UPSIDE DOWN—Two Cessna trainer planes owned by a Manila aviation school lay on top of the other at the Lingayen Airfield after Typhoon “Cosme” blew them away from their parked positions. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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OPERATION SMILE—Forty-one children beneficiaries of Operation Smile and their parents are joined by their principal patrons Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, Dagupan City First Lady Elmina Fernandez and members of the Operation Smile Philippines (OSP) shortly before they were ushered inside Region I Medical Center’s surgery room. The activity held last…
OPERATION SMILE
OBSTACLE COURSE—Tricycle drivers carefully pass through electric cables strewn on the road along the Dagupan- Mangaldan highway which became impassable to heavy trucks Sunday in the aftermath of Typhoon ‘Cosme’. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
OBSTACLE COURSE
RELIEF GOODS DONATION—Members of the Pangasinan Chinese Chamber of Commerce led by Danny Uy, discuss the distribution of the group’s donation of 1000 relief packs for victims of Typhoon ‘Cosme’ with City Disaster Coordinating Council chairman Mayor Al Fernandez and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.
RELIEF GOODS DONATION
REHABILITATION PLAN FOR THE FARMERS—Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap gets a grateful send-off from Governor Amado Espino Jr. before boarding a helicopter for his return trip to Manila. Yap was in Lingayen last Tuesday to assess the damage on the province’s agriculture and to discuss rehabilitation plans for the farmers. (Punchphoto…
REHABILITATION PLAN FOR THE FARMERS
BANGUS BARGAIN SALE—Bonuan vendors selling bangus that were prematurely harvested because of typhoon “Cosme”, call out to customers to take advantage of Dagupan bangus being sold at a ‘bargain price’ of P30 per kilo. Prior to the typhoon, Dagupan bangus fetched P80-P90 per kilo. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BANGUS BARGAIN SALE
BRIEFING THE CHIEF—President Arroyo, Gov. Amado Espino,Jr. (center) and Rep. Victor Agbayani (left) listen intently to a briefing being conducted by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council on the extent of the damage in the province wrought by Typhoon ‘Cosme’. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
BRIEFING THE CHIEF
Manuel I. Casaclang Jr. 23 May 2008 Dear Mr. Bautista, I can relate to what you feel about the apparent non-inclusion of Binmaley from the articles in Sunday Punch I have read so far on the destruction left behind by Cosme. On behalf of the people of Binmaley who…
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Rosalita Reyes 23 May 2008 It is a great help to know that we can get the latest on Dagupan City on your website. More power!
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Jose Ceralde 23 May 2008 Being local is great but reading the local paper and listening to the radio is disheartening. The Philippines broadcasted as the 8th corrupt country with the same breath GMA making 11 million more this year. Along with that, the four Arroyos in government making the…
