NO STRICT ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY — A fireman busily disinfecting the Dagupan City plaza is flabbergasted on seeing a child without mask and shield walking by with no cares. The child was unattended. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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A whale shark, known as ‘butanding’ that found itself stranded after it strayed into the fishermen’s nets along the shores of Binmaley Beach on Tuesday, February 16 was freed by the community. Sighting of the stranded butanding was initially reported by fishermen residing along the coastline of Barangay San Isidro…
Barangay folk free stranded butanding, turn over bayawak to DENR
PANGASINAN could have a third component city soon if nothing stands in the way of the efforts of the officials of Bayambang to have their town converted into a city. Mayor Cezar Quiambao approved Resolution Number 1 series of 2021 unanimously passed by the members of the Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal…
Bayambang seeks cityhood status
DRUNK DRIVING – Two foreign nationals found themselves in trouble for drunk driving after they hit an electric post on the highway along Tapuac District in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DRUNK DRIVING
THERE are 88 cold storage facilities so far identified by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 where anti-COVID-19 vaccines will be stocked once they arrive in the region. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1 and DOH-CHD 1 spokesperson, said the vaccines need to be stocked…
Region’s cold storage for COVID-19 vaccines ready
THE mayor of Bayambang decided to lift the liquor ban and the suspension of cockfight operations in the town effective last week. Mayor Cezar Quiambao signed Executive Order No. 09 series of 2021, however with the clarification that while liquor ban has been lifted, “drinking in public places is still…
Liquor and cockfight ban in Bayambang lifted
WHILE an alarming rate of increase in teenage pregnancies was aired recently, the Commission on Population in the Ilocos Region (PopCom-1) indicated there is a decline in cases in the region, particularly in Pangasinan that only recorded two cases in 2019. PopCom-1 information officer Ma. Cristina Martinez said the cases…
Decline in teenage pregnancies in Pangasinan noted
HERE’S an update for retirees! The Social Security System (SSS) released the second batch of February 2021 pensions on February 16, 2021 amounting to P5.2 billion, through the Philippine Electronic Fund Transfer System and Operations Network (PESONet), participating banks, e-wallets, and M Lhuillier branches. Pensioners covered by the said batch…
Second batch of SSS pensions released on Feb. 16
BORED AND LONELY – The security guard who until last week could hardly cope with the volume of documents of car owners submitted to be serviced at the Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Center operated by Bily Transport Inc. d prior to LTO registration, suddenly finds himself alone with nothing to do…
BORED AND LONELY
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod granted the request of tricycle operators for a two-year moratorium on the annual five percent increase of permit fees starting this year. This was provided for in Ordinance No. 1119-2021 authored jointly by Councilors Celia Lim, Michael Fernandez and Karlos Reyna IV during the virtual session presided…
