A FORMER city mayor and the incumbent vice mayor of Alaminos have tested positive for COVID-19. Former Mayor Arthur Celeste confirmed on his Facebook page on March 17 that his RT-PCR test showed he was positive for COVID-19 despite his doubled efforts to be careful and following minimum health standards,…
LIFE REFLECTION DURING COVID-19 SINCE that almost fatal COVD-19 infection that hit both the Bayambang mayor and his wife, a life reflection dawned on Niña Jose-Quiambao, wife of Mayor Cezar Quiambao and shared it in a Facebook post on March 16. Narrating how their traumatic journey started at the start…
TIGHT SECURITY FOR VACCINES – All deliveries of vaccines to any point in Pangasinan are well secured by a team of heavily armed policemen, just like the delivery of the Sinovac vaccines to Region1 Medical Center last week as shown above. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AS of March 19, some 3,775 medical frontliners in Dagupan City received their allotted first dose of vaccines that arrived in the city two weeks ago. Of the number, 814 were vaccinated at the central vaccination center of the city at the People’s Astrodome. As the vaccines initially allocated to Dagupan were about to run out,…
HOLY WEEK PILGRIMAGE THE Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag, one of the most popular religious sites in the North, is gearing up for the expected arrival of pilgrims during the observance of the Holy Week from March 28 to April 3. “Nothing’s changed in the…
THE planned rerouting of buses from Pangasinan to Bocaue in Bulacan Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) may be delayed even if the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LFTRB) acts on the petition of bus operators for special permits to field their units for travel to the south. This was…
PROOFS OF ROLL OUT – Merly Malasan, a pharmacist and a member of Region 1 Medical Center’s vaccination team shows used Sinovac vaccine vials collected for proper disposal during the roll out for medical frontliners of private hospitals in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Manaoag Police Station has begun its preparation in anticipation for the influx of tourists and pilgrims to the town during the observance of the Holy Week. P/Major Herminio Olivares, chief of police, said police will not prevent the entry of tourists into the town because of the easing of…
TO SERVE ISLAND VILLAGES IN addition to the possible provision of a fire boat to serve island villages in Dagupan City, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the city recommended a more doable alternative in case fire breaks out in their areas. F/Chief Inspector Bryan Pocyao, fire marshal of…
AS of March 18, only 32 of the 48 towns and cities of Pangasinan are implementing the uniform protocol for tourists and visitors coming to their borders in accordance with the guidelines issued by the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). The uniform protocol waives…
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