DRUG-FREE TOWNS: 28 THE town of Basista has been added to the list of drug-cleared cities and municipalities in Pangasinan per declaration of the regional sub-committee led by PDEA in Pangasinan. According to P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, police rovincial director, the other towns already declared drug-free are Laoac, Dasol, Mapandan,…
THE request of transport leaders for additional 75 jeepneys to ply city routes in Dagupan was endorsed partially by Mayor Brian Lim in his letter to Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board Regional Director Nasrudin Talipasan dated July 22, 2020. This was confirmed by Bernard Tuliao, president of the Alliance of…
AN all-organic herbal medicine developed by a Pangasinense as prevention and cure for patients experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 was endorsed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for technical review and recommendation. The herbal medicine developed by Jaime Imbat of Barangay Cablong, Pozorrubio town that could be vaporized…
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN – A couple rides a motorcycle installed with a required barrier directed by the Inter-Agency Task cautiously because the barrier prevents back rider to move with the balance of the main rider, risking the safety of both. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is set to pass an ordinance imposing stiffer fines and penalties for those not wearing and improperly wearing face masks outside their residences. The proposed ordinance of Councilor Dennis Canto, SP chairman on the committee on health, seeks to amend a portion of Ordinance No….
GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III appealed to both private and public sectors, particularly barangay officials to consciously unite in purpose to help control the spread of COVID-19 in the province. Espino made the appeal during the Stakeholders Consultative Meeting held on July 22 in Lingayen. He stressed to the sectoral…
SAN Carlos City Mayor Julier Resuello said residents should expect stricter implementation of quarantine guidelines/protocols as the city recorded Thursday its 11th confirmed COVID-19 case. Resuello said the city has been strictly implementing the quarantine protocols in Pangasinan but wants an even stricter policy adopted to curb the rising number…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod will call for an extensive investigation into the alleged sale of double-dead fish in the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan. Councilor Teresa Coquia, chairman on the committee on market, said her committee was alerted of the practice of unscrupulous persons selling so-called double dead fishes in the Magsaysay…
CONSTRUCTION of projects along the Agno River Irrigation System Extension Project (ARISEP) in Eastern Pangasinan by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) have resumed. According to NIA Regional Manager Engineer Angelito Miguel, the focus of construction is on the expansion of the San Roque re-regulating pond in Sanon, its first phase…
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