AN eight-month-old baby girl in Dagupan City earlier diagnosed to be symptomatic of COVID-19 died on Wednesday, April 15, even before results of the lab tests could be known. The city’s Public Information Office reported that the baby was suffering from cough, seizures, and fever when she was admitted to…
STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS FUNERAL parlor owners and mortuary service workers attended a one-day lecture-forum on the proper handling and disposal of both COVID-19 confirmed cases and patients under investigation (PUIs) last Wednesday, April 15 in Lingayen. Governor Amado Espino III underscored the importance of the roles of funeral…
STAY-HOME VIOLATORS – A roving police patrol led by P/Col Rederico Maranan, provincial director, confronts four villagers seated in front of a sari-sari store in Binmaley for violating quarantine protocol and not wearing face masks. The four were brought to the police precinct and charged for their violations. (Punchphoto by Nora…
EPDH RE-OPENS THE Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital (EPDH) in Tayug has resumed its operations on April 16 after it was temporarily closed on April 5 when a doctor in the hospital tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an advisory posted on the provincial government’s Facebook page, Dr. Anna de…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office raised more than P2.5 million fund for PNP’s Bayanihan Fund program. According to P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, provincial director, the fund raised through the efforts of 2,464 police force in Pangasinan, will be forwarded to PNP Regional Director Joel Orduna and who in turn will…
ROLLING STORE — Lingayen households are served by rolling stores sent by the local government on pre-arranged schedule to minimize the number of residents at converging at the public market for effective implementation of physical and social distancing. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod adopted two important resolutions that seek to alleviate the difficult situation confronting city residents for the duration of the national emergency health crisis. During its regular session last April 14, the SP presided by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and all councilors present wearing face masks passed Resolution No. R-5916 and Resolution No. R-5917, both…
THE Basista municipal government recently granted P611,000 in cash aid to hog raisers in four barangays affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF). Mayor Jolly Resuello said the cash aid fulfilled Basista government’s promise to pay P1,000 per hog to the 135 hog raisers whose hogs were affected by ASF…
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Pangasinan supports its beneficiaries in the present crisis by helping market their produce to the local government units (LGUs) who use the rice products for the relief packs distributed to barangays. Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Ana B. Francisco said collective marketing under the…
LAW enforcement agencies and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have arrested online sellers and retailers in Pangasinan who were found engaging in price manipulation in various entrapment operations. From March 23 to 28, the composite team conducted 10 entrapment operations in the province that resulted tin the arrest…
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