ESTIMATED damage to the province’s agriculture caused by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) reached P2 million as of July 27. This was initial estimate of the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), saying farmers suffered the most during the onslaught of two weather systems….
NO CLASSES IN SCHOOL BELT– The knee-deep flood water on Perez Blvd – Tapuac Road junction was reason enough to suspend all classes in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO CLASSES IN SCHOOL BELT
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development Region 1 (DOH-CHD1) belied claims of some uniformed sectors that the agency is selling blood bags taken from blood donation campaigns. Dr. Kai Sibayan of the DOH-CHD 1 said the blood bags are free, what’s being charged is for blood screening to ensure…
DOH belies selling donated blood bags
(Filed by IFM Radio Dagupan) 46 families evacuated due to Typhoon Egay AT the height of Typhoon Egay, there were 46 families, composed of 159 individuals, who were brought to different evacuation centers in Pangasinan. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Oro said other affected families opted not to…
NEWS BRIEFS
THE Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 1 (DOLE RO1) already implemented more than P320-million worth of assistance for its emergency employment program under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) to date. Most of the TUPAD workers in Region 1 were in Pangasinan with 28,111 workers, while Ilocos Norte…
DOLE RO1’s TUPAD aid exceeds P320-M in first half of 2023
REITERATING its commitment to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2023 energy initiatives, as expressed in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), NGCP vows to focus all its available resources toward the completion of ongoing transmission projects while expediting others in the pipeline. NGCP will draw on its strategic partnership…
NGCP commits to fulfill PBBM’s vision for PH energy
THE long arm of the law finally caught up with the most wanted man in Pangasinan for two murder cases, the first in 2001 and the second in 2007. Arrested on July 25 in Barangay Longos, San Fabian was Alberto Bautista, 45, alias “Budog”, with a reward money of P75,000 on…
Murder suspect finally arrested after 21 years of hiding
THREE persons were arrested by the police on Tuesday, July 25, in a buy-bust operation that resulted in seizure of shabu valued at P1.5 million conducted by the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Barangay Cauringan, Sison. The arrested suspects were two fruit dealers Yuri John Salazar, 47,…
P1.5M shabu seized in buy-operation, 3 arrested
By Leonardo Micua THE beaches in Lingayen, Binmaley, Dagupan and San Fabian, which are considered inalienable and not disposable, according to DENR, have one thing in common, according to a friend. All the squatters are private individuals with nothing but only personal interests on their minds. Except owning tax…