LIVELIHOOD NOT COVERED BY QUARANTINE – Local fishermen, exempted from the coverage of community quarantine, use hook and line to fish at the Pantal River for their livelihood, mindful of physical distancing as dictated by health protocol. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ESPINO 2019 AMBUSCADE A FORMER board member who has died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 16 others were charged with murder cases at the City Prosecutor’s Office here for the ambush of former Congressman Amado Espino Jr. that left him wounded and his two aides dead in Sept. last year….
THE decision of the regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) whether to grant or deny the request of transport leaders in Pangasinan that 50 percent of the more than 3,000 public utility jeepneys in Pangasinan be given special permits to resume their operations still hangs…
RECORDS of the Pangasinan Health Office (PHO) are beginning to show that efforts of the provincial government to flatten the curve are paying off. For the period August 1 to 6 alone, the number of COVID-19 patients that recovered outnumbered confirmed cases: 38 vs. 22 The new statistics effectively raised…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office swept the individual, unit and special awards during the 119th Police Servicer Anniversary celebration on August 6 at Camp Brig. General Oscar Florendo in San Fernando City, La Union. Aside from winning as the Best Police Provincial Office in Region 1, the Pangasinan PPO also earned the…
IN a bid to check infection from returning residents, the San Carlos City government has effectively banned its residents from traveling to Metro Manila and other provinces whose status have been reverted to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) because of high incidence of COVID-19 The city government has begun implementing…
REGION’S BEST PNP STATIONS – The Dagupan City Police Station was recently cited as the region’s best in the city category while the Villasis PNP station earned the commendation in the municipality category. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office was cited for excellence in campaign vs illegal drugs and loose firearms. (Punchphoto…
VILLASIS, COVID-19 FREE AGAIN THE lone COVID-19 case in Villasis, a 45-year-old man from Barangay Bacag was among the five patients reported by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) to have recovered on August 6. This patient was a locally stranded individual (LSI) who arrived on July 11 from Metro Manila who suffered…
RESULTS of the evaluation of the possible cure for COVID-19, specifically those suffering from mild symptoms of the virus infection submitted by a Pangasinan inventor by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) are still awaited. This was disclosed by Jaime Imbat, owner of JPI Enterprise, the developer…
TWO sitios in Sual, Sitio Cauayan Hills and Kusinero in Barangay Cauayan, were ordered locked down or on community quarantine on August 2 when they registered four new confirmed COVID-19 cases. This was contained in Executive Order No. 42, series of 2020 issued by Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay on August…
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