LINGAYEN – Various agencies and offices in Pangasinan expressed support for the formation of the National Tokhang Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), a sub-component of the National Coalition of Sectoral Force Multipliers and Advocacy Support Groups, to help sustain peace and order efforts of the government, particularly the war against drugs, for…
THE Provincial Public Safety Company of PNP based in Tayug remains on full alert status after validating an information on the presence of armed men in Camp 2 and 3 near Sitio Cabalitian in the mountainous areas of Barangay Malico and Sta. Maria East in San Nicolas. P/ Superintendent Virgilio…
WATCH BUT DON’T TOUCH — A group of whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) meet the rising sun at Sunrise Island, the easternmost island (rock formation) at the Hundred Islands National Park. Several species of birds can be found in the Park. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Dagupan City warned the public against hunting of wildlife including migratory birds this month, which is considered as the annual bird migration season in the country. CENRO officer Celso S. Salazar said that aside from the fact that the country was recently affected…
LINGAYEN –The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has placed two cities and eight towns on the watch list due to reported high incidence of dengue in their areas. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna de Guzman said their dengue surveillance update as of Sept. 4 shows the number of reported cases in…
SOON, DAGUPAN TO LINGAYEN BAYWALK — When the construction of the baywalk that connects Dagupan City to Lingayen is completed, soon residents can walk, run and bike to and fro with a stop in Binmaley. The site is outside the 104th Army Reserved Command in Binmaley. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SISON—The provincial health officer said it was dengue, not Japanese encephalitis, that claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl from Barangay Asan Norte here. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman issued an advisory on Thursday to Pangasinan newsmen, clarifying that, “the case of an eight-year old girl in Sison is…
INFANTA FISHERMEN’S FIND INFANTA–The 20 kilos of white crystalline substance found inside a drum floating off the coastal waters by local fishermen here tested negative of shabu by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office in La Union. PDEA Region 1 Director Jeoffrey Tacio said the laboratory test on…
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Provincial Office assured its readiness to hold the Barangay and SK Elections on October 30, 2017. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said COMELEC offices in Pangasinan are ready to accept certificates of candidacies (COC’s) starting on September 23 until September 30. He said Comelec’s…
OWING TO PARENTS’ NEGLIGENCE LINGAYEN—Since January to date, some 7,333 Pangasinenses already suffered from acute gastroenteritis (AGE) while 41 others died from it. According to the Provincial Health Office, the AGE surveillance report as of Sept. 4 showed the number of those who suffered from it is 12 percent higher…
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