THE Dagupan City People’s Astrodome was packed with evacuees from various flooded barangays even until last Friday, but the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) did not deem it necessary to recommend a declaration of state of calamity.
THE realty company proposing to buy the long idle MC Adore Hotel property for P68 million from Dagupan City has withdrawn its offer, but another company promptly took its place.
MAYOR Benjamin Lim asserted that there was a plan to “transform” the derelict MC Adore Hotel into Dagupan’s government center but said it was not his fault that it did not push through.
NEAR CRITICAL—“As the skies cleared at past 3 p.m. of August 31 following almost a week of rains, the water level at the reservoir of the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project in San Manuel was still rising and reached 276 meters above sea level (masl), just four meters below the…
SAN MANUEL–The water level at the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project (SRMDP) almost reached its critical level of 280 meters above sea level (masl) on August 26 but the rains slowed down soon enough not to require a water release from the dam.
URDANETA TAKES BAGUIO’S GARBAGE–Urdaneta City accommodates some 220 tons of garbage from Baguio City at its recently-opened engineered landfill after the retaining wall of the Barangay Irisan dumpsite in Baguio collapsed at the height of typhoon “Mina” last week, killing five people. (Punchphoto by Willy Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DON’T believe the rumors. Malasiqui Mayor Armando Domantay Sr. sent this message in a radio interview last week as he brushed aside reports that there are negotiations for Baguio City’s use of their town’s controlled dumpsite.
OVERCROWDING WITH DENGUE PATIENTS—As dengue cases continue to peak this month, the Region I Medical Center has began stretching its resources and use of its facilities to accommodate dengue patients, mostly children who find themselves in 4-sharing beds. The hospital’s pediatric conference room is already being utilized as an extension…
PANGASINAN ON VERGE OF OUTBREAK OVERCROWDING with dengue patients is expected to continue in government-owned hospitals until September as the disease continues to attack the province with no sign of slowing down.
CHECKING THE DENGUE SITUATION—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. greets one of the dengue patients confined at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital in San Carlos City during a visit on August 21, giving assurance that government hospitals have enough supply of blood and medicines for dengue victims. (PIO Photo) Back to Homepage
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