CITY A DRUG TRANSSHIPMENT POINT? TWO high value targets for illegal drugs were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, La Union Police Office, Police Intelligence Unit and the Dagupan Police on May 14 in Barangay Caranglaan, Dagupan…
A 74-year-old doctor died inside her house in Barangay Poblacion West in Calasiao town on Tuesday morning, May 17, when it caught fire. The victim was identified as Dr. Violeta Garcia, a stroke patient, bedridden, and unable to move on her own. Fire Senior Inspector Gener Ramos, Fire Marshal of…
SOON LECHON CAPITAL OF DAGUPAN –‘Lechoneros’ in Barangay Lasip Chico in Dagupan City join the first “Lechonan ed Barangay”, an event seeking to establish the village as ‘Lechon Capital of the City’. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos region in partnership with the city government of Dagupan held a grand launching campaign for the Measles Rubella and bivalent Oral Polio virus Vaccine Supplementary Immunization Activities (MR-bOPV SIA) on May 9, 2023 at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan City on May 9….
DAGUPAN staged the biggest launching of the ‘Chikiting Ligtas 2023’ nationwide. This was the impression of Health Undersecretary Enrique Tayag, who led the activity held at CSI Stadia on May 9 attended by officials of the Department of Health, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF)…
THE Department of Health – Ilocos Region announced last week that it will provide mobilization funds and added financial incentives to local government units (LGUs) to meet their vaccination targets and address the increasing number of susceptible children against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) in the country. Regional Director Paula Sydiongco said…
TWO displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from Dagupan City received on Monday P50,000 each as financial assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 1. The beneficiaries, Fatima Dela Cruz and Rolando Andal, both residents of Barangay Bonuan Boquig, returned to the country from the Republic of Sudan…
AFTER successive landslides hitting the Caraballo Mountains, the Villa Verde Trail reopens to motorists and guests. Shallom Balolong of the San Nicolas Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Office said clearing operations have been completed, prompting the reopening of the road towards the province’s summer capital. The San Nicolas local government collaborated…
(From 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Mangaldan SP holds public hearings to regulate swimming in river THE Sangguniang Bayan of Mangaldan is conducting a series of public hearings on the proposed ordinance that seeks to regulate swimming in the Angalacan River to prevent more drowning in the area. The ordinance…
57 CASES IN PANGASINAN FOURTEEN towns and four cities were recently included in the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) COVID-19 watchlist amid reports of increasing number of cases in Pangasinan despite the extreme hot weather with heat index daily no lower than sizzling 40 degrees Celsius. As of May 10, at…
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