian, in an interview on Thursday, January 5. Garcia said while vaccination could resume any time, the CVO decided to suspend because January, being a cold period,…
Dagupan pet vaccination to resume in February

REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE BENEDICT – Catholics in the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese attend a requiem mass for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on January 3, presided by Archbishop Socrates Villegas. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE BENEDICT
By IFM Dagupan News Schools welcome students from Christmas break THE Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office 1 assured parents and students on January 1 that all schools were ready to welcome their pupils and students starting January 3 after the long holiday season. DepEd Regional Director Tolentino Aquino was confident that…
NEWS BRIEF
Bani public market fire burns 400 stalls UP to 400 stalls were reduced to ashes in a fire that gutted the Bani Public Market at 9:00 p.m. on December 29. As a result of the blaze, 238 vendors lost their livelihood with almost nothing saved from their stalls. Gov. Ramon…
COMMUNITY TIDBITS

DIGITALIZED LAND TITLES, CERTIFICATES – A farming couple in their 90s receive their computerized titles from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III (2nd from left) during the ceremonial distribution of Computerized titles, certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs), to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Pangasinan. He is joined Gov. Ramon Guico III…