THE Policy Planning and Research of the Department of Education Regional Office 1 confirmed that some 420,000 learners have been enrolled throughout Region 1 for school year 2022-2023. Its data showed that 24,313 learners enrolled in kindergarten, 172,463 in the elementary, 147,870 in the junior high school and 75,111 in…

CHOKEPOINT AT DAWEL BRIDGE – With only one lane open for light vehicles crossing the bridge, travel time is seen to delay motorists by 30 minutes just to cross it. Motorists traveling south from the city are advised to avoid the route and instead travel via Mangaldan. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
CHOKEPOINT AT DAWEL BRIDGE
SINGLE LANE PASSABLE TO LIGHT VEHICLES ONLY DAGUPAN City’s well-known Dawel Bridge, along the Dagupan-Bonuan-San Fabian road (KM 380) was partly closed after government engineers noted a minor damage that appeared on the truss support caused by the Magnitude 5 earthquake that rocked the city Wednesday morning. Mayor Belen Fernandez,…
Dagupan’s Dawel Bridge slightly damaged
AFTER the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Abra and magnitude 5 that hit Pangasinan on Wednesday morning, July 27, the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) continued to warn the public of possibly more aftershocks. “Bagamat lipas na po yung lindol nang umaga, aasahan pa rin po…
Pangasinan DRRMO warns of more aftershocks
ONLY one person in Pangasinan was injured from the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Pangasinan, Wednesday morning, July 27. P/Lt. Col. Ferdinand De Asis, deputy provincial director for operations of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said the Villasis Police Station received the report from the town’s Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction…
One person in Villasis injured due to quake – PNP
THE Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) expressed disappointment on observing that people that felt the earthquake did not apply what they learned during earthquake drills. This was an observation shared by most following the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake that jolted Abra and Northern Luzon on Wednesday morning, July…
Earthquake drills not followed during Wednesday jolt – PDRRMO

DAMAGED COVERED COURT – A student tries to guess where the reported damage caused by the earthquake to the Judge Jose De Venecia High School in Brgy. Bolosan in Dagupan City is after the city government closed it for public use. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DAMAGED COVERED COURT
BASED ON EVALUATION, MONITORING THE regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) dropped 128,000 families from the list of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the region. DSWD Regional Director Maria Golapan said the agency conducted a stringent evaluation and monitoring of listed beneficiaries…
128k families in region delisted in 4Ps
THE number of newly-registered voters in Pangasinan for the Barangay and SK Elections (BSKE) on December 5 have exceeded the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) expectations. This, after the office recorded a total of 122,546 newly-registered voters from their voter registration program from July 4 to July 23. SK voters, aged…
Huge turnout for voter-registration surprises Comelec
THE nine campuses of the Pangasinan State University are set to hold face-to-face classes when the 2022 school year starts on September. This was announced by Dr. Dexter Buted, PSU president, in a press conference Monday, July 25, as he clarified that the university will prioritize the conduct of F2F…