A 41-year-old tricycle driver was killed by a Nigerian national he had an altercation with in Barangay Lucao in Dagupan City last Monday, August 2. The victim, Dennis Razo, a resident of Barangay Lucao, was on board his tricycle when he approached the suspect, Nigerian national Emmanuelemeka Endukwe, 31, and…
CAPITOL URGES VIGILANCE WHILE one Delta variant has been detected in Ilocos Norte as of last week, and pending results of investigations, there is still no confirmation if a local transmission of the variant has happened in Pangasinan or in any province in the region. This was affirmed by Dr….
ISLAND CATHEDRAL – At the height of the high tide in Dagupan, the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral appears to be isolated in the middle of a lake. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOOD FOR SAN ROQUE DAM THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) considers the monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Fabian experienced last week in Pangasinan may have caused some damage to farmlands but it served to fill the San Roque Dam’s water reserve. PDRRMO operations center officer Shallom…
ALARMED by the entry into the country of the Delta variant, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan called back officials of the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases IATF-EID and the Provincial Health Office for an update on the status of Delta variant of COVID-19 contagion in the…
SOME 607 essential workers belonging to the A4 priority group in Region 1 have been fully vaccinated. This was confirmed by Ilocos Region Center for Health Development’s (CHD-1) Dr. Rheuel Bobis, focal person for COVID-19 last Sunday, July 25, based on reports from local government units in the region after…
THE Provincial Inter-Agency Taskforce immediately held an emergency meeting following the reported detection of one COVID-19 case with Delta variant in Ilocos Norte. Provincial Health Office Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman revealed the first delta variant case in the region had an exposure to a Pangasinense patient. She said…
THE San Carlos City government achieved the highest single-day vaccine count last Tuesday, July 27 with 1,160 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The number surpassed the recorded highest single-day vaccination on Monday July 26 with 1,064 vials inoculated. In a statement, City Information Officer Jhuliano Nazareno said the city government…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is urging residents in the coastal towns of Pangasinan to be vigilant and alert about foreign fishing vessels docking in their area to guard against the possible entry of COVID-19’s Delta variant in their communities. Dr. Anna Maria de Guzman, provincial health officer, reminded coastal…
DESPITE HEAVY RAINS THE intermittent heavy rainfall in Pangasinan the past days failed to stabilize the water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town. It remained at 242.78 meters above sea level (masl) only as of July 29. This was still way below the 280 masl spilling…
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