A municipal councilor of Bolinao recently confessed to his constituents that he tested positive for COVID-19. In his Facebook post Monday afternoon, Councilor Jonumer Caasi made the admission that his RT-PCR test showed he tested positive. He said his situation started with a fever and decided, thereafter, to go on self-isolation…
THE town of Villasis registered not only its first locally transmitted COVID-19 case. This was confirmed by the Villasis Anti-COVID-19 Task Force on August 17. An 86-year-old woman from Barangay Puelay was tagged as the first case of community transmission when she was infected by her 29-year-old granddaughter, a medical…
A new COVID-19 case, the 16th, was reported in San Carlos City last Aug 17 after a two-week lull. The new case is a 42-yearold male, resident of Barangay Mamarlao who presently working in Las Piñas City where he contracted the virus, was confirmed by the city’s information office. The…
THERE is a second active COVID-19 case recorded in Sta. Barbara last August 17. According to the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases headed by Mayor Joel de los Santos, latest case is a 66-year-old male from Zone 5 in Barangay Banaoang who tested positive in…
DISTRICT offices of the Land Transportation Office in Region 1 have limited transactions for car registrations and driver’s licenses. According to LTO regional director Teofilo Guadiz III, the number of transactions for car registration has been scaled down to 80-100 applications a day while only 40 applications for renewal of…
MOBILE ELECTRICAL REPAIR SERVICE – An enterprising electrician decides to make the rounds in a neighborhood in Lingayen in a tricycle to make his presence felt. His props? Old appliances for repair. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to take a toll in 31 towns, including the four cities in Pangasinan, although only four percent (or 16,106 hogs) of the total hog population in the province have been culled. This was confirmed by Dr. Florentino Adame, Department of Agriculture Region 1 –…
THE Technical Education Skills Training and Development Administration (TESDA) recently launched training for new job opportunities during the Business and Opportunities Summit held at Purok Marcela in Lingayen town. A memorandum of agreement was signed by TESDA Deputy Director General Aniceto ‘John’ Bertis with the provincial government to provide employment…
CAPITOL NEWS MSTP GRADUATES IN INFANTA. A total of 14 trainees of Mobile Skills Training Project received their Certificate of Completion on August 19 held in Infanta. The MSTP is a brainchild project of Governor Amado I. Espino III which aims to bring skills trainings in the different parts of…
CAPITOL NEWS THE Provincial Government of Pangasinan under the leadership of Governor Amado I. Espino III simultaneously conducted the Abig Pangasinan Karaban in two municipalities – Dasol and Sta. Barbara, on August 19. The Abig Pangasinan is a brainchild project of Governor Espino which intends to stimulate the economy and…
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