FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE JOB — The tireless crew of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction Management prepare to move a rubber boat in position while waiting for orders to pick up isolated families or to distribute relief food in flooded areas. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE 4,210 cases of acute gastroenteritis recorded by the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) from January 1 to August 29 this year is 121 percent higher than the number of cases in 2021 which was only 1,904 cases. Deaths also rose to 24, in contrast to last year‘s only 11…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded only 25 leptospirosis cases in the province from January 1 to January 29 this year compared to last year’s 26 cases. Dr. Anna de Guzman, PHO chief, however, pointed out that there are fewer cases this year, the number of fatalities has doubled…
PINASLAKAS CAMPAIGN THE “PinasLakas” Booster Vaccination was launched in Alaminos City with more than 200 residents that took their booster shots in the presence of Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Carol Taino and Ilocos Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco together with the local government and city health officials. “We are…
CLASSES in four towns (.two each in Fourth and Fifth districts) were suspended on September 2 due to inclement weather brought about by Super Typhoon Henry Mayor Ramon Ronald Guico IV of Binalonan (Fifth D.) suspended classes in all levels from pre-school to college level, public and private institutions, in…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez commended the Dagupan City Police for the arrest of a high-value individual (HVI) in Barangay II & III from whom they seized 11 plastic of suspected shabu with street value of P143,956 on August 27. The anti-drug operation, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),…
THREE male dancers and two personnel of an event organizer were arrested by the Tayug Police after performing lewd dances in the nude. The incident prompted the Tayug’s municipal government headed by Mayor Tyrone Agabas to strongly denounce the lewd performance of male dancers during a motor show held in…
A 58-year-old man from Barangay San Jose in San Nicolas town, was stabbed by his drinking buddy after an altercation on Wednesday night, August 31. Victim Rito Balanquit aka Ling-Ling, was drinking with his buddy Silverio Gulla, 56, a resident in the same community, when they both got into a…
A missing person with disability (PWD) was found dead floating in an irrigation canal in San Nicolas town on Sunday night, August 28. Victim Nicomedes Sabinay, 29, resident of Barangay San Jose in San Nicolas town, was found by a concerned citizen his floating lifeless body in an irrigation canal…
A high-value target (HVT) drug suspect was nabbed by authorities during search warrant implementation in Dagupan City on Saturday, August 27. Suspect Julius Aquino, 34, resident of Fernandez Street, Barangay II-III, in Dagupan City, was arrested after authorities searched his house through a search warrant issued by RTC Branch 44,…
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