AFTERMATH OF KAREN, LAWIN THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported no casualty during the onslaught of Typhoon Karen and Typhoon Lawin in towns and three cities of Pangasinan. There was also no casualty in Dagupan City. Of the more than 465 families comprising 1,938 persons preemptively…

FEARLESS — With ‘Christ the King’ as its banner, the jeepney driver braves flooded street in Tondaligan Park in Dagupan City after Typhoon Lawin exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

LINGAYEN—Gov. Amado Espino III ordered the emergency forced evacuation of residents of villages in 18 towns situated along the downstream path of the Agno River at 3:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon after the San Roque Dam started to open four gates at 10:00 a.m. at half a meter. The Agno River had…

THERE are still 94 families or 417 persons that remain in five evacuation centers across Dagupan City as of 5:00 a.m. of Oct. 21, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC). These were among over 136 families, comprising more than 900 persons who were ordered to go…

LINGAYEN– This premier province has 128 barangays in different towns and cities that are already drug-cleared since the new administration launched its intensified narco-war. Superintendent Jackie Candelario, deputy police director for operations, said the number was the latest recorded so far as of Oct. 21 but no details were provided….

LINGAYEN—The Sagguniang Panlalawigan made good its earlier threat to declare president of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) as persona non grata. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, author of the resolution that declared him persona non grata, told The PUNCH in a phone interview that Dr. Dexter Buted, PSU…

SUAL—A signature campaign opposing the construction of another power plant in this town was launched here. The manifesto opposes the proposed construction of another coal-fired power plant in Sual that will be constructed by the Phimma Energy Corp. (formerly Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corporation) in Barangay Baquioen–Mangas area. Rosanna…

LINGAYEN– Second District Board Member Raul Sison appealed to his relative Ronnie Dayan, the controversial driver-bodyguard who was allegedly romantically linked to Sen. Leila de Lima, to surrender and confront the illegal drug issues hounding him. Sison said Dayan is obviously in hiding and his relatives in Urbiztondo are not…

RESIDENTS of towns situated along downstream portions of the Agno River heaved a sigh of relief on Friday after the management of the San Roque Dam confirmed that only one gate remains open by two meters as of 6:00 a.m. of Oct. 21. With just one gate opened, the elevation…