PUNCHITERIA July 26, 2020
Editorial Cartoon July 26, 2020
A mission for barangay brass, volunteers THE battle mode of the provincial government vs. COVID-19 is still mainly reactive, completely dependent on results of the Expanded Targeting Testing and contact-tracing. If efforts to make more towns and cities COVID-free, a pro-active approach must be set in place in tandem with…
Editorial July 26, 2020
DAGUPAN BANGUS HARVEST ON A RAINY DAY — Farmworkers harvest milkfish from a pond on a rainy afternoon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DAGUPAN BANGUS HARVEST ON A RAINY DAY
106 RECOVERED, 11 DIED AFTER registering zero COVID-19 death for 108 straight days, Pangasinan recorded two new fatalities last July 21 and 23 when a 69-year-old male from Barangay San Jose, Labrador, and a 57-year-old male from Poblacion Oeste, Dagupan City died respectively. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) said the 69-year…
New COVID-19 cases via community transmission
PANGASINAN, which remains under the Modified General Community Quarantine and recently classified by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases as a low-risk area, still has the lowest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among the top 10 most populous provinces in the Philippines as of July 19, 2020. According…
Pangasinan, one of lowest COVID-19 cases
AS of July 23, only 10 of the 44 towns of Pangasinan are considered COVID-19- free. This was confirmed the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The towns without any single COVID-19 case so far are Anda, Bolinao, Dasol, Aguilar, Alcala, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Villasis, Balungao and Tayug. Meanwhile, the province, including Dagupan…
Only 10 towns are COVID-19 free
SITUATION UNDER CONTROL THERE was no official recommendation received so far that Pangasinan and Dagupan City should revert back to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from its present Modified General Community Quarantine (MGSQ) status. This was jointly stressed by Dr. Rhouel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1, and Dr. Anna…
No recommendation to revert to ECQ
OMINOUS MESSAGE? — The billboard structure of ABS-CBN covered by its tarpaulin is struck down by a strong wind and hailstorm last July 18 but another billboard structure beside it stood unscathed. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
