PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION –Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez visits the West Central 2 Elementary School Friday morning to check the condition of the facilities for the evacuees. To the mayor’s left is City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera. (CIO Photo)
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SP OKs 100 Isles’ P60 entrance fee
ALAMINOS CITY–The provincial board recently approved the city ordinance increasing the rate of “environmental fee” from P40 to 60 that will be collected from visitors to the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in this city. The collection of the fee took effect on Sept. 7, according to a Facebook post by Mayor Arthur Celeste, “to generate […]
Suspended Buted’s presence in PSU activities questioned
IS suspended Pangasinan State University (PSU) president Dexter M. Buted still calling the shots at PSU? This question cropped up when students and parents spotted Buted at PSU Lingayen welcoming Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque when the latter visited the university on September 10 to launch his ‘”Ugnayan sa Eskwela” project. Buted was suspended for nine […]
PRO 1, Sapitula cited by international commission
POLICE Regional Office 1 received an award from the International Commission of Diplomatic Relations and Human Rights and Peace Inter-Governmental Organization (ICRDRHRP) on September 12 in Pasig City. The award to PRO1 was presented in recognition of “its great contribution in peaceful balance and growth of economy of the Philippines through social justice, intelligence and anti-illegal drug campaign” during the 2nd Annual […]
Manay Gina’s Inang Mahal accredited as party-list
FORMER Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia’s advocacy to care for mothers in the district during her incumbency has found permanency as an accredited party-list. De Venecia happily announced last week that that Inang Mahal has been accredited by the Commission on Elections that can seek a seat in the House of Representatives in the […]
Regional PNP deploys teams for rescue, clearing operations
THE Police Regional Office has deployed 185 of its personnel to the frontline as rescue teams to help any agency in rescue operations during and after the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong expected over the weekend. Police Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, regional director, said aside from the 185 personnel from the regional headquarters, another 35 personnel from […]
Typhoon Ompong closes 100 Isles
THE Alaminos City government temporarily closed the Hundred Islands National Park to visitors over the weekend in anticipation of a calamitous situation that Typhoon Ompong can create. Venus Balgua, city information officer, said the HINP will be closed until the typhoon exits from Northern Luzon. At exactly 3 p.m. of September 13, all the tourists visiting […]
FUNCTIONAL EVACUATION CENTER
FUNCTIONAL EVACUATION CENTER – Converting schools and gyms into evacuation centers will soon a be a thing of the past. The newly-constructed two-storey Regional Evacuation Center building in Calasiao can house 550 persons with facilities for laundry, shower and comfort rooms, generator, garbage disposal facility and kitchen. (Inset photo) Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad of the NDRRM and Calasiao Mayor Joseph […]
Regional evacuation center built in Calasiao
CALASIAO—The 3rd Regional Evacuation Center for Region 1 of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) worth P36-million was inaugurated on Sept. 7. DPWH Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, executive director and OCD administrator who was guest of honor and speaker, said it […]
City mulls central commissary, mobile kitchen
AFTER the recent experience of residents during the extended severe flooding in Dagupan City, a plan for the city government to establish a permanent central commissary and a mobile kitchen to prepare and cook meals for evacuees was raised during a committee hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last Wednesday. The idea was discussed during […]