TO keep infection inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Dagupan City, one of the adopted measures is to isolate newly-arrived Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) following the quarantine protocol. Jail Superintendent Roque Constantino Sison III, BJMP-Dagupan Warden, admitted that since physical distancing is impossible to…
ALLEGED MISUSE OF COVID-19 IRM FUNDS AT the instance of the Department of Justice, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) District Office in Dagupan City filed complaints at the Office of Ombudsman in Quezon City on September 1 against 15 identified officials of PhilHealth in main office and five in…
WOUNDED DOLPHIN RESCUED – Menfolk at the Tondaligan Beach hold a wounded dolphin they found beached in the area as they prepare to deliver it to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources office for treatment. Decades ago, dolphins and whales found beached were immediately butchered to be sold in the…
DAGUPAN City recorded its first case of COVID-19-Delta variant involving a 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia who arrived in Manila on Jul. 25, 2021. This was confirmed by the city information office last Sunday, August 29. The patient arrived in Dagupan last August 11 and brought…
THE mayor of Binmaley and his wife tested positive for COVID-19. In a message Monday night, August 30, Mayor Simplicio Rosario said he and his wife, Lorna Grace, immediately placed themselves in quarantine in compliance with health protocol. The mayor said he was asymptomatic while his wife was experiencing mild…
PREPARING INTERMEDIARY QUARANTINE FACILITY – Volunteers rush to clean newly constructed classroom of the East Central Integrated School in Dagupan City for expected occupancy by mild COVID-19 cases. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE provincial government is hiring 155 additional healthcare workers to boost the province’s response efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In a radio interview on Thursday, Gov. Amado Espino III said the new hires will be deployed to the 14 provincial government-run hospitals. “The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has consolidated…
A six-year-old boy died after he was bitten by a cobra in Barangay Carusucan Norte in Asingan on Aug. 29. Leonard Beltran, who had a speech and language impairment, had just eaten lunch and was having a siesta with his dad, Michael Beltran, in their room when the incident happened….
IN the light of increasing number of COVID-19 cases in detection of more Delta variants in the province, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has tightened its control and monitoring in the province’s border control checkpoints. PPPO director Col. Ronald Gayo said the residents and visitors should expect stricter implementation…
THE San Carlos City government is set to procure 12 more modular smart houses in addition to the six modular houses earlier bought by the city, as supplementary isolation facilities in anticipation of a possible surge of COVID-19 cases in the city. This was confirmed by City Information Officer Jhuliano…
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