SUAL, INFANTA AND DASOL THE movements of foreign vessels passing through coastal communities in Pangasinan will be closely monitored by the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) amid the threat of Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant of concern. In a radio interview on Wednesday, Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief, Dr. Anna…
A RANKING member of a Communist Front Organization (CFP) in Pangasinan surrendered and took his allegiance to the government last November 26. Rodolfo “Pong” Natividad, 61, withdrew his support to the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) and this was documented and witnessed by the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU), Provincial Intelligence Team…
THE regional police director ordered police chiefs of towns and cities in Region 1 that host tourist destinations to activate their respective tourist police units. P/ Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta said the maximum police presence and visibility especially in strategic and crowded areas frequented by both local and international tourists…
NATIONAL COVID-19 VACCINATION DAYS PANGASINAN reported the highest number of persons vaccinated in the region during the three-day Bayanihan Bakunahan National COVID-19 Vaccination Days (November 29 to December 1) and resulted in the increase in the number of fully vaccinated persons in the Pangasinan to 760,315 or 35 percent of…
KARITELA BY THE CHRISTMAS BRIDGE – Residents and visitors take joy rides on board Dagupan’s white colored “karitelas” that pass through the Quintos Christmas Bridge nightly. For many years, it was the “King of the Road” until the jeepney and tricycle pushed it out as the main means of transport around the city. (Punchphoto by…
AMID CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR ignoring the invitation of the SP for at least 10 times and since he refused to refute the accusations leveled against the him and the market marshals by the fish vendors, “then I consider all these allegations to be true”, an exasperated Dagupan City Councilor Teresa…
FOR FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES TWENTY-eight learners from 100 Islands Cowboy Christian Learning Center, Inc., a private school in Alaminos City joined the opening day for the limited pilot run of the face-to-face classes of the Department of Education for private schools nationwide on November 22. The school, located in Barangay Victoria,…
ALL 21 existing quarantine control points (QCPs) are already operating as law enforcement checkpoints no longer COVID-19 related but still implement travel restrictions 24/7 and to check and negate the movement of lawless elements as part of its preparations for the May 2022 elections. P/Colonel Richmond Tadina, acting police provincial…
THE vaccination rate of San Nicolas town already stands at 80% as of Nov. 25, according to the Municipal Health Office (MHO). In an advisory issued on Thursday night, MHO said 18,994 out of the targeted 23,759 persons the total vaccinated individuals in town. Based on the data, 69 %…
KATIPUNAN’S CORONEL QUINTOS’ WAR MEMOIRS (Second Installment) The translation of a century-old war memoir of a Katipunan colonel originally written in Pangasinan to Pillipino, depicting his exploits during the war against Spanish and American colonizers, is finally off the press. (Almost) lost in translation Orpilla has had his share…
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