PANGASINAN accounted for about 94% of the dengue cases recorded in Region 1 from January to August this year, with 2,816 infections out of the 3,000 reported, including 17 fatalities, according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, a medical officer at DOH-CHD…
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY, KEY TO GOV’T EMPLOYMENT — Fresh college graduates and current government employees wait outside the Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen town last week, one of the testing centers designated by the Civil Service Commission, for the Career Service Examination, Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) to begin. To earn…
THE repeated call of the minority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod to the majority to desist from their illegal practice of plagiarizing the former’s proposed ordinances and resolutions are simply falling on deaf ears. In last week’s regular session, the majority bloc introduced for second reading Resolution No. 6403, a…
A tornado swept through the boundary of Basista and Urbiztondo on August 10, causing significant damage to 29 houses and uprooted trees. In Barangay Bayoyong, 26 houses were severely damaged, according to the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Basista. Another three houses in Barangay Pasibe East, Urbiztondo…
PANGASINAN has the highest number of emigrants in Region 1 at 1,647 as of 2022, according to the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO). Senior Emigrant Services Officer Eumarlo Tolosa reported that Ilocos Norte was second with 908; Ilocos Sur, 434; and La Union, 486. The CFO conducted a 4-day Community…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) No illegal drugs found in jail’s male dormitory NO illegal drug was found when the joint Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted a surprise inspection at the Dagupan City Jail Male Dormitory last week. Oplan…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Elderly tricycle driver killed in pickup collision AN elderly man was killed when his tricycle was hit by a pickup truck in Alaminos City. The victim, Agustin Cablayan Velano Jr., a resident of Barangay Alos, Alaminos City, was driving along the National Road when he suddenly…
URDANETA City Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno III was served a 90-day preventive suspension order at his office on August 12 over a red tape complaint, during which he slapped a cameraman employed by the provincial government who was documenting the proceeding. The suspension order, signed by Governor Ramon Guico Jr.,…
OFWs’ COOKING DEMO — Overseas Filipino Workers(OFW) and their relatives, prepare the dishes during a cooking demonstration at the kitchen laboratory of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) in Lingayen last Friday, as part of the Balik Bayani sa Turismo: Tourism Kulinarya Training, a program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Migrant…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) decision on the designation of Mary Ann Solomon as City Agricultural Officer is now moot and academic, after the council failed to confirm or deny her appointment within 15 days from submission. However, Councilor Alfie Fernandez, a member of the majority and chair of the…
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