THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 1 recorded about P278-million partial damages to various crops due to devastation brought by Typhoon Lando. DA Regional Director Valentino Perdido, however, told local media Thursday here that the damages might reach up to P500-million as reporting from various affected areas continues to…
12 DEATHS LINGAYEN—Pangasinan Health Office (PHO) already recorded 3,200 dengue cases, 60% higher than last year’s data for the same comparative period, and 12 deaths due to dengue, also higher than last year’s six deaths. Most of the victims were males, aged one to 19 years old. The death cases…
UNOPPOSED IN 2016 POLLS ONE congressman, seven mayors, four vice mayors and eight councilors in Pangasinan are running unopposed in the 2016 elections. Unopposed are Second District re-electionist Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil (LP), Sto. Tomas Mayor Timoteo “Dick” Villar III, Laoac Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr, San Manuel Mayor Alain Jerico Perez, Sta….
Mayor Belen Fernandez presents city council’s resolution honoring Duarte Mayor Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, a Dagupeña. UNKNOWN to many, the first and the only Filipino-American elected mayor in Duarte, in Los Angeles county, California, USA is a Dagupeña, and she came home with her family after 34 long years to be reunited to…
LOST GREEN SCENERY –The plants and trees that lined the Capitol Bldg. in Lingayen were no match to the howling wind of Typhoon Lando. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
24/7 NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS “WE need to make real change to make sure our government is ready when disaster strikes,” said Senator Cayetano. In the aftermath of Typhoon Lando that hit the region last week, Cayetano urged lawmakers in Region 1 to push for the creation of a single, unified…
PANGASINENSES may have to miss their favorite pinakbet dish in the next 60 days because many farms that raise the vegetables for this popular Ilocandia food were destroyed by Typhoon Lando. Department of Agriculture Region 1 Director Valentin Perdido said it will take about two months more before eggplant, okra,…
THE Department of Education (DepEd) has extended the early registration period for senior high school (SHS) from October 19 to November 13 to ensure that incoming SHS students are enrolled by June 2016. Maria Linda Ventenilla, chief of school governance and operations division in DepEd-Dagupan City, said the extension will…
BAYAMBANG—The Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation (KKSBF), a non-government organization here distributed relief goods and helped in the clearing operations in Barangay Bongato East and West on October 22. Dr. Cezar Quiambao, chairman of KKSBF and a known philanthropist here, said the two barangays were the most badly hit by…
ALL transmission lines of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in separate areas of Pangasinan that were felled and damaged by Typhoon “Lando” at dawn of Oct. 18 have already been restored and are now under normal operating condition. The latest to be restored at 6:17 p.m. at presstime was the Labrador-Bolinao Kv (Kilovolt)…
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