ANOTHER barangay kapitan was shot dead by hitmen riding in tandem (HRIT). The victim was identified as Frederick Abalos, incumbent barangay captain of Balococ, Lingayen. The police immediately formed special investigation task group “Abalos” composed of different units of the police to track down the perpetrators in a bid to…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) reported that forty-five of the 57 shooting incidents in Pangasinan from January up to July 5 this year have been resolved. PPPO spokesperson P/Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. said the identified suspects in those cases have been arrested and charged in courts. He said the…
689 NEW CASES, 14 DEATHS COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Pangasinan during the past one week. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) logged 689 new positive cases and 14 deaths from July 2 to 8. Only the timely recovery of 584 patients softened the impact on the provincial government’s efforts….
LAST TWO MINUTES — A Dagupan POSO enforcer signals cyclists taking part in the Sunday ‘Bike & Run’ at De Venecia Expressway Extension to be ready to leave the area as the highway is about to be opened to regular traffic. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NO WASTED, EXPIRED VACCINES THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) assured the local governments that all vaccines received from the Department of Health are immediately administered to waiting recipients. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said some 100 to 150 individuals are being inoculated by the PHO vaccination team in…
NEW SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES SEEN THE Provincial Health Office logged a surge of COVID-19 cases in the province since the first week of July, after two weeks of a downtrend in confirmed cases and more recovered cases. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said she suspects that the…
THE Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) has recommended to the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) to seek its authority to defer the collection of increased generation charge it billed in June this year and to schedule easy staggered payment by consumers monthly. This was the solution offered by Nelson Canlas, ERC representative…
NON-Uniformed Personnel (NUP) of the Philippine National Police – (PNP-NUP) is optimistic that the House of Representative will soon start its deliberations on the Magna Carta for NUP. PNP-NUP Association Inc. national president Sarah Sopeῆa Lerum said, House Bill (HB) 9621 entitled “Instituting the Magna Carta for all Non-Uniformed Workers…
THE Municipal Health Office of Asingan town warned residents against using traditional medicine “tandok” after a 33-year-old man in Barangay San Vicente East recently died due to snake bite. Dr. Ronnie Tomas, municipal health officer, said, “If bitten by a snake, the victim should go directly to a hospital because…
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