BINMALEY—Pangasinan mayors were fuming mad when they learned they would not get a chance to meet with President Gloria Arroyo after being asked to be present when she arrived for an assessment of the damage cuased by Typhoon ‘Cosme’. Mayor Simplicio Rosario of this town said he and 12 other…
The detached roof that flew off from a nearby house gets stuck on an electric post on Mayombo Street in Dagupan City. A palatial house in Dagupan is not spared from the wrath of Typhoon Cosme. The ‘Mayor’s Shed’ in Tondaligan Beach is virtually transformed into a junkhouse. (Punchphotos by…
UPSIDE DOWN—Two Cessna trainer planes owned by a Manila aviation school lay on top of the other at the Lingayen Airfield after Typhoon “Cosme” blew them away from their parked positions. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
OBSTACLE COURSE—Tricycle drivers carefully pass through electric cables strewn on the road along the Dagupan- Mangaldan highway which became impassable to heavy trucks Sunday in the aftermath of Typhoon ‘Cosme’. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BRIEFING THE CHIEF—President Arroyo, Gov. Amado Espino,Jr. (center) and Rep. Victor Agbayani (left) listen intently to a briefing being conducted by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council on the extent of the damage in the province wrought by Typhoon ‘Cosme’. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
THE number of fatalities wrought by typhoon “Cosme” in the province has now risen to 29, according to the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC). Paterno Orduna, PDCC executive officer, said the latest fatality was three year old Tisoy Cayabyab who drowned in Portic, Bugallon. Three others were reported dead in…
The death toll arising from the wrath of typhoon “Cosme” has risen to 20. According to the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC), nine more fatalities were added to the 11 victims previously reported. PDCC Executive Officer Paterno Orduna identified them as Francisco Cuanan, 38, and Jesus Caric,45, who drowned, both…
Welcome and proceed to Mangaldan at your own risk. The way to Binmaley from Dagupan Toppled billboard on Perez Boulevard, Dagupan City Uprooted from the sidewalk fronting the Dagupan City Hall The aftermath at the Lingayen Airfield The remains of the war museum in Lingayen The battered Urduja House in…
DAGUPAN CITY –The Dagupan City council, headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, moved to declare a state of calamity in the city to enable the city government to effectively respond to the emergency situation in the aftermath of typhoon ‘Cosme’. Dagupan City administrator Alvin Fernandez said relief and rescue operations…
DRIVE THROUGH—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura take a ride on a top down car that made a ceremonial drive through at the newly opened Dawel-Lucao Road. (Photo by Butch Uka)
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