THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City has started processing rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for COVID-19 using cartridges after it was accredited by the Department of Health’s (DOH) Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau to operate starting June 9. Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia, R1MC center chief, said the…
ANOTHER drug den in Dagupan was busted by joint operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the city police on June 9 in Barangay Bonuan Boquig, just two weeks after they swooped down and busted a den in Sitio Calamiong in Bonuan Gueset on May 26. Arrested in that…
TARGETED mass testing for front liners and high-risk workers by the Sual government continues in earnest in Sual with the help of the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center in Manila. Mayor Liseldo Caiugay underscored the importance of mass testing as it facilitates the speedy identification of cases and the…
A frontliner from San Carlos City became the second COVID-19 positive case after he had close contact with a colleague in the police service who tested positive earlier and became the first confirmed case of the virus here. The city government confirmed that a 29-year-old police officer from Barangay Baldog…
DILG: People who did not receive SAP fund need to formalize complaints. Persons qualified to receive the Social Amelioration (SAP) fund but did not receive them should file formal complaints. This is the advice of Marilyn Laguipo, local government operations officer of Dagupan, who admitted that disgruntled residents are still…
THE president of the League of Mayor of the Philippines (LMP) Pangasinan chapter has called on all fellow mayors to follow the protocol or chain of command whenever they declare lockdown in their respective municipalities during the current health emergency Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, LMP provincial chapter president, said municipal…
SEXIST ATTITUDE THE biggest irony of it all. Police stations in the country are required to put up Women and their Children Desks yet the number of cases of violations of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) (Republic Act 9262) ranks as the highest among cases filed against police personnel….
WHERE’S THE ENFORCEMENT? — Newly-painted markers for physical distancing on the sidewalk in Dagupan City are ignored by an illegally parked motorist and pedestrians the street on seeing no one enforcing the rules. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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