RESTORATION OF HISTORIC H.E. BLDG – Once the subject of a controversy about its unannounced demolition, the restoration of the Home Economics Bldg. (inside the West Central Elementary School), considered a historical because it was used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as his headquarters during the Lingayen landing in 1945, continues and can…
ALARMING REALITY THE University of the Philippines OCTA Research Group listed Pangasinan as one of the 10 provinces in the country that recorded a high positivity rate. The data was made public when the agency, together with the Department of Health (DOH) warned the public of an ‘uptick’ in COVID-19…
BASED on data collated, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has determined that the recovery rate of persons infected with COVID-19 in the province is at 78 percent. PHO chief Dr. Anna De Guzman said the data is obtained by recording recovery rate from the virus compared to deaths over a…
DAGUPAN is still locked in as the epicenter of the pandemic in Pangasinan after it tallied 95 more new confirmed active cases against only 43 recovered cases based on the monitoring of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) for the period January 8 to 14. Records showed that as of January…
PROVINCIAL Health Officer Anna de Guzman said the surge of new COVID-19 cases is because of people’s mobility during the holiday season. She cited four situations that contributed to the surge: Pangasinan vendors of fruits, vegetables, meat and other essential goods traveled to provinces where cases of COVID-19 were high,…
THE Dagupan City government has secured an initial allocation of 40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca – a British pharmaceutical company, as soon as the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves its use in the country. The city’s Public Information Office said a tripartite agreement was signed last…
ENFORCING HEALTH PROTOCOL – A family that was holding a picnic at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City was asked to leave the picnic area after they were caught by the Maritime Police violating the ban on picnics and the health protocol – not wearing face masks. No one was arrested. (Punchhoto by…
AMID the rising COVID-19 cases in Dagupan City, Mayor Brian Lim enforced a stricter implementation of health and safety protocols as he revealed that the number of active cases in Dagupan already climbed to 203, the highest ever registered in the city since the contagion began in March last year….
THE Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) entered into by the Dagupan Water District and the Pamana Water Corporation in early December last year was reportedly given the green light by the Department of Justice through the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC). This was disclosed by lawyer Elpidio J. Vega,…
ACCIDENTS DUE TO NON-ENFORCEMENT OF LAW — A motorcycle rider lies on his back after his motorcycle collided with a tricycle along the diversion road in Urdaneta City. The law bans both motorcycles and tricycles from using middle of the highway but the police do not enforce it. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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