FB POSTING A VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL? AFTER posting bail for an octogenarian from Asingan town who was accused of theft for harvesting 10 crates of mangoes from a tree in his neighbor’s backyard, the Asingan police was taken to task by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for allegedly committing lapses in procedures…
AFTER being heavily indebted due to e-sabong, a member of the LBTQ + community in Malasiqui committed suicide. The victim, according to the local police, became heavily indebted after repeatedly losing in e-sabong via the betting station in Malasiqui. The victim’s close relatives learned about their kin’s predicament and helped…
GETTING CLOSER TO LAST YEAR’S 400 THE daily attack rate of COVID-19 in Pangasinan has surged to 320 in the last seven days, infecting all 48 towns and cities but the Provincial Health Office (PHO) believes it’s still no reason for people to panic. However, the monitoring conducted by PHO’s…
DISINFECTION OF MARKET – An employee of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office covers every nook and cranny at the Malimgas Market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
IN spite of the exponential spike of COVID-19 daily cases in Pangasinan, the occupancy rate of dedicated isolation beds in the province remains low. During the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday, January 17, Rhodyn Oro, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said only 66 beds…
TRANSACTIONS BY DISTRICTS IN a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Pangasinan, the provincial government decided to implement a “six-day work week” among the Capitol employees to serve constituents separately by districts. Provincial Legal Office chief lawyer Geraldine Baniqued, in an interview over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, said the…
ELEVEN IN REGION 1 AFFECTED THE regional office of Department of Education Ilocos (DepEd Region 1) suspended the implementation of the pilot-run of the in-person classes of the 11 participating schools in the region that started on January 14. In Pangasinan, the suspended in-person classes were in Longons Elementary School…
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SAN NICOLAS town made a feat when it succeeded in vaccinating 100% of percent pedia and 95 % of adult population with anti-COVID-19 vaccines. Mayor Alicia Primicias-Enriquez’s post on her a Facebook account on January 16 said the accomplishment the town’s vaccination target was is based on the…
OFFICES of the local government of Calasiao were placed on granular lockdown from January 19 to 21 to give way for disinfection and contact tracing. Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon ordered the lockdown through Executive Order Number 6-2022 issued on January 18. He said some 26 employees of the municipal government…
AUTHORITIES are still investigating the origin of a mountain fire in Brgy. Buer in Aguilar town on Tuesday, January 18. In an interview, Fire Officer 1 Carl Pidlaoan said the fire broke out around 6 p.m. and they tried to penetrate the mountain range but failed to complete the task…
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