STOP-AND-GO ON FLOODED INTERSECTION — A Public Order and Safety Office enforcer in Dagupan City directs traffic to prevent a bottleneck as vehicles move slowly on a flooded intersection on A.B. Fernandez Ave. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LEAN, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE WORK FORCE GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III spelled out a new working guideline for employees at the provincial capitol, a week after assuring employees they can keep their jobs so long as they didn’t compromise their values and the institution they are working. He said “a very lean,…
CONTRACTOR CAN’T SHOW CONSTRUCTION PLANS “SAKIT ng ulo yan!” This was the curt reply of Mayor Belen Fernandez when asked for her assessment of the continuing construction of a new city hall, in front of the old one in Barangay 1 in Dagupan City that was started by his predecessor….
THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development Region 1 (DOH-CHD 1) recorded one case of the new Omicron subvariant (BA.5) in Pangasinan. According to Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal spokesperson of the DOH-CHD 1, the lone case of the BA.5 infection in the province is in Bugallon town. Four other…
CT SCAN FOR DAGJUPAN DIAGNOSTIC CENTER — Mayor Belen Fernandez is joined by DOH-R1 Dir. Paula Sydiongco (right), DOH-NCR Dir. Lenida Gorgolon (left) and PUNCH columnist Gonzalo Duque after signing the Memorandum of Agreement and the Deed of Donation for the brand new CT-Scan installed at the Dagupan Diagnostic Center. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A surge in Covid 19 cases in Region 1was recorded with 195 cases last week, averaging 18 cases per day, compared to just eight cases per day three weeks ago. This was confirmed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region, adding that Pangasinan, accounted for 74 cases while…
WANTED FOR VAXX BOOSTER SHOTS ALTHOUGH Pangasinan and Dagupan City performed well in their campaign to have residents vaccinated with the first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, there are still some 1.5 million individuals in the province who need to have their first booster shots. This was revealed…
HABAGAT RETURNS IT’S that time of the year… again. With the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) rains and thunderstorm prevailing over Pangasinan since last weekend till Friday, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and its municipal and city counterparts are continuously monitoring extent of flooding in their areas of responsibility….
EMPLOYEES and officials of the Lingayen municipal government will now enjoy four-day workweek starting July 11 this year but will still, however, be required to render a mandatory 40-hour workweek. This was contained in an Executive Order No. 31, series of 2022 issued by Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil to enable a…
FOR DEACTIVATED VOTERS WITH the start of the Voters’ Registration for the 2022 Barangay and SK polls on December 5, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) also reopened its profile reactivation system. The reactivation process is for voters who had been classified as ‘deactivated’ by the system due to their failure…
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