BIKE & RUN — A thousand bikers and joggers enjoy a carless Sunday along the 4.8 kilometer Jose De Venecia road extension during the 1st Bike and Run Day in Dagupan City. According to Dr. Cicel Reyna, Dagupan City Sports Commissioner, the health and sports event will already be a monthly affair, every 1st Sunday of…
AS OF MAY 5 DAGUPAN remains among the frontrunner with most active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan. It still registered 71 active cases as of May 5, though lower from its highest surge of 91 active cases last April 18. On May 5, six new cases were added to Dagupan’s patient…
TRAVELERS from the National Capital Region plus bubble (Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bulacan) entering Pangasinan will continue to be strictly scrutinized at the border checkpoints for as long as the NCR+ remains under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). This was reiterated by Gov. Amado Espino III in his Letter…
FROM 625 CASES TO 734 (MAY 6) THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan rose slightly to 734 on May 6, or up by 109, from 625 as of April 29, after the Provincial Health Office (PHO) registered 495 new confirmed cases as compared to 375 new recoveries and 12 new…
FORMER Philippine National Police chief Arturo Lomibao expressed full confidence in the capabilities of P/Gen. Guillermo Eleazar as the new chief of the police hierarchy, adding that he will be a good model for field commanders who need to act decisively. Lomibao, who is from Mangaldan town, said, “One thing…
SAN CARLOS City Mayor Julier Resuello has threatened to impose a city-wide lockdown if the spike in COVID cases in the city continues owing to continued disregard of health and safety protocols. In his Facebook live video message to city residents on May 5, Resuello expressed dismay that the city…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), in an unprecedented move, declared the P193,756,372. annual budget of a town, Bani, for calendar year 2021 as “inoperative in its entirety”. This was contained in a resolution sponsored by SP Members Noel Bince, Donabel Fontelera and Margielo Humilde-Verzosa and co-sponsored by Shiela Perez-Galicia, Jerome Espino…
SUNRISE OVER DAWEL – Day in-day out, Dagupan City residents never fail to look forward to the picturesque sunrise by the Dawel River, from where boatloads of freshly harvested Bonuan bangus are delivered from fishponds and unloaded in several points along the river. (Contributed by Art Valenzuela)
TWO members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan protested the continued strict implementation of need for inbound travelers to Pangasinan at border checkpoints to submit required documents before they are allowed to pass through. This was manifested by Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario and Sixth District Board Member Noel Bince…
DOH-CHD 1 OR PHO INFORMED that there are many noted discrepancies between the COVID-19 updates of Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) about the situation in Pangasinan, Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, maintained that PHO’s figures are more accurate…
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