INTENSE opposition from the North did not deter Vice President Leni Robredo from visiting Pangasinan, touted as a bailiwick of the Marcoses, to lead a set of activities on Sunday, January 30. Robredo led the launching of a community hub in Alos National High School in Alaminos City, followed by…
THE mayor of San Nicolas town issued an executive order requiring unvaccinated individuals employed in the municipality to take a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test every two weeks at their own expense and present a COVID-19 negative result before they can report to work. In her January 31 executive…
OUT OF 3.1-M FULLY VACCINATED SOME 327,366 residents in the Ilocos Region have been inoculated with booster shots doses anti-COVID vaccines (as of February 3). According to the Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1), the number represents only 10.% of the 3.1 million fully vaccinated…
THE rate of infection of COVID-19 cases have exhibited signs of a downward trend in Dagupan City and other highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Luzon, according to the OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, OCTA Fellow Dr. Guido David said, Dagupan City can now be considered under ‘moderate risk’…
IT’S THE YEAR OF THE TIGER— A sales lady fixes her display of the Chinese zodiac sign for 2022. The tiger is known as the king of beasts and is associated with strength exorcising evils, and bravery. Happy Chinese New Year! (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution expressing its disappointment and disgust over the disinformation posted by the city’s Public Information Office (PIO) in connection with the delay in the passage of the city’s 2022 annual budget. Resolution No. 7893-2022 sponsored by Councilors Luis Samson Jr., Michael Fernandez, Joshua…
DAGUPAN City has reportedly achieved its herd immunity against COVID-19 on Tuesday, January 25, local health authorities said. The City Health Office released its data, through the Dagupan City Public Information Office (PIO), showed that as of Tuesday, January 25, 129,586 individuals in Dagupan City, or 101.75 percent of the…
ALL town and city election officers in Pangasinan, except for four, have been reshuffled in their assignments in a move by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province in preparation for the May polls. Urdaneta City Election Officer Nathaniel Siaden told the Kapihan sa PIA (Philippine Information Agency) that…
LOLO NARDING’S 10 ‘KAING’ OF MANGOES AN amicable settlement with an apology and a plea for forgiveness from the 80-year-old man whose case for allegedly stealing some 10 kaing of mangoes went viral in social media last week. Lawyer James Fernandez of the Public Attorney’s Office in Urdaneta City said…
CLOSED FOR DISINFECTION — PNP personnel stand guard at the Malimgas Public Market for the scheduled disinfection of the area every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the Month. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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