“HOW beautiful Pangasinan is!” This unsolicited adulation from Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat set the tone for the occasion when she joined Governor Amado Espino III and other local officials for the unveiling of the marker for the newly restored historic Casa Real in Lingayen on June 21. They were joined by…
JOSE RIZAL’S 160TH BIRTHDAY – Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim leads the city government in commemorating the 160th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal with wreath-laying ceremony at the city’s Rizal Park. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TIRED AND OVERWORKED VACCINATION at the Dagupan City Astrodome is proceeding smoothly despite the fact that the city has only seven nurses in the regular plantilla and all of whom had to be pulled out from their respective assignments to be on duty at the city’s central vaccination center. This was…
MOST WANTED MAN IN REGION,TOO A NATIONAL level-listed wanted person from Pangasinan with P550,000 reward for his capture was arrested by joint police operatives on June 17 in Calamba, Laguna after years of hiding from the long arm of the law. Arrested was Montesson Ignacio Jr., alias “Pogito”, a construction worker from San Quintin…
WITH 71 active COVID-19 cases as of June 15, Urdaneta City was moved on top of the COVID-19 watchlist of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) from among the province’s towns and cities. But Dagupan City, an independent component city in Pangasinan, actually had the most number of active cases with…
PANGASINAN and other local governments in Region 1 will soon issue Safety Seals of Certification (SSC) to public and private buildings, public places and tourism sites that passed the health and safety protocols promulgated by the Department of Health (DOH). Speaking during the PIA’s Kapehan sa Ilocos last June 15, Agnes…
CONTRACTS EXPIRE ON AUG 2 EFFORTS in contact-tracing in the region may be derailed if the contracts of the contact tracers deployed by the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) are not renewed when these contracts expire on August 2. This was revealed by…
TIMELY ARRIVAL – The Dagupan Vaccination Team of the City Health Office holding fort at the Dagupan City Astrodome, the city’s vaccination facility, account for the 4,200 doses of Sinovac vaccine that arrived on June 10, 2021 to be administered to A1, A2 and A3 priority groups. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DESPITE the relaxation of restrictions at the province’s borders, it is still not easy to enter Pangasinan, especially if one is not an Authorized Person Outside of Residence (APOR) or if one is not under emergency medical condition. This is the new rule based on Executive Order No. 0049-2021 or…
OBJECTIVE: 100% VACCINATED STAFF THE number of provincial employees that rejected vaccination was actually only about 600 or 10 percent of the more than 6,000 employees working at the capitol in Lingayen. This was clarified by Provincial Information Officer Orpheus Velasco who said the 1,000 capitol workers mentioned by Dr….
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