WAR ON DRUGS LINGAYEN—Six drug personalities, among them two women were arrested in separate anti-drug operations conducted by the police on September 19 in three different towns in Pangasinan. Arrested in Rosales was Lilia Sanchez , alias “Lilia Casasiempre”, 40, a newly emerged drug personality, after she was served a search…
BATO IS IN TOWN – Bureau of Corrections Director-General Bato dela Rosa is introduced by Gov. Amado Espino III to members of the Sanggunian Panlalawigan during a brief stop in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LINGAYEN – Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General, Ronald “Bato” M. dela Rosa, cited the provincial government’s unwavering support for PNP’s war on illegal drugs and assured the latter of continuing gains in the campaign. “Alam ko na ang Pangasinan ay maganda…
FOR FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM FOURTH District Rep. Christopher de Venecia asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to conduct a thorough and comprehensive feasibility study on the river systems not only in Dagupan but also in neighboring towns to determine where the critical areas are that cause severe…
SALE DECLARED NULL AND VOID THE Department of Agrarian Reforms (DAR) has declared as null and void ab initio the sale of a 30-hectare property in Barangay Awai, San Jacinto to the Dagupan CIty government sometime in 2002 supposedly to become a sanitary landfill. This was revealed by Mayor Belen…
ANTICIPATING extensive damage to the city by the onslaught of Typhoon ‘Ompong’, the Dagupan City government has been placed on high alert since Tuesday, September 11. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez called for a meeting with the city’s Quick Response Team (QRT), City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), barangay…
THE Dagupan City government decided to operate 23 evacuation centers for more than expected 2,000 residents to be evacuated from their houses and villages located in flood-prone areas. This was revealed by Mayor Belen Fernandez a day before Super Typhoon Ompong was set to hit Dagupan. ============================================================ The City Information…
LINGAYEN —Gov. Amado Espino III has instructed all mayors, and city/ municipal disaster risk reduction and management councils to conduct pre-emptive evacuation as a precautionary and preventive measure in anticipation of the feared impact of the Typhoon ‘Ompong.’ In his Memorandum No. 10 dated September 13, the governor gave orders…
SAFETY FIRST — Linemen of the Dagupan Electric Corporation clear paths of power lines at the Dagupan Astrodome before Typhoon Ompong strikes it down. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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