NEWS BRIEFS
By 104.7 IMF Dagupan News Team
Alaminos CDRRMC staff given more training
SELECTED members from different units of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) in Alaminos City received new training to prepare them for various situations during calamities.
The training included handling of different hazardous and life-threatening situations that persons are faced. Zz in times of emergencies. At the end of the training, the trainees were honored and recognized as members of Incident Management Team.
In a speech delivered for CDRRM Chairman Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste, CDRRM Officer Mylene Manalastas thanked the newly trained personnel for their service in times of emergency (Joana de Vera)
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Decontamination of Mapandan pre-schools started
THE Mapandan local government continued the regular decontamination in all public pre-schools in the town as precautionary measure against Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) that spread to young learners.
The decontamination team is cleaning and disinfecting all things that children usually hold and play with inside their classrooms.
According to Mapandan Health Office, the decontamination program started in November in a bid to make all classrooms in the town safe for all pre-school children. Data from DOH Region 1, showed that children usually easily infected with HFMD are those aged four years old and below.
Town officials advised parents to remind their children to always wear face masks and frequently wash their hands properly to stay safe from HFMD. (Ella Garcia)
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785 Rosales scholars get their first semester payout
THE 785 college scholars of the Rosales local government received their Educational Assistance for the first semester of their academic year at the town hall recently.
Each scholar received P6,000 to cover their tuition fees and other expenses during the first semester. The town’s scholarship program has increased the number of poor but talented scholars by 62.5% so that more can earn their college education.
Meanwhile, the feeding programs in elementary schools’ day care classes is continuing. (Ella Garcia)
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San Fabian builds 7th Balay Silangan in Pangasinan
THE seventh Balay Silangan in Pangasinan to help in the rehabilitation of slightly addicted drug-users was established in San Fabian.
Built by the San Fabian local government, the Balay Silangan is a reformation center facility that helps surrendered drug addicts return to normal life. The surrendered drug addicts, referred to as “reformists” stay in the Balay Silangan for one month to participate in counseling, sports, personal hygiene, livelihood training and spiritual reformation.
There are 60 reformists from San Fabian set to be first internees in the town’s Balay Silangan, the 36th in the region. (Jhon Caranto)
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Mayor Quiambao belies cut in financial assistance
“THAT’S a lie.”
This was the response of Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao to an allegation posted on Facebook. that the farmers of Bayambang are not receiving the full financial assistance sent by the national government.
In her post on her official Facebook page, she said the allegation that farmers only received P3,000 from the P5,000 financial assistance downloaded by the national government for the farmers in Bayambang is not true.
Quiambao said any farmer that did not receive the full P5,000 financial assistance, should report it to her or to the Municipal Agriculture Office. (Joana de Vera)
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75 vehicles placed under smoke-belching test by DENR-EMB
THE DENR-Environmental Management Bureau randomly stopped 75 vehicles traveling along the highway in Binmaley to take the smoke belching test in line with the ‘Bantay Tambutso’ campaign of DENR-Environmental Management Bureau being implemented with the support of the Northeastern Pangasinan Air Shed and the regional office of the Land Transportation Office.
Among those ordered to take the tests were 36-diesel powered and 39-gasoline powered vehicles, and one gasoline-powered vehicle failed the test. Its owner was told to submit the vehicle for repair to avoid being impounded.
Sixteen government vehicles of Binmaley local government passed the smoke-belching test. (Ella Garcia)
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Snails disrupt rice planting in Mangaldan
SOME farmers in Mangaldan are no longer keen on planting rice in their irrigated farm lands during the current dry months unless the government can provide a quick solution to infestation created by snails that had invaded their fields.
According to the farmers, they could have started planting rice last month but they saw snails crowding their farms and feared the situation may still become worse. They asked the Municipal Agriculture Office and the Department of Agriculture to come to their rescue since they cannot eradicate the snails on their own.
The farmers learned that the snails, which have the capacity to reproduce fast in a very short period, came with the irrigation water released to their rain-fed farms by the National Irrigation Administration. (Jhon Caranto)
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