THE PUNCH editor-publisher Ermin Garcia Jr. welcomes Antonio “Bebot” Villar, chairman of Dangerous Drugs Board and former chief of the defunct Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group, to the PUNCH team as he begins his weekly column Deretsahan in this issue.
A MULTI-awarded group of artists will stage a re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and crucifixion on top of a hill in Barangay Colisao, San Fabian on April 7 (Black Saturday) in observance of the Lenten season. The cast under the direction of Manuel Ubedencia will portray Lord Jesus Christ and the…
TSUNAMI WARNING–Joan Salcedo, science research specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs), tells the Sangguniang Panlungsod that the threat of a tsunami as high as seven meters hitting Dagupan and the other coastal areas of Pangasinan is possible if the active Manila Trench west of Bolinao moves…
NOT high enough and too close to the shore. These are but two of the possible flaws that an expert from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) pointed out on the planned Tsunami Hill project of the Dagupan City government, to be built in the island barangay of…
A SENIOR geologist of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) has confirmed that a Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is now ongoing to determine the stability of the soil on the planned location of the Tsunami Hill in the island barangay of Pugaro. Jose Lignes Jr. of the Geotechnical Environmental and…
LINGAYEN—A simultaneous earthquake and tsunami drill will be conducted in all coastal areas in Pangasinan in the face of a warning from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) that a seven-meter high tsunami may likely hit from the Lingayen Gulf. Avenix Arenas, spokesperson of the Provincial Disaster Risk…
LINGAYEN—After the controversy sparked by the alleged illegal black sand mining in the eco-tourism zone project of the provincial government, the planned golf course project is finally moving forward. The first of several requirements needed for an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the proposed 18-hole golf course here has been…
WITH RESTRICTIONS AND REMINDERS THE DAGUPAN City employees have reason to look forward to better times for the rest of the year. THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the proposed P581 million budget of Dagupan for 2012 last March 12, 2012 but with a caveat – several conditions are imposed…
ARCINUE COUPLE SLAY LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has offered a cash reward of P500,000 to any person who can give any vital information leading to the arrest of the suspects in the gun slaying of former Vice Mayor Ramon Arcinue and his wife Zorahayda, the incumbent barangay chair of Poblacion here, last…
SP HEARING ON PROPOSED TSUNAMI HILL—Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod examine the blueprint and the scale models of the planned Tsunami Hill in Pugaro presented by the City Planning and Development Office and the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) on March 5 during the continuation of the hearing of…
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