LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: Vice Gov. Mark Ronald Lambino announced here on Monday, October 23, that the provincial government s budget for 2024 will be P5.73 billion, about P400 million higher than the P5.3 billion budget in 2023.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: When Rizalyn Galagar was about to be discharged from the Western Pangasinan District Hospital in Alaminos City last June, she began to worry.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: If plans do not miscarry, the provincial government s district hospital in this capital town will soon house Pangasinan s first prosthesis center and the country s first mobile prosthesis center.
PRESS CONFERENCE. (From left) Dagupan City Health Officer, Dr. Dalvie Casilang; Department of Health Center for Health Development-Ilocos Region development management officer, Dr. Amadeo Zarate; and provincial team leader, Dr. Veronica de Guzman, address misinformation on vaccination during a press conference in Dagupan City on Friday (June 10, 2022). They belied reports on social media that the city is using expired Covid-19 vaccines. (PNA photo by Hilda Austria) DAGUPAN CITY - The Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1) has belied rumors on social media on the alleged inoculation of expired coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines here. In a press conference on Friday, Dr. Amadeo Zarate, DOH-CHD-1 development management officer, maintained that the Covid-19 vaccines issued to Dagupan have a nine-month shelf life as approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He said FDA issued a memorandum extending the shelf life of the vaccines f
(PNA file photo) DAGUPAN CITY - Fogging or misting in communities here will be implemented only if increased dengue cases were observed. The City Health Office (CHO) said Friday indiscriminate fogging is prohibited and will be conducted only in villages with a high number of cases. CHO officer Dr. Dalvie Casilang said in an interview there are sanitary inspectors in each of the 31 villages who monitor the dengue situation. "They are the ones who will declare if there is the need to conduct fogging or misting in the barangay," he said. He explained that indiscriminate fogging will only force mosquitoes to transfer from one area to another. Casilang said they have turned down requests for fogging or misting. He said data gathering for dengue cases is ongoing but assured the CHO's readiness year-round. "We ask the residents to always ensure cleanliness in their surroundings. They should remove anything that might be a breeding area for mosquitoes," he said. Casilan