IN SEARCH OF WATER—A group of friends brave the raging floodwater in Lucao District in Dagupan City to get to a water station for a possible refill. All water stations were closed. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez) Back to Homepage
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COME HELL OR HIGH WATERS—The thigh-high deep muddy floodwater on the junction of Perez Avenue and Mayombo Street did not deter these residents, clutching their belongings, from crossing to safety. Back to Homepage
COME HELL OR HIGH WATERS
WHERE ARE THE JEEPNEYS?—Stranded residents desperately await their jeepney rides at the their usual loading area on M.H. del Pilar Street in Dagupan City. (Photo contributed by Edmund Oviedo Tangco) Back to Homepage
WHERE ARE THE JEEPNEYS?
PANGASINAN AIRPORT IN ALAMINOS ALAMINOS CITY–The dream for the Pangasinan Airport is finally taking shape with the established timetable for completion from 2009 to 2022. According to Mayor Hernani Braganza, the first phase of the development for the period 2009-2012 will cover the construction of facilities for domestic operations.
Domestic operation in 2012, international flights in 2022
LINGAYEN–The provincial government decided it should have its own dredging machine and has encouraged towns and cities to buy their own rubber boats in order to raise their level of preparedness for floods. Governor Amado Espino Jr., in his Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo on Monday, said the province has to…
Capitol set to buy own dredging machine
LINGAYEN–It appears arming the barangay chairmen in the province with shotguns ostensibly to help maintain peace and order in the province is not enough. The police provincial director now wants to tap the more than 10, 000 prospective licensed gun owners in Pangasinan as an additional force multiplier’ of the…
Barba wants gun owners as ‘police buddies’
LINGAYEN– If one is looking for a place in Lingayen where one can avail of the services of a good and courteous manicurist, barber, masseur, tailor or a car mechanic at the most affordable prices, try the Provincial Jail. The training program for the inmates, a component of the rehabilitation…
One-Stop spa shop in jail
LINGAYEN–While the contentious issues surrounding the controversial teacher’s guidebooks published by the Espino administration remain unresolved, the books’ popularity among teachers in the province has grown. Of late, five school superintendents of Pangasinan have endorsed the use of the books by the teachers in direct defiance of the order of…
Teachers defy DepEd, use banned guidebooks
AIRPORT DREAM FINALLY TAKES OFF —Engineer Ed Garcia of the City Planning and Development Office of Alaminos City shows newsmen the map of the site of the proposed airport project in the city during the briefing by Alaminos Mayor Hernani Braganza (inset). The land acquisition for the project is expected…
AIRPORT DREAM FINALLY TAKES OFF
VEHICLES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. hands over the key to the brand new vehicle donated by the provincial government to the Pangasinan Division Office 1 through Schools Superintendent for Pangasinan I Aurora Domingo as part of the assistance of the provincial government to public education. The schools superintendents…
