WITH the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) in place, the 440th Agew na Pangasinan on April 5 was celebrated quietly and without fanfare. The mood was a departure from the yearly joyous celebration of Agew na Pangasinan usually marked with fun-filled activities, including floats parade and agro-industrial fairs. To mark…
MAKE-UP ARTISTS PLEDGE A GRATEFUL home-based make-up artist in Mangaldan wants to show his appreciation to the frontliners in a way he knows best – to provide free bridal make-up service to COVID-19 frontliners set to tie the knot soon. Froilan Cortez, known to his patrons as Lian Lang, is…
CAPITOL NEWS GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III signed Executive Order No. 0017-2020 on April 5 extending the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in the province until April 14. The extension is the province’s response to safeguard the welfare and health of Pangasinenses due to spread of COVID-19 in Pangasinan. As of…
WHILE inside her house, former Congresswoman Manay Gina de Venecia decided to make her Enhanced Community Quarantine worthwhile by making homemade Protective Personal Equipment (PPEs), i.e., face shields and masks out of local materials. The mother of Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia, gathered her household members and staff to help…
CAPITOL NEWS THE Provincial Government of Pangasinan conducted misting cannon operations anew, this time in Tayug and Binalonan. On April 7, responders from Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Provincial Engineering Office disinfected the environment of the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital based in Tayug. Hospital beds, and other…
A fair warning OUR locally elected officials, from the barangay officials to the mayors, suddenly find themselves in the most enviable positions that they never imagined would happen. They have been tasked by the national government to manage millions of resources to be used to help ensure the success of…
TOTAL LOCKDOWN – After two residents of Barangay Pogo Chico in Dagupan City died of COVID-19, the barangay was placed under total lockdown to prevent residents from leaving while preventing visitors from entering. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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