LINGAYEN— The first phase of the restoration of Casa Real has started and the project is expected to be completed by the first semester next year. The Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) has begun the necessary perimeter fencing and soil testing and soon after the Department of Public Works takes over…
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Land Transportation Office (LTO) as well as the Philippine National Police (PNP) and their force multipliers had their hands full preparing for the observance of “Undas” in Pangasinan. Pangasinan Provincial Police Office said the police has been on alert since October 28 and…
PNP, DPWH, LTO on alert for “Undas”
THE Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) launched the “One Good Vote” in Pangasinan, its flagship program for voters’ education and advocacy in preparation for the 2016 polls. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Louie Tito Guia, PPCRV Chairperson Henrietta de Villa and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas led the ceremonies…
‘One Good Vote’ advocacy launched
URDANETA CITY— “The barangay workers are the face, the frontliners of the government.” Thus remarked Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., when he addressed at the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) Congress in Urdaneta City on Wednesday (October 28). Mr. Marcos underscored the critical role that barangay workers including the barangay health…
Marcos cites barangay workers’ role in national dev’t
LOST GREEN SCENERY –The plants and trees that lined the Capitol Bldg. in Lingayen were no match to the howling wind of Typhoon Lando. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
LOST GREEN SCENERY
24/7 NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS “WE need to make real change to make sure our government is ready when disaster strikes,” said Senator Cayetano. In the aftermath of Typhoon Lando that hit the region last week, Cayetano urged lawmakers in Region 1 to push for the creation of a single, unified…
Cayetano renews call for permanent agency
PANGASINENSES may have to miss their favorite pinakbet dish in the next 60 days because many farms that raise the vegetables for this popular Ilocandia food were destroyed by Typhoon Lando. Department of Agriculture Region 1 Director Valentin Perdido said it will take about two months more before eggplant, okra,…
What? No pinakbet for 2 months?
THE Department of Education (DepEd) has extended the early registration period for senior high school (SHS) from October 19 to November 13 to ensure that incoming SHS students are enrolled by June 2016. Maria Linda Ventenilla, chief of school governance and operations division in DepEd-Dagupan City, said the extension will…
DepEd extends registration for senior high students
BAYAMBANG—The Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation (KKSBF), a non-government organization here distributed relief goods and helped in the clearing operations in Barangay Bongato East and West on October 22. Dr. Cezar Quiambao, chairman of KKSBF and a known philanthropist here, said the two barangays were the most badly hit by…
Local NGO distributes relief goods in Bayambang
ALL transmission lines of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in separate areas of Pangasinan that were felled and damaged by Typhoon “Lando” at dawn of Oct. 18 have already been restored and are now under normal operating condition. The latest to be restored at 6:17 p.m. at presstime was the Labrador-Bolinao Kv (Kilovolt)…




