BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo listens to the briefing of Dagupan Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. (right) on the flooding in the city during the cabinet meeting held in Dagupan on Tuesday. (Punchphoto by Willy Lomibao) Back to Homepage
AFTER THE 10/9 FLOOD—A boy walks past heavily damaged houses in barangay Carmen East, Rosales following the massive flooding due to Typhoon Pepeng and the release of water from San Roque Dam on October 9. Several houses in the barangay were swept away by the rampaging water. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
DON’T BLAME NAPOCOR ALONE ASINGAN–Don’t just blame the flood on the officials of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam Project (SRMDP) and the National Power Corporation (Napocor). This was the message sent by former President Fidel V. Ramos as he cited faulty flood control dikes and the abolition of the Agno…
ARE the management of the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) coordinating with other agencies at all with regards to the releasing of water from the San Roque Dam? Gov. Amado Espino Jr. posed this question as he pointed out how an official of the…
SAN FERNANDO CITY–With many of the roads devastated, agriculture in shambles and houses wrecked, the Ilocos Region may not be the same again after the wrath of heavy rains spawned by Typhoon “Pepeng”. A report of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) dated October 15 identified the damages suffered of…
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has sent a team of engineers to Umingan in eastern Pangasinan Thursday morning to inspect the natural dam on top of the Caraballo Mountains, which hillside residents fear is in danger of collapsing soon. He ordered the inspection even as he directed the immediate evacuation of…
SOON after the flood that inundated 90% of Pangasinan on October 10, relief operations from various sectors started and the distribution of goods is now in full swing. Apart from the government’s relief distribution efforts, the Mary Help of Christians College Seminary in Dagupan City has been transformed into the…
SAN CARLOS City–Typhoon Pepeng brought heavy damages to this agricultural city’s farms and livestock and forced many of its residents to seek shelter in evacuation centers. City Social Welfare and Development Officer Valentina Dumangan reported that 18,461 families or 74,709 people affected by the flood.
BY LEONARDO V. MICUA WAS it mere coincidence or was the city destined to suffer the worst flood yet after 37 years? The three worst floods that have swept over Pangasinan in recorded memory occurred 37 years of each other. Does that mean, the city can expect the next killer…
THE 10/9 PANGASINAN DELUGE LINGAYEN–Twenty-two persons drowned at the height of the widespread flood spawned by the heavy rains of Typhoon “Pepeng” and the sudden release of huge volume of water of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project (SRMP) in San Manuel. A report of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC)…
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