THE Pangasinan provincial government and the Region 1 Medical Center signed a memorandum of agreement for the deployment of the latter’s medical specialists to all the 14 hospitals run by the province to enable Pangasinenses to have access to the best health experts available. The MOA was signed jointly on…
A Super Family Health Center (SFHC) will rise in Barangay Esmeralda in Balungao town through the joint efforts of the Department of Health and the local government of Balungao. Senator Christopher Go and Dr. Paula Sydiongco, regional director of the Department of Health in Region 1, led the groundbreaking of…
THE City Health Office of Dagupan supports the optional wearing of face masks and eventual removal of the same by the end of the year. Dr. Julita De Venecia, Medical Officer IV and currently CHO officer-in-charge, said given the length of time that the Filipinos have been wearing face masks, it is time to…
FACE masks should still remain in use whether outdoor or indoor by the people until 50 percent of its population receives booster shots for COVID-19. This is the condition recommended by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, in reaction to the move to make the wearing of the…
THE first walk-in cold room for storing vaccines, particularly for COVID-19 vaccines and Routine Immunization Vaccines, in order to preserve their shelf life, was installed at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City. Donated by the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, the facility can store up to 4,920 liters…
THE program Kasimbayanan was relaunched in San Carlos City with the signing of a memorandum of agreement among the local government, the church, the local citizenry and the police. The signing of the agreement, led by Mayor Julier Resuello, representatives of various faiths, and various communities in the city,…
WHEN STREETS ARE NOT PASSABLE – Leave it to a tricycle driver to find the most convenient area where he can deliver his passengers through flooded areas. Using the sidewalk is always an option to keep his customers dry. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE delay in the procurement of laptops for teachers by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the ‘Bayanihan to Recover as One Act’ defeated the law’s purpose to aid the education system in switching to hybrid learning at the height of the pandemic, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano told The PUNCH…
MEMBERS of the majority and minority in Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod passed two resolutions that authorized Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Center for Health Development-Department of Health 1 for the transfer of funds for the One-Covid-19 Allowance (OCA) and for purchase of medicines but not…
THE provincial government will partner with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in planting 120 hectares of land located in Sitio Dumuloc, Barangay Cayanga in Bugallon town with forest trees in the next nine years. This was provided for in a memorandum of agreement set to be signed…
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