IN WAKE OF JUAN’S FURY LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has passed a resolution declaring the entire province of Pangasinan under the state of calamity two days after super typhoon Juan wreaked havoc in the province. In a special session called by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. last Thursday, the resolution…
FLOOD IN THE CITY–Motorists slowly negotiate the flooded highway in Mayombo, Dagupan City Thursday soon after floodwaters began to rise in the southern and eastern parts of the city. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
WHILE the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (PDRRMC) was busy assuring local government officials of the absence of any impending threat of water releases from the San Roque Dam, an anonymous group was busy trying to cause panic by circulating a rumor about a “warning text message” purportedly…
LINGAYEN –The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will deploy its own men to augment the police personnel assigned to guard the Barangay and SK elections in Pangasinan during on Monday. According to Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte, police provincial director, 147 army soldiers will be deployed in the province during the…
DAGUPAN City is the only community in the province that has not been placed in a state of calamity. “The present situation of our city does not warrant the declaration of a state of calamity.” Thus said Mayor Benjamin Lim following the decision of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan to…
READY FOR “JUAN”–Governor Amado Espino Jr. describes the extent of preparations made by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMS) a day before Typhoon “Juan” barreled through the north. With Espino are Police Provincial Director Rosueto Ricaforte and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back…
NOT even the next typhoon expected to hit the province will precipitate the release of a huge volume of water from the San Roque Dam. Gov. Amado Espino Jr made this assurance based on the updates he has been receiving regularly from officials of the dam.
URDANETA CITY—The city government’s aspiration to produce topnotch lawyers suffered a setback when the Legal Education Board (LEB), by a vote of 4-1, has ordered the Urdaneta City University “to immediately stop operating in any manner a law program”. This was gleaned from its four-page resolution dated August 23, 2010…
KANGKONG IS BETTER –A young boy and his sister gamely gather kangkong sprouts at the height of the typhoon early Tuesday morning in an area near their shanty for the family’s next meal while other evacuees lined up for relief goods.(Punch photo by Willy Lomibao). Back to Homepage
SAN FERNANDO CITY— Pranksters had a field day scaring an already battered public in Pangasinan and in La Union at the height of the Typhoon Juan. Unidentified unscrupulous persons sowed panic in neighboring La Union by spreading text messages that warned of tsunami hitting the shores of La Union soon…
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