“WE are not going back to zero”. This was stressed by P/Lt. Colonel Norman Florentino, chief of the Police-Community Affairs Office of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), referring to Dagupan City whose 31 barangays, according PDEA, have yet to be drug-cleared. Florentino told the KBP Forum last Thursday, Aug….
LOUD MUFFLER CRACKDOWN — POSO enforcer Mark Reyes looks at the pile of loud, modified mufflers detached and seized from 300 motorcycle and tricycles as a result of the 7-day POSO operation in the city. Owners were fined P500. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
SEVEN families were left homeless in a fire that broke out in Sitio Dupax, Bonuan Gueset at about 4:00 a.m. on August 4, where one person was reportedly hurt. The residents complained that many of their properties could have been saved if the Dagupan City Fire Department had responded swiftly. Oddly,…
CONTRA-DENGUE In response to the call of the Department of Health to combat dengue epidemic, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center in Dagupan City began releasing mosquito fish to Pangasinan schools for restocking in their waterways as a defense against dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Westly Rosario, BFAR Dagupan center…
AS of last, forty percent of the sidewalks, mainly at the central business district in Dagupan City, has been cleared. This was bared by Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) chief Robert Christopher Erfe-Mejia in an interview Tuesday afternoon. As of last week, Erfe-Mejia said the initial focus of the…
LINGAYEN — To further promote safety in the highways and streets with the increasing number of local motorcycle riders, a draft ordinance was filed at the provincial board requiring motorcycle, bicycle riders and tricycle drivers to wear reflectorized vest when traveling around towns and cities in Pangasinan. “We cannot compromise…
BUGALLON – Mission accomplished. This was the response of the town’s government to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte order to towns and cities to reclaim public roads that are being used for private ends, an order that the Department of Interior and Local Government stressed there can be no exemption. Bugallon…
PANGASINAN registered the most number of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (H-F-M-D) in Region 1 from January to August 2. According to Department of Health Region 1, out of 78 cases, Pangasinan reported 47 cases while La Union had 16, Ilocos Norte, 11 and Ilocos Sur, 5. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild yet…
A proposed ordinance granting incentives to business establishments or organizations in Dagupan City certified to be drug-free has been filed with the endorsement of the Dagupan Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the City Health Office. Councilor Jose…
A dermatologist from the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City said there is a growing number of patients afflicted with leprosy seeking treatment in the hospital. Dr. May Gonzales said aside from patients with acne problems which top their list, those with leprosy account the second-highest number of…
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