LOCAL government leaders in Pangasinan can now use the geo hazard maps available at the website of the Philippine Information Agency (pia.gov.ph) to assist them in developing strategic their respective disaster-preparedness plan. Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) said it is important for the public in…
COUNCILOR Maybelyn Fernandez, Dagupan’s top councilor, has backed the position that the controversial special session called by Mayor Benjamin Lim and attended by nine councilors last April 20 has legal infirmities. She said she herself did not receive any notification of the special session 24 hours before the schedule as…
ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENS—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez rallies officers and members of the Barangay Senior Citizens Association of Dagupan City (BASCA) led by its president Atty. Cornelia Español to unite and do their share in building a healthier and more peaceful city after they were inducted into office last June 28 at CSI…
TEACHERS, parents and students of Dagupan City agreed on the need to strengthen campus security when they participated in a one-day Campus Security Management Seminar Workshop on June 23 at the CSI Stadia initiated by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and the City School Division. Attended by 300 participants that included members of…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) seem convinced it has found an answer to the continuing havoc caused by dengue on the population, especially the young. The answer lies in a tiny tropical fish, commonly found in the Philippines, known as mosquito fish (dombosia affinis), so called because it…
LINGAYEN—The San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) has assured that it has an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) in place that details protocols to be followed in the remote possibility of an emergency situation taking place in what is considered Southeast Asia’s highest rock-filled dam located in San Manuel town. Melania Abubo, SRPC civil engineering officer,…
LAWYER Cornelia M. Español, president of the Federation of Senior Citizens of the Philippines -Dagupan City Chapter, has asked Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and Councilor Jesus Canto to intervene in behalf of the city’s elderly to admonish the management of a local drugstore and the government-owned Region 1 Medical Center…
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is set to conduct a public hearing on a draft ordinance seeking to ban plastic bags and spitting inside the Provincial Capitol Complex. The proposed ordinance was suggested by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. to bring about a plastic-free and more hygienic environment in the entire provincial capitol compound.
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan is now offering kidney transplant service, but initially in partnership with the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) where the operation will be performed. Dr. Joseph Mejia, chief of R1MC, announced that a number of R1MC patients have been given new kidneys through collaboration…
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Field Office has identified 150 qualified scholars under the Students Grants-In-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGPPA) in Region 1. Iryn de Los Reyes of the DSWD said SGPPA is a program, in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Department of Labor and…
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