By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo FALCON had been merciful, it danced past the Philippines and may tango into a super typhoon somewhere else. Together with the Habagat (southwest monsoon), it continued to dump rain, and exacerbated the impact of Egay, the fifth of the predicted 29 named storms to hit…
By Farah G. Decano I celebrated my first anniversary as Dean of the Lyceum Northwestern University College of Law recently. My gratitude to President Luz Duque-Hammersheimb, Atty. Gonzalo Duque, and Dr. Francisco Duque III for giving me a free hand in steering the college to new heights. The leadership…
Educators and Mayors
By Eva C. Visperas AT the onset of super Typhoon ‘Egay’ last Friday, July 28, 2023, the #EXPLORE PD4 Kabuhayan Caravan was being held at the Atrium of CSI Lucao, Dagupan City. Despite the heavy downpour that started then, a lot of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were…
Cong Toff is MSME’s guardian angel
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THIS piece is not about sports. Yes, my very first time not to write about sports since I started writing in 1991when I was still in Guam. My big thanks to my boss Ermin for giving me the opportunity to write outside sports issues…
It’s not El Niño, but La Niña?
In memory of Millette Mendoza Rutledge By Rex Catubig I flew into the Bay area, three more times to visit Millette. At one time, I organized a Luau in her backyard and invited a couple of friends to fly in and join us. Each time I tried to create…
The newscast is over (2nd of Two parts)

ON RECONNOITER MISSION – Two personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station pedal around the city to reconnoiter barangays at least in areas where their bikes can still be useful. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ON RECONNOITER MISSION
THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported a total of P224,324,669.29 damage to agriculture, P1,842,396 damage to livestock and P36,100,000 damage to infrastructure left by Typhoon ‘Egay’ in Pangasinan as of its August 3 report. PDRRMO head Luchinvar Oro said in his report to Gregory Cayetano, regional director of…
Egay’ leaves P224-M damage to agri, P36-M to infra
THE municipality of Calasiao recorded P2.6 million damage in agricultural during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Egay and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon (habagat). Kristine Joy Soriano of the Calasiao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said as of Wednesday, August 2, 2023, damaged palay have reached P2.44 million,…
Calasiao suffers P2.6-M damage in agri
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-First District Engineering Office is constructing a flood mitigation structure at Pogo village in Alaminos City to provide defense against flooding. Esperanza Tinaza, information officer of DPWH Ilocos, said the flood mitigation structure has a length of 364 meters to manage flood water…
DPWH constructs P72-M flood mitigation structure in Alaminos City
AUG. 29 DEADLINE FOR CLAIMS CREDITORS of the closed Bangko Pangasinan – A Rural Bank, Inc. have until August 29, 2023 to file their claims against the bank’s assets or these shall be disallowed. Creditors refer to any individual or entity with a valid claim against the assets of the…