FRONTLINER FOR THE FLOOD – A street sweeper of Dagupan City’s Waste Management Division, clears the road of debris that could clog sewage, unmindful of the risks of cleaning in the middle of the flooded Burgos St.. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE four cities in Pangasinan and eight towns originally classified as “high-risk” areas by the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) have been reclassified as “critical risk areas” last Tuesday August 3. The change in classification was due to addition of two more towns – Basista and Infanta…
IN line with the observance of the National Adolescent Immunization Month, the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) through its Department of Pediatrics is offering free vaccine booster shots for youth this month. Adolescents aged 13 to 18 may avail of free booster shots of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles–mumps-rubella…
DAGUPENOS were not the only persons that were inoculated with first dose of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine and failed to get their second dose when their turn for the jab came. Reports indicated that the same situation happened in some towns not only in Pangasinan and but in Region 1….
HIGH TIDE IS DIVING TIME – Four young men decided to take advantage of the high tide in the city for an afternoon of fun, diving spree from a short bridge at the De Venecia Diversion road. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
IN a bid to drastically cut operational costs of the city government due to soaring prices of electricity, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution calling on the city government to convert all electric-powered street lights, lights and facilities and equipment in all its offices to solar power. The resolution was proposed…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is unhappy with the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to Pangasinan. This was bared by PHO chief Dr. Anna de Guzman during the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on August 2 when asked by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino about the volume of vaccines being delivered…
TWO died while two others were injured in separate electrocution incidents on Aug. 4 in Natividad and in Pozorrubio. Jonel John Salinas, 45, a resident of Barangay Pao, Manaoag town was declared dead on arrival at the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital in Tayug town while Aron Agbayani, 21 and Rienel Gaudiano,…
SENIOR citizens in two island barangays in Dagupan City have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after they received the single-dose Janssen jabs on Monday. According to the Public Information Office of Dagupan City, 140 senior citizens in Barangays Calmay and Carael were administered their vaccines by a vaccination team after…
EXEMPTED FROM DISTANCING PROTOCOL – City jeepney drivers following a pick-up truck loaded with police trainees were seen shaking their heads in frustration noting how the cops were getting away with violating the distancing protocol while they are being closely watched with how their passengers are seated. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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