OF the 6,856 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Region 1 that have returned, 3,905 are from Pangasinan. This was bared by Gerardo Rimorin, regional director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 1, during the Virtual KBP Forum last Thursday. Other OFW returnees were 1,191 from La Union,…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office at Camp Antonio Sison was on lockdown starting July 17 for disinfection after 15 policemen tested positive in their Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction test for COVID-19. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said all the 15 policemen, except one who was suffering from a…
15 cops test positive with COVID-19
POLICE checkpoints and control points will still continue even if Pangasinan has already transitioned to Modified General Community Quarantine. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, told the Virtual KBP Forum on Thursday, it will continue because the checkpoints and border control points are strong deterrents not only against violators of…
Police to maintain checkpoints, control points
THE number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan since the start of the contagion has ballooned to 219 as of July 31, 2020, 76 of whom considered active and still confined but notably, there has been a high rate of recovery among positive cases. To date, 133 have recovered, 11 died…
More COVID-19 cases expected from testing
FLOODING IN CENTRAL PANGASINAN — A government official inspects a portion of the Marusay River along Barangay Banaoang in Calasiao town to assess the volume of water lily that accumulated and blocking the flow of floodwater from upstream. The area was identified as one of the causes of flooding in central Pangasinan. (Punchphoto…
FLOODING IN CENTRAL PANGASINAN
(As of July 30, 2020 (9AM) COVID-19) Recovered – 125 Confined – 84 Died – 10 Total Confirmed Cases – 219 Pangasinan – 184 Dagupan City – 35 NEW CONFIRMED CASE (July 29, 2020) 35 y/o male from Anda SUSPECTS OR PATIENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION (PUI) Recovered – 628…
COVID-19 MONITORING REPORT IN PANGASINAN
THE first confirmed COVID-19 case in Villasis town is a 45-year old-male from Barangay Bacag who arrived from Valenzuela City where he works. Villasis Mayor Nonato Abrenica said the 45-year-old arrived in his barangay on July 11, went to a private hospital near Villasis for medical consultation on July 17…
First COVID-19 case in Villasis
THE Sual municipal government has unveiled its COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan endorsed jointly by the Municipal Development Council and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, who led the formulation of the plan, said it will serve as the blueprint for the strategy to be…
Sual launches contra-COVID-19 pandemic plan
THREE Pangasinan congressmen gave the thumbs-up for President Rodrigo Duterte’s 5th State of the Nation Address on Monday. House Deputy Speaker and Pangasinan Third District Rep. Rose Marie Arenas said Duterte reiterated his resolve to fight against criminality, as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Arenas agreed…
3 congressmen laud Duterte’s SONA
TRICYCLES’ ROTATION SCHEME — Personnel of the Public Order Safety Office in Dagupan City attach a validation sticker on a tricycle, designating the days of the week by which 3,000 tricycle units can operate in the city under a rotation scheme. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)




