WHILE DISTANCE EDUCATION IS ON REPAIR and renovation of school buildings in Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte will continue even if the use of classrooms has been suspended and instruction has shifted to distance learning on account of the current pandemic. This implementation of the program for the…
THE Guinness World Records title-holder St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park (SVFPP) in Bayambang that draws local and foreign tourists has re-opened on Oct. 8 but only to devotees and visitors from Pangasinan. Only 1,000 people are allowed to enter the park at a time, fill out information sheet honestly, wear…
A radio booth set up inside a secondary school in Barangay Bolosan in Dagupan City broadcasts lessons to students by their teachers under the distance learning system being implemented by the Department of Education nationwide. Renan Bautista, department head of Technology and Livelihood Education at the Judge Jose de Venecia…
CONTRABAND ‘ALIEN’ FISH INTERCEPTED – Market marshals confiscate some 700 kilograms of assorted fish collected from dynamite fishing reportedly in La Union, being transported to the Magsaysay Market in Dagupan City without a local transport permit from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVID-19 CONTAGION FOUR more big companies operating in n Sta. Barbara were urged by the local government to conduct mass testing of their employees after 113 essential service workers of a big plant tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Joel Delos Santos said that coordination is ongoing with these companies whose…
MORE local farmers are seen delivering and selling their palay to the NFA Western Pangasinan branch that continues to buy at P19. Assistant Provincial Manager Chona Maramba, said NFA is open even during weekends to serve the farmers. As of October 7, NFA Western Pangasinan has bought 82,000 bags of…
CLOSED MALASIQUI PROGRESSIVE SAVINGS BANK THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) announced that depositors of the closed Malasiqui Progressive Savings and Loan Bank, Inc. (MPSLBI) have until October 16, 2020 to file their deposit insurance claims. Deposit insurance claims for 68 deposit accounts with aggregate insured deposits amounting to P0.79…
NO SOCIAL DISTANCING IN EATERIES – Many Dagupan City residents have stopped wondering why the surge in new COVID-19 cases continues in the city on seeing many street eateries not enforcing health protocols. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed Provincial Resolution No. 025-2020 expressing its deepest sympathies and sincerest condolences to the bereaved family of the late Provincial Board Member Jose De Guzman Peralta Jr. who passed away last October 3. He was 55. Peralta was an ex-officio member of the provincial board as president…
CAPITOL NEWS GOV. Espino, Prov’l Gov’t launch Pamanang Yaman, Produktong Pangasinan on Oct. 7 Governor Amado I. Espino III, along with the Department Heads of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan, led the launching of the Pamanang Yaman, Produktong Pangasinan on October 7 at the Capitol Plaza, Lingayen. Pamanang Yaman, which…
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