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Pangasinan tourism, economy bouncing back amid pandemic

Published Dec 22, 2021 09:02 am

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Tourism and economy in the province of Pangasinan, as well as its people, generally are bouncing back amid the continuous battle against the pandemic.

“Compared to last Christmas that was full of sadness because of the pandemic, this year, we can already feel the reviving of joy and gladness in the province due to the discipline, sacrifice, and unity of the people against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),” Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino III said in his video message posted over the weekend.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan is now down to 46 active cases as of December 20. The daily average infection rate is now at five compared to the 435 daily last September.

Espino said this is a result of the Pangasinenses’ compliance with the minimum health standard and the sacrifices of the front-liners, as well as employees from the national to the local governments.

He also attributed the decrease in the number of cases to the vaccination rollout.

As of December 16, some 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the province as first dose, or 74.51 percent of its total eligible population.

About one million doses for the second dose have also been administered, or 43.36 percent of the eligible population, have been fully vaccinated.

Job fair

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in coordination with the Pangasinan Public Employment Services Office (PESO), has recently conducted the first face-to-face (F2F) job fair during the pandemic that catered to some 300 Pangasinense jobseekers.

“This is in celebration of the 88th foundation anniversary of the DOLE. It has resumed its conduct of F2F jobs fair with strict compliance on health and safety protocols. The applicants registered online and visited the site,” DOLE Ilocos information officer Justin Paul Marbella said in an interview on Tuesday.

The DOLE shifted its jobs fair to an online platform in view of mass gathering restrictions.

He said over 2,800 job vacancies were offered to job seekers.

Marbella said 17 job seekers were hired on the spot (HOTS) and 12 were near-hires.

Arkland Austria, 29, a civil engineer from San Carlos City, Pangasinan and one of the HOTS in the F2F jobs fair, said he will work as a safety officer in a local company and will be trained for deployment to Saudi Arabia.

“I am very happy because I finally got a job. I was not able to work for almost a year due to the pandemic but because of this job fair, I can now work again,” he said in an interview.

Mia Mamaril, 24, of Lingayen town, Pangasinan, thanked DOLE and Pangasinan PESO for the opportunity given to her through the jobs fair.

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