NOT ANOTHER FISHPEN—Even as the new Dagupan city administration vowed to uproot illegal fishpens that clutter the city’s rivers, a new fishpen supposedly owned by former Barangay Chairman Bebot de la Cruz of Calmay measuring 600 square meters has sprouted almost overnight at the Calmay River overlooking the Jose R. De…
888 DAGUPAN PROPERTIES CHECKED THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is again poised to enforce its cease and desist order (CDO) that it issued against a company after it was reported that the latter has again resumed reclamation activities at a portion of the Calmay River along the Jose R. De…
CITY MAYOR Benjamin Lim called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last week to put a stop to the unauthorized reclamation and backfilling activities on a portion of the Calmay River along the Jose de Venecia expressway. Lim said his administration will not tolerate any move that…
DAGUPAN City’s garbage problem is now in “critical condition”. Mayor Benjamin Lim has been informed by the Waste Management Division that the open dumpsite at the Tondaligan beach along the Bonuan shorelines is now facing even more serious management problems after the bulldozer recently bought by the city government for…
LINGAYEN–Following the declaration that Pangasinan is now insurgency-free, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has transferred the lead role in conducting internal security operations to the local Peace and Order Council (POC) headed by Governor Amado Espino Jr.
BANI–The Borobor Ti Ayat (Spring of Love), a housing project in this coastal town for victims of typhoon “Emong” in 2008, is positioning to be a model in this calamity-prone country. Engineer Virgilio Cave said the entire housing area and the houses were specifically designed to withstand landslides and strong…
CAUGHT IN THE ACT–A dump truck is caught on camera unloading sand and gravel on a portion of the Calmay River on the right side of the Jose De Venecia Expressway Extension last week, confirming reports that 888 Dagupan Properties Inc. continues to defy the Cease and Desist Order issued…
GARBAGE PROBLEM—Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim peruses the crisis action plan proposed by the Waste Management Division to address the problem at the open dumpsite along the Tondaligan shoreline after the bulldozer being used in the area bogged down. (CIO photo) Back to Homepage
INSURGENCY-FREE–Governor Amado Espino, Jr. (center), Major Gen. Ireneo Espino of the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (left) and Provincial Director Percival Barba (right) sign the Joint Declaration citing Pangasinan an insurgency-free province last week. (PIO Photo) Back to Homepage
COMPANY RUSHES FILLING THE questionable reclamation of a portion of the Calmay River is at the top of the new Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) agenda as it sets out to conduct an inquiry on the matter. Officials of the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources…
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