SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The provincial government of La Union will pilot the use of Baguio City’s contact tracing application system here to strengthen disease surveillance through contact tracing and contain the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
LAOAG CITY – Swab testing for walk-in patients at the Molecular Biology Laboratory for Covid-19 in Batac City has been suspended due to the influx of swab samples being tested.
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) is urging the government and private employees who were infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) while performing their duties or have acquired the virus at work to apply for benefits under its agency.
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A policeman and his son have survived an assassination attempt unscathed here. In an interview Tuesday, Calasiao police chief Lt. Col. Joseph Fajardo, said the victims, Staff Sgt. Raul Cayabyab, currently assigned at Urdaneta City police station, and his son were about to go for lunch when an unidentified male, wearing a … Read More
BAGUIO CITY — The city government was able to subject more than 25,000 residents to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Tuesday.
LAOAG CITY — Barely a year since Lt. Col. Amador B. Quiocho assumed his post as chief of the Laoag City police station, a new officer-in-charge is taking over the command effective Tuesday (August 4, 2020). Slapped with multiple administrative charges with the ongoing investigation at the Police Regional Office, Quiocho, who is due to retire … Read More
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Some 1,212 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are natives of La Union, arrived in the province from March 18 to July 31 through the Hatid-Sundo program of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Ilocos Regional Welfare Office (OWWA-1). In a Facebook post on Monday, the provincial government said the OFWs … Read More
BAGUIO CITY — The city government has asked banks and security agencies here to submit their long-term safety and health protocols as it sounded the alarm with the clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Dr. Rowena Galpo, chief of the City Health Services Office (CHSO), on the sidelines of the meeting with the bank and security … Read More
LAOAG CITY – The first “Buy Ilocos Norte” bazaar, a pop-up event organized by Ilocos Norte’s provincial government to help micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), has been canceled to ensure public safety. Ilocos Norte tourism head, Aianree Raquel, said in an interview on Friday that they have decided to postpone the event indefinitely, along with … Read More
LAOAG CITY — A community lockdown has been declared starting Thursday following the rise in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in this city and some parts of the province. Laoag Mayor Michael Keon announced in his official Facebook Page on Thursday that Sitio 6 of Barangay 50 Buttong and Sitio 2 of Barangay 37 … Read More
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A grandfather who recently died of the dreaded corona virus disease had reportedly infected his three grandchildren in Barangay San Agustin here, which now has three of the five newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases in this city on July 24. The three grandchildren, aged 6, 10, and 16, respectively, are now … Read More
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong during the flag-raising on Monday announced the reimposition of the liquor ban in the city and the stricter implementation and control of the movement of people. “Our situation, to be honest with you is quite alarming,” Magalong told city employees during the flag-raising ceremony. The 30 new cases logged from … Read More
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A female drug dealer was arrested by anti-narcotics operatives on Friday, the police said. In a report, Police Regional Office–Cordillera (Procor) regional director Brig. Gen. R’Win Pagkalinawan identified the suspect as Jovielyn Paclay Bayog, 33, who was caught before noon in Purok 3, Tabuk City, Kalinga. Bayog, who hails from hinterland Barangay … Read More
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) reported the highest single-day number of new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Saturday, with 18 new cases. In its Covid-19 tracker, the Department of Health (DOH)-Cordillera said the bulk of new infections came from Baguio City with 12, three from Benguet, two from Mountain Province, … Read More
DAGUPAN CITY – Mayor Marc Brian Lim here said the city will not revert to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from its current modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status amid the increasing number of cases for coronavirus disease (Covid-19). In an interview Thursday, Lim said closing the borders of the province to non-essential travels, online registration … Read More
ROSARIO, La Union – A 39-year-old male resident of Barangay Poblacion West is the first coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) confirmed case in this town. In a Facebook live stream on Thursday, Mayor Bellarmin Flores II said the male patient arrived in his residence here on July 19 from his work in Manila. He was admitted … Read More