THE fear that COVID-19 will again surge after the elections has not happened in the Ilocos Region. This was the observation of Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1 last May 26 when he told the Kapihan sa Ilocos that there were only 41 active COVID-19 cases recorded…
MORE MEN COMMITING SUICIDE THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) shared this sad news: There were already 42 suicide cases in the province since January this year to date. P/Major Katelyn Awingan, spokesperson for the Pangasinan PPO, cited the number since January 2022 up until May 25, that out of…
THE Department of Health – Center for Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 is on the alert and prepares for the possible entry of monkeypox (MPX) in the country, and in the region. In an interview last Monday, Dr. Rheuel Bobis, spokesperson of the DOH-CHD 1, said the agency has started tightening…
WHILE the May 9 National and Local Elections in Pangasinan were generally peacefully, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) continues to monitor the security of 57 candidates in the recent polls. This was revealed by P/ Colonel Richmond Tadina, provincial director, in a press conference Wednesday, May 25. While he…
STUDENTS’ TRANSPORT – A group of high school students find the garong with a wide umbrella installed their convenient transport to bring them home to their barangay on a rainy afternoon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOVERNOR Amado Espino III finally broke his silence a week after his loss in the May 9 elections, exhorting his supporters to help protect their sovereign rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. In a statement he issued, Espino said the election is not yet over amid the filing of a…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Brian Lim was slapped anew with another criminal and administrative cases filed last May 16 before the Office of the Ombudsman for Luzon for their failed management of solid wastes in Dagupan. The new cases against Lim and Jessie Doria, head of the Task Force on River…
WANTED: UPDATE ON CITY PROJECTS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) held a zoom session to discuss pending infrastructure programs and passed a resolution requesting City Engineer Nestor de Vera to submit a written update on the construction of the Revenue Generation Center in front of the old City Hall after…
2022-2025 TERMERS THE May 9 elections in Pangasinan still had few surprises, but most were not surprising at all. The province will see 23 new mayors and 25 reelected mayors that will assume their posts noontime of June 30. But the new mayors are not themselves entirely new since most…
GASTRO CASES AMONG KIDS UP 97% WHILE COVID -19 cases in Pangasinan continue to slide down, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is watching out for traditional diseases that usually accompany the rainy season. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said they are monitoring W.I.L.D. (Water-borne, Influenza, Leptospirosis, and Dengue)…
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