WORSE THAN “COSME” LINGAYEN—Several towns were isolated and left without electricity as Western Pangasinan absorbed the brunt of Typhoon “Emong” that lashed out Thursday night. A report from the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council said hardest hit were Bolinao, Anda, Agno Burgos and Bani as the typhoon exited to the Lingayen…
DEVASTATION caused by Typhoon “Emong” prompted the provincial board to pass a resolution on Friday declaring a state of calamity in the first district of the province. The state of calamity proclamation will give the affected areas access to the calamity fund. Aside from Bolinao, Anda and Alaminos City, which…
TAYUG–The disease called Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) that has infected some pigs in Pangasinan has yet to be fully contained and still two veterinarians have expressed opposing views about it. Dr. Rodolfo Custodio, president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers in Pangasinan and the association’s national director, maintains…
LINGAYEN—Provincial board members unanimously rejected a proposal made by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to immediately transfer the full management, administration and control of the provincial jail over a three-year transition period. “You want (us) to assume full control during the transition period? What kind of transition…
MANGALDAN—Mayor Herminio Romero took steps to finally stop the illegal operations of the “carnival games” on Rizal Avenue after a businessman and his companion were gunned down in the premises on May 2 at 1:00 p.m. Superintendent Roberto Vocal, town chief of police, said the mayor issued the order stopping…
It was Ranjit’s turn to say “I shall return”. Ranjit Ramos-Shahani, former vice governor in 1992 to 1995 and later a two-term representative of the 6th District, announced he is making a comeback in politics in 2010. “I want to come back to help,” he said in Ilocano during a…
EMONG’S AFTERMATH—A house in barangay Arnedo in Bolinao town lies in ruins after Typhoon “Emong”, described as “worse than Cosme”, struck northern Luzon on Thursday evening, hitting hardest the western part of Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez) Back to Homepage
KAYA NATIN ITO! —Former President Fidel V. Ramos and his nephew, Ranjit Ramos Shahani (left), former vice governor and 6th district congressman, give the familiar “Kaya natin ito” sign when they visited the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall on May 1. The former chief executive, the province’s guest of honor during…
REBUIDING IN AGNO AND ANDA—(Upper photo) A woman attempts to help rebuild the family’s home in Agno severely damaged by Typhoon ‘Emong’. But she was not alone. Fish farmers (lower photo) had their hands full repairing the damaged fish cages along Caquiputan Channel that stretched from Anda to Bolinao. (Punchphoto…
BANGUS FESTIVAL HAS ARRIVED GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, in solidarity with Dagupan City officials, momentarily left the Pangasinan Pista’y Dayat on Thursday night to join the grand Bangusan Street Party, the culminating event for the 2009 Bangus Festival, on Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension…
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