7 TOWNS BADLY HIT LINGAYEN—The entire province has been placed under a state of calamity following vast damages wrought by days of monsoon rains, which also severely affected the capital Metro Manila and central Luzon, and the release of water from the San Roque Dam since 10:00 p.m. of Aug….
MORNING AT AN EVACUATION CENTER—A mother feeds her children a breakfast of relief goods at the Dagupan Astrodome where 43 families are currently staying as evacuees as floodwaters continue to rise in low lying areas in the city. (Photo by AMM/PIA-Pangasinan) Back to Homepage
SOON AS Pangasinan was placed under a state of calamity, Governor Amado Espino Jr. immediately ordered city and municipal mayors to activate their respective Price Control Councils to ensure that prices remain stable and reasonable at this time of difficulty. In an advisory distributed to the mayors, the governor asked…
AGAINST THE RH BILL–Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas explains the church’s position versus the reproductive health bill to the faculty and students of Dagupan City National High School during a symposium. They are joined by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
“CONTRACEPTION is corruption.” This was the battle cry raised by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas as he spoke before thousands of parishioners gathered in a Mass at the St. John’s Cathedral here last August 4.
BARANGAY tanods in Dagupan will be mobilized to help lawmen track and identify suspects involved in the illegal drugs trade in the city. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim announced the new policy when he convened last Wednesday a special meeting with all chiefs of barangay tanods. He asked the attendees to…
DANGEROUS WALK—Three boys walk through a waist deep floodwater in Barangay Basing in LIngayen to reach an evacuation center mindless of the danger that lurked around them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
FOR VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL LINGAYEN—Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. is angered by last week’s violation of the agreed protocol on the release of water from the San Roque Dam and is bent on taking legal action against those responsible. In a press briefing held August 7 at the Provincial Disaster…
PANGASINENSES cheered the contra-SONA (State of the Nation Address) delivered by Senate Minority Majority Floor Leader Alan Cayetano last week. Instead of the usual critique of the President’s SONA last month, the senator articulated the sentiments and aspirations of the people, whom President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has tagged as his…
STEPPING up the capacity for disaster preparedness, 59 police personnel of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) recently completed a 15- day Disaster Search and Rescue Management Training (DSRMT). “This is a big step towards disaster preparedness and police being at the forefront of rescue operations, we need to double…
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