A total of 101 individuals sustained fireworks-related injuries during the 2025 New Year’s celebration in Pangasinan, according to the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) ‘Iwas Paputok’ monitoring update as of 9:00 a.m. on January 2. Data shows kwitis caused the highest number of injuries with 22 cases recorded, followed by boga…
THE command center of Dagupan’s Public Alert Response and Monitoring Center (PARMC) has been moved back to the third floor from its current location on the first floor inside the City Engineering Office compound building as part of heightened preparations for a potential tsunami based on recent intensified movements in…
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III highlighted his administration’s achievements in 2024, citing the rollout of various programs that focused on health, education, and Pangasinan’s economic development. Among the priorities were enhancing hospital management and improving health facilities, including the construction of new buildings and purchase of new equipment such as MRI,…
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported the rescue of seven fishermen from a partially submerged fishing vessel approximately 90 nautical miles west of Agno town on December 24. According to initial reports, the crew of another fishing boat, Carme Badeth 1, was able to locate and rescue the stranded fishermen…
NO BAN JUST REGULATED SALE – Vendors of firecrackers and polytechnic devices are cramped in an area at the A.B. Fernandez West where the city police designated it as a firecrackers zone for closely monitoring of the sale of only safe firecrackers per a city ordinance. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COASTAL TOWNS AND CITIES TOLD TO PREPARE LOCAL government units of coastal towns and cities in Pangasinan and the rest of Region 1 were reminded anew to beef up their evacuation and preparedness plans following a series of recent earthquakes off Ilocos Sur, which the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and…
IN a bid to protect the public from the dangers of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste has issued an executive order imposing a total ban on the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use in the town. The directive, signed on December 20, 2024 and posted on the official…
OPPOSITION DADS BOYCOTT SPECIAL SESSION THE new minority at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) boycotted a special session on December 23 called by Mayor Belen Fernandez for the passage of Supplemental Budget No. 7-2024 that calls for the payment of P5.4 million for the gratuity pay of P7,000 for each job order employee…
A total of 164,774 learners in the Ilocos Region received measles-rubella (MR), tetanus-diphtheria (TD), and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines as of December 21, just before schools went on Christmas break, through the school-based immunization program known as “Bakuna Eskwela”. Pangasinan reported the highest number of vaccinations, with 72,598 learners in…
CAPITOL LIGHTS UP — Residents and visitors enjoy the colorful Christmas lights of the giant Christmas tree at the Capitol plaza in Lingayen five days before Christmas. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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