A medical doctor-instructor was nabbed and charged by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in an entrapment operation on June 28 for robbery/extortion in a “grade-for-sale” scheme in return for passing grade in his class. Mark Caceres, agent of the National Bureau of Investigation – Dagupan District Office…
NOT GUV’S BROTHER THJE provincial government has warned the public against impostors claiming to be representatives of Governor Amado Espino III and even as his brother Second District Rep. Jumel Espino. This after certain persons booked reservations in a local/hotel resort using the name of the governor and his brother recently as…
SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK AS the whole nation is now on alert over the more infectious Delta variant from India, COVID-19 appears to be slowing down in Pangasinan based on statistics that show more new recoveries than new cases for the second straight week this month. This is another week of significant…
PANGASINAN’S HISTORIC CAPITOL BLDG – The newly restored and renovated Casa Real in Lingayen is spruced up for its inauguration last week. It was declared a national, historic landmark in 2002 by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MEMBERS of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) are divided on whether an ordinance prescribing regulations to be observed during the Bike and Run Day every early morning of Sunday along the entire stretch of the Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension in Dagupan City is needed or not. This after most…
PANGASINAN reported lower number of average COVID-19 cases per day for the month of June compared to the previous months. This was reported by the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) Rhodyn Oro during the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session on June 21. He said…
THE detection of various COVID-19 variants in Region 1 was seen to be the factor in the sudden surge in new cases for the past months in the Ilocos Region. Based on Department of Health Center for Health Development 1’s (DOH-CHD 1) data, three COVID-19 variants were detected in 43…
THE arrival of the first 195 vials of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, or 1170 doses on Monday June 21 was a test case for its storage. It was immediately stored in the Region One Medical Center ultra-cold freezer. According to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1, the…
THE provincial government plans to relocate the provincial jail in Lingayen after the historical Casa Real in Barangay Poblacion, Lingayen has been rehabilitated and restored. In an interview, Governor Amado Espino III said the planned relocation will make the location of the Casa Real a “purely” historical site once the…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution urging all local government units in the province to further intensify their vaccination rollout by simultaneously hitting priority targets to avoid delays and cause backlog in their areas of responsibility. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, chair of the SP committee on health, filed the resolution noting…
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