ANOTHER RESCUED FAMILY—Members of a PDRRMC team rush a family to an evacuation center in Lingayen after rescuing them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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7 TOWNS BADLY HIT LINGAYEN—The entire province has been placed under a state of calamity following vast damages wrought by days of monsoon rains, which also severely affected the capital Metro Manila and central Luzon, and the release of water from the San Roque Dam since 10:00 p.m. of Aug….
Pangasinan under state of calamity
MORNING AT AN EVACUATION CENTER—A mother feeds her children a breakfast of relief goods at the Dagupan Astrodome where 43 families are currently staying as evacuees as floodwaters continue to rise in low lying areas in the city. (Photo by AMM/PIA-Pangasinan) Back to Homepage
MORNING AT AN EVACUATION CENTER
SOON AS Pangasinan was placed under a state of calamity, Governor Amado Espino Jr. immediately ordered city and municipal mayors to activate their respective Price Control Councils to ensure that prices remain stable and reasonable at this time of difficulty. In an advisory distributed to the mayors, the governor asked…
Espino tells mayors: Watch prices of goods
AGAINST THE RH BILL–Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas explains the church’s position versus the reproductive health bill to the faculty and students of Dagupan City National High School during a symposium. They are joined by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
AGAINST THE RH BILL
“CONTRACEPTION is corruption.” This was the battle cry raised by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas as he spoke before thousands of parishioners gathered in a Mass at the St. John’s Cathedral here last August 4.
“Fr. Soc” leads anti-RH bill rally
BARANGAY tanods in Dagupan will be mobilized to help lawmen track and identify suspects involved in the illegal drugs trade in the city. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim announced the new policy when he convened last Wednesday a special meeting with all chiefs of barangay tanods. He asked the attendees to…
Tanods told to join fight vs. shabu
DANGEROUS WALK—Three boys walk through a waist deep floodwater in Barangay Basing in LIngayen to reach an evacuation center mindless of the danger that lurked around them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DANGEROUS WALK
FOR VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL LINGAYEN—Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. is angered by last week’s violation of the agreed protocol on the release of water from the San Roque Dam and is bent on taking legal action against those responsible. In a press briefing held August 7 at the Provincial Disaster…
Guv seeks legal action vs. NPC
DAGUPAN City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim chided The PUNCH for its headline story that reported the filing of graft cases against him before the Ombudsman, on the reportedly anomalous Awai land deal. He expressed his annoyance during the Media In Action forum of the Pangasinan Press Club last Friday. When…
