All public schools in Dagupan, save for two, are ready to open and start classes on June 10. According to Dr. Aurora Domingo, the city’s schools division superintendent, only East Central Elementary School and Pantal Elementary School, which are still undergoing major repairs of the damage suffered from Typhoon ‘Cosme’,…
FROM all appearances, the city of Dagupan is now back on its feet and business goes on as usual with one exception, there is no trace of Dagupan bangus in the market. According to City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., business activities are proceeding normally in spite of the reported heavy…
LINGAYEN–arely recovering from the devastation of Typhoon Cosme on May 17, parts of the province were again hit by a natural disaster on June 4. The capital town bore the brunt of what is believed to be an “ipo-ipo” tornado that knocked down five electric posts of the National Transmission…
BACK IN TOWN—Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. delivers relief goods, construction materials and financial assistance to the victims of Typhoon Cosme in San Fabian town upon his return from speaking engagements overseas. Receiving the aid were town officials led by Mayor Mojamito Libunao. The congressman’s wife, Gina, assisted…
TORNADO DAMAGE—Cheryl de Guzman, principal of Quibaol Elementary School in Barangay Quibaol, Lingayen lays out textbooks under the sun for drying after these got soaked again when the roof of one of the school buildings was again ripped off by a tornado on June 4. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
CHECK FOR PANGASINAN—Governor Amado Espino Jr. receives a P5M check for the rehabilitation of Pangasinan from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo upon her arrival in Portic, Bugallon last Wednesday with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (right).
NATIONAL GOV’T HELP NOT FORTHCOMING LINGAYEN-Sariling sikap. Governor Amado Espino Jr. called on local officials to adopt this motto in the difficult rehabilitation task ahead of the province following the massive damage wrought by Typhoon Cosme. In a meeting with mayors on May 25, Espino told city and municipal leaders…
Too bitter a pill for Dagupeños to swallow at this time. This was the reaction of the city council to the proposal of the Dagupan City Water District to increase water rate by as much as 45 percent over a period of four years. The council, on motion of Councilor…
BURGOS-Typhoon Cosme left thousands homeless. Including the province’s pawikan (sea turtles), a specie in the endangered list. The white sand, the habitat of the giant sea turtles in this coastal town which has come to be known as the home of the pawikan, was washed away. Now gone is the…
DESPITE REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT LINGAYEN–Life must go on, especially for the children. So classes in Cosme-ravaged Pangasinan will re-open as originally scheduled on June 10 with rehabilitation work on damaged schools in full blast, according to Dr. Alma Ruby Torio, schools division superintendent of Pangasinan Division 1. “Tuloy ang opening…
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