ONLY PASSIVE VICTIMS GET FREE TREATMENT THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) is on full alert 24/7 in anticipation of firecracker injuries during the traditional New Year revelry at midnight of December 31. Dr. Roland Mejia, R1MC director, however, pointed out that under Department of Health (DOH) guidelines, active victims…
LINGAYEN—So far, eight persons were already reported in two cities and five towns injured by firecrackers since Dec. 21 in Pangasinan or 167 percent higher than last year’s recorded over the same period. Provincial Health Office’s Iwas Paputok Surveillance Unit under Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, reported that…
CHRISTMAS EVE — The St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City is brightly lit to welcome the parishioners to the traditional Christmas midnight mass. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CHRISTMAS HOMILY LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas gave the meaning of the celebration of Christmas this year in a political context, as he lashed out at the Duterte government anew and urged the faithful in his archdiocese to “resist the spread of vulgarity and the contagion of violence” In his Christmas…
8,323 CASES REPORTED LINGAYEN—The dreaded mosquito-borne dengue has been the cause of death of 30 patients in Pangasinan since January to Dec. 24 this year and it has affected 8,323 individuals. A report prepared by Rodhalia Binay-an, Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit nurse coordinator under the Provincial Health Office (PHO) here, showed that the…
MECHANIZED BAYANIHAN – A farm tractor, instead of neighbors and friends helping out in bayanihan spirit, moves a nipa hut to another location in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
PANGASINENSES no longer need to bring their sick patients to Manila as the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan is now the only tertiary hospital in Pangasinan (and in Region 1) at par if not better than many of the hospitals in the metropolis. Dr. Roland Mejia, R1MC medical…
BLESSING FROM BABY JESUS — A little girl bows to kiss an image of Infant Jesus after the Christmas Day mass at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Church in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LUCKY FRUITS GALORE –A fruit vendor packs oranges from among the “lucky fruits” for a customer on display in Dagupan City. “Lucky fruits” are round-shaped fruits believed to bring bountiful blessings for the new year. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
TO address the acute shortage of bangus fry in the country, the government recently launched the National Bangus Fry Sufficiency Program and named Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in Dagupan as its focal person. Rosario said the program, launched in September this…
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