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,…
MAIL TO ORDER BRIDE SCAM TWO Chinese nationals and a Filipina accomplice were found guilty for human trafficking after swindling an overseas applicant that led to abuse by her employer. In a 48-page decision by the Regional Trial Court Branch 57 in San Carlos City, the three accused: Li Chin…
TWO persons were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation conducted by the police at riverside in Barangay Sta. Maria Norte, Binalonan, 9:15 p.m. on September 14. The arrested suspects were identified as Daniel Madula, a drug watch-listed personality of Poblacion, Binalonan; and Dominique Vinluan, 29, a junk collector, of Barangay…
A motorcycle rider will be slapped with violations of Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code and of Republic Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) after he was caught by the police following a brief chase, after he tried to elude arrest by running away from lawmen…
THREE men were caught by the police playing and betting on Billiard Race to 5, 10: 30 p.m. on September 14 along the highway in Barangay Calbueg, Malasiqui town. The suspects were arrested by joint elements of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company based in Alaminos City and the Malasiqui…
PERMITS ISSUED BY LIM ADMINISTRATION THE huge illegal fish pens that were removed and demolished painstakingly over a four- year period by then Mayor Belen Fernandez before 2019 were restored during the Brian Lim administration and fully operating in violation of the city’s fishery code that allows only fish cages,…
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…
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