Where have all the oysters gone? By Roberto Garcia BESIDES the famous bonuan bangus, Dagupan City is known for what sought-after seafood? Oysters!
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RESCUE OPERATIONS–The combined members of the Water Search and Rescue (WASAR), Philippine National Police (PNP) and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), under the direction of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), conduct rescue operations for victims trapped from fast rising floodwaters in Barangay Angio, San Fabian on…
RESCUE OPERATIONS
WRATH OF MINA NON-STOP rains brought by Typhoon “Mina” left 21 towns and three cities flooded last week as well as caused landslides, which resulted in the death of two children.
Total loss: 2 kids, P182 M lost
NO STATE OF CALAMITY?—Residents take the risk of wading or paying for a tri-bike ride to get through knee-deep flood in Barangay Bacayao Sur, one of the 15 barangays in Dagupan that suffered flooding as an aftermath of Typhoon “Mina”. Despite the situation, the city’s administration did not deem it…
NO STATE OF CALAMITY?
THE Dagupan City People’s Astrodome was packed with evacuees from various flooded barangays even until last Friday, but the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) did not deem it necessary to recommend a declaration of state of calamity.
No state of calamity in Dagupan
THE realty company proposing to buy the long idle MC Adore Hotel property for P68 million from Dagupan City has withdrawn its offer, but another company promptly took its place.
Arbros withdraws offer to buy MC Adore
MAYOR Benjamin Lim asserted that there was a plan to “transform” the derelict MC Adore Hotel into Dagupan’s government center but said it was not his fault that it did not push through.
BSL blames Joe de V for failed new city hall
NEAR CRITICAL—“As the skies cleared at past 3 p.m. of August 31 following almost a week of rains, the water level at the reservoir of the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project in San Manuel was still rising and reached 276 meters above sea level (masl), just four meters below the…
NEAR CRITICAL
SAN MANUEL–The water level at the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project (SRMDP) almost reached its critical level of 280 meters above sea level (masl) on August 26 but the rains slowed down soon enough not to require a water release from the dam.
No spill from San Roque dam
URDANETA TAKES BAGUIO’S GARBAGE–Urdaneta City accommodates some 220 tons of garbage from Baguio City at its recently-opened engineered landfill after the retaining wall of the Barangay Irisan dumpsite in Baguio collapsed at the height of typhoon “Mina” last week, killing five people. (Punchphoto by Willy Lomibao) Back to Homepage
