THE provincial government launched rescue operations for Pangasinenses standed in Abra after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Northern Luzon on July 27. On order of Gov. Ramon Guico III, two buses owned by the provincial government were sent to Bangued, the capital town of Abra, shortly after the earthquake to…
THE Policy Planning and Research of the Department of Education Regional Office 1 confirmed that some 420,000 learners have been enrolled throughout Region 1 for school year 2022-2023. Its data showed that 24,313 learners enrolled in kindergarten, 172,463 in the elementary, 147,870 in the junior high school and 75,111 in…
CHOKEPOINT AT DAWEL BRIDGE – With only one lane open for light vehicles crossing the bridge, travel time is seen to delay motorists by 30 minutes just to cross it. Motorists traveling south from the city are advised to avoid the route and instead travel via Mangaldan. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
SINGLE LANE PASSABLE TO LIGHT VEHICLES ONLY DAGUPAN City’s well-known Dawel Bridge, along the Dagupan-Bonuan-San Fabian road (KM 380) was partly closed after government engineers noted a minor damage that appeared on the truss support caused by the Magnitude 5 earthquake that rocked the city Wednesday morning. Mayor Belen Fernandez,…
AFTER the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Abra and magnitude 5 that hit Pangasinan on Wednesday morning, July 27, the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) continued to warn the public of possibly more aftershocks. “Bagamat lipas na po yung lindol nang umaga, aasahan pa rin po…
ONLY one person in Pangasinan was injured from the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Pangasinan, Wednesday morning, July 27. P/Lt. Col. Ferdinand De Asis, deputy provincial director for operations of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said the Villasis Police Station received the report from the town’s Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction…
THE Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) expressed disappointment on observing that people that felt the earthquake did not apply what they learned during earthquake drills. This was an observation shared by most following the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake that jolted Abra and Northern Luzon on Wednesday morning, July…
DAMAGED COVERED COURT – A student tries to guess where the reported damage caused by the earthquake to the Judge Jose De Venecia High School in Brgy. Bolosan in Dagupan City is after the city government closed it for public use. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BASED ON EVALUATION, MONITORING THE regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) dropped 128,000 families from the list of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the region. DSWD Regional Director Maria Golapan said the agency conducted a stringent evaluation and monitoring of listed beneficiaries…
THE number of newly-registered voters in Pangasinan for the Barangay and SK Elections (BSKE) on December 5 have exceeded the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) expectations. This, after the office recorded a total of 122,546 newly-registered voters from their voter registration program from July 4 to July 23. SK voters, aged…
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