PLANS for the Department of Education’s priority projects for both elementary and secondary public schools in Dagupan City were presented to Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez during a meeting of the Local School Board. Dagupan City Schools Division Superintendent Aguedo Fernandez cited the construction of new school buildings and the…
DAWEL BRIDGE NOT A FACTOR DESPITE restrictions for crossing the Dawel Bridge, collection and disposal of garbage at the dump site by the Waste Management Division (WMD) continues. This was stressed by Councilor Lino Fernandez, chairman of the Liga ng mga Barangays in Dagupan in a privilege speech before the…
FULLY VAXXED MOTHER-DAUGHTER — Barangay Pogo Chico’s residents, Ermelita Caballero and daughter Kylerhyss gamely respond to the city government’s “Sa booster Pinaslakas” campaign to have their anti-COVID-19 booster shots. Both received 3 kilos of rice each as incentive. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
PINASLAKAS, a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Health (DOH) was launched in Dagupan City on August 15 at the City Plaza to increase the number of fully-immunized Filipinos and to target 50% of target population to have booster shots within the First…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 1 said 87 percent of the total eligible population in the region have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, CHD focal person for Covid-19, reported that as of August 14: 3,756,987 out of 4,318,377 individuals have received their…
MASSIVE VACCINATION IN BARANGAYS DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez issued Executive Order No. 10 that created Task Force COVID-19 to oversee the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the city and curb the number of cases. With her as chairperson, Mayor Fernandez appointed as members are Councilor Dennis Canto,…
CAMPAIGN FOR BOOSTER JABS IT appears that many Dagupeños still have not received their COVID-19 booster shots. This was revealed by Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City Health Officer, in an interview Wednesday, August 17. Rivera said while the city has reported 100% of targetted individuals in the city and 13%…
THE Department of Health- Center for Health Development 1 confirmed that more COVID-19 active cases were reported in the Ilocos Region. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1, revealed that as of August 18, the region already logged 1,500 confirmed active COVID-19 cases, and 150 are new. The…
BIGGEST DRUG HAUL IN REGION 1 SOME P2.5 billion pesos worth of suspected shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pozorrubio on Friday, August 12, where four persons, one of them a Chinese national, were arrested. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva,…
BRIGADA ESKWELA BACK AFTER 2 YEARS – Student volunteers from the Graystone Institute of the Philippines in Dagupan City join Brigada Eskwela at DCNHS to help ensure the successful return of face-to-face classes this year under the New Normal. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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