THE Department of Health (DOH) reported that there is no cholera outbreak in Region I. This was confirmed by DOH officer-in-charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, and Dr. Paula Paz Sydiongco, chief of the DOH-Center for Health Development in Region I at a press conference. This is after several cases of…
RETURN OF THE NUTRIBUN — Senator Imee Marcos leads the distribution of nutribuns to students in Dagupan City at the Astrodome. She is assisted by Mayor Belen Fernandez, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilor Dennis Canto. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TO ATTEND SOCIAL EVENT IN MANILA ALL seven councilors of Dagupan City belonging to the majority members of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod decided to abandon their regular session last Tuesday for a chance to attend the 87th founding anniversary celebration of the Office of the Vice President in Manila on…
LOCAL health authorities have begun closely monitoring the rising cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the region, particularly in Pangasinan, after the Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I recorded 320 cases. Pangasinan remains at the top with 189 cases, followed by La Union with…
COVID PANDEMIC BLAMED THERE were already 101 Pangasinenses that committed suicide as of November 15 this year. P/Major Ria Tacderan, public information of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, however clarified that the number is lower than the 124 suicide incidents logged by the police in the province last year. In…
THE number of children who are victims of abuse and other crimes in Pangasinan has gradually decreased over the years from 2018 to 2022, according to the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO). Likewise, over the same period (2018 to 2022) the number…
PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE – PUNCH’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao took this photo of a partial lunar eclipse after a “blood moon”, over the skies of Dagupan City at 7:49 PM on November 8, 2022. In Dagupan City it was cloudy before and after the total eclipse. It was hardly visible and only…
OPERATORS of old jeepneys, particularly whose engines are 15 years old or older, have only until March 31 next year to continue operating and after which, their units will be banned on roads and highways. The deadline was set for the implementation of the phasing out of the old jeepneys…
GOOD news to commuters from both Camiling and Bayambang who were inconvenienced for weeks! The temporary bailey bridge constructed over the collapsed span of the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge along the Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang, Malasiqui road stretch is already open to light vehicles with maximum weight capacity of five tons only. Esperanza…
AMID FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSED BY LIM ADMIN A strict belt-tightening policy and intensified revenue collection from all sources was ordered by Mayor Belen Fernandez amid a projected a shortfall in collection of P60 million in the Dagupan City government up to the end of the year and missing records of…
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