DAYS before the Holy Week vacation, a well-known Isko Moreno volunteer group, Ikaw Muna Pilipinas (IM Pinas) withdrew its support for the presidential bid of Manila Mayor Franciso ‘Isko’ Moreno-Domagoso, and shifted its support to Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, April 12. Overall convenor Tim Orbos, former Department of…

THE number of active COVID-19 cases is back to a single digit on April 11 in Pangasinan but this gain was overshadowed by two consecutive deaths – one on April 10 and another on April 11. According to the Provincial Health Office (PHO,) from 11 active cases recorded on April…

NOT even the provincial government was spared by trolls spreading fake news about its activities. An unidentified internet user posted on Facebook that the educational learning materials, particularly the tablets, donated by the provincial government to the Department of Education (DepEd) for all school divisions in Pangasinan, will eventually be…

TRANSPORT BUSES BACK OUT SUPPORTERS of LENI Robredo-KIKO Pangilinan from western Pangasinan and other parts of the province failed to attend the Pink grand rally in Dagupan when the buses they hired to transport them to the rally site suddenly backed out. This was reported by the Pangasinan People’s Council…

TO END REENACTED BUDGET THERE will be no Holy Week break for the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan when it decided it will still hold its regular session on Holy Tuesday (April  11) with the same agenda: the 2022 proposed annual budget of P1.35 billion. City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo explained…

FIRST ELECTION VIOLENCE THE attempt on the life of a candidate for councilor in Malasiqui town by unidentified suspects in front of his house in Barangay Talospatang, Malasiqui on at about 7:10 P.M. on April 3., marked the first election violence in Pangasinan. The victim, Alexis Mamaril, 53, an incumbent barangay…

THE number of confirmed active COVID cases in Pangasinan is back to double digits as of April 8 (It was 5 cases on March 31-11). But the increase was considered by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) as negligible at the moment. There were 13 new cases logged from April 1…

SHELLFISH samples collected from the coastal waters of Bolinao have been found positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or red tide toxin. Local Shellfish Advisory No. 1, series of 2022 dated April 7, signed by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan, confirmed that the PSP…

AFTER more than two years of the pandemic, the Manaoag National High School (MNHS) will start face to-face classes for four selected special classes starting April 18 this year, but initially just for Grades 7, 8 and 9. Roderick de Guzman, MNHS principal, in a meeting with parents last April…