CASES STILL ON THE RISE THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 3,592 influenza cases (or a 66-percent increase) in 2023 compared to only 2,158 cases in 2022. The PHO Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) attributes the spike in cases from September to December last year due to the shifting…
TWENTY-ONE Pangasinenses died from dengue in 2023, compared to 9 dengue deaths in 2022, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The PHO Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit’s report noted that 3,308 dengue cases were recorded from January 1 to December 31, 2023, compared to only 2,965 cases in 2022. Youngest…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Pangasinan enters drought period—PAGASA THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration revealed that the province has begun reeling under the prolonged period of low rainfall. PAGASA Chief Meteorologist Jose Estrada Jr. based in Dagupan said this was the national assessment of the PAGASA central…
DAGUPAN’s LAST 2023 SUNSET — A man watches the scenery before him in solitude from the foot of the Pantal-Lucao Bridge, observing the direction of the boat ferrying passengers cross the calm Calmay River in Dagupan City while watching the sun slowly vanishes for the last sunset of the year. (Punchphoto by Willie…
IN an emotional speech during a special of session called by Mayor Belen Fernandez last December 30, again boycotted by the seven majority councilors, City Legal Officer Aurora Valle argued that the subjudice rule invoked by the seven could not be applied to justify the rejection of the Supplemental Budget…
MOTORISTS in Dagupan City were back to limited access to Arellano Street as a single ‘one-way’ lane starting January 6 as agreed upon by the city government with DPWH and its contractors. Mayor Belen Fernandez who expressed hope that work on the elevation of the street will enable contractors to…
REPRESENTATIVES of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PhiVolcs) are set to arrive in Dagupan sometime this January to conduct a seminar for barangay captains to prepare them how to save their constituents in case a high-magnitude earthquake strikes Pangasinan’s offshore and inland areas and subsequent possible tsunami that…
TWO fishermen were rescued by a cargo vessel from Egypt, MV Wadi Almalikat, after their boat capsized due to high waves and kept afloat for five hours, 30 nautical miles, west of Rena Point in Agno town on December 30. Rescued fishermen, Randy Arbollyente, 30, and Mark Kimber, 37, both residents of Barangay…
(File submitted by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Manibela continues to oppose PUV consolidation TRANSPORT group Manibela vowed to continue its protest action against the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Consolidation despite government’s announcement that jeepneys that failed to consolidate get a reprieve for another 30 days. In a talk with…
TOROTOT TAYO, NO FIRECRACKERS, PLEASE – Four students garbed in outfits of Santa Claus’ elves, blow the toy horns during the launching of the “Iwas Paputok” campaign of the Department of Health and the Dagupan City government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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