LINGAYEN—Municipal and barangay officials attended on July 26 and 27 a Capacity Building Workshop for a cost-effective local tsunami warning system for selected high-risk coastal communities in the country. The workshop was organized by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in cooperation with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction…
FIVE HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE LINGAYEN–Five members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) led by its presiding officer, Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., scored a perfect attendance in a total of 74 sessions for the past two years from July 2010 to July 2012. During that period, the SP conducted 69…
THE renaming of so-called charity wards in government hospitals to ‘PhilHealth Wards’ is basically just a change in label, according to PhilHealth Regional Vice President Daniel De Leon. In a press conference last Friday, De Leon made the clarification to assuage worries voiced by the poor population who have no PhilHealth…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia, who is serving her first term, was chosen by the Publishers Association of the Philippines (PAPI) as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Congressmen of the Philippines. She was honored during the PAPI 2012 Midyear Media Conference and Awards Presentation on July 20 at the Makati…
EARTHQUAKE DRILL—Students and teachers gather at the Dagupan City National High School quadrangle covering their heads simulating a quick response action to an earthquake while inside the classrooms. The drill was part of the citywide disaster management campaign conducted to coincide with the commemoration of the killer quake that hit…
SIMULTANEOUS earthquake drills were facilitated by the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) in 39 public schools and 11 private schools in the city last July 16 in observance of the 1990 earthquake that struck northern and central Luzon. An evaluation forum was later held at West Central…
WHAT’S UP SEC?—Governor Amado Espino Jr. (right) gets an update on the reported appointment of Senior Superintendent Mariano Verzosa as provincial police director from Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo (left) while on a break during the Tapatan dialogue on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation held on July 10 in San Fernando, La…
RULE of thumb: If there is apparent risk, just let the children stay at home. This was one advice to parents contained in the guidelines issued last Wednesday by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) in flood-prone Dagupan. The CDRRMC said parents have the prerogative to tell…
THE Bureau of Immigration is soon adopting the biometrics system to monitor the entry and exit of foreigners who come to the Philippines as tourists or residents. “Due to the influx of tourists, it is very difficult to monitor foreign nationals who have almost the same names,” said Immigration Commissioner Ricardo…
A PHP 1,500.00 STIPEND each for 13,748 poor senior citizens in Region 1 is now being distributed through the Social Pension Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The release started in the first week of June, facilitated by DSWD personnel with assistance from the Municipal Social…
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