(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Farmer killed after being hit with bamboo pole A 42-year-old farmer died after being struck with a bamboo pole during a heated altercation. According to police investigations, the victim was drinking with friends when two suspects, identified as a 34-year-old construction worker and a 31-year-old resident…
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE — DAGUPAN CITY was still abuzz with activities despite flooding due to rains and high tide, which rose to 1.36 meters on July 25, with bancas and tractors used to transport people and goods. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TOWNS ALONG AGNO RIVER REMAIN ON FLOOD ALERT AUTHORITIES and residents of Pangasinan remain on alert for flooding despite a break from incessant rains last week as the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town opened two spillway gates, the first on July 30 at 4 p.m. and the second…
AS part of intensified efforts to combat dengue, fogging operations were carried out on Tuesday, July 29, at Maasin and Malabago Elementary Schools in Mang The initiative aligns with Mayor Bona Fe De Vera Parayno’s directive to mitigate mosquito-borne diseases, particularly during the rainy season and frequent flooding. The operations…
AFTER declaring a state of calamity for Dagupan City last July 23 in a special session held at the People’s Astrodome as the city hall had become inaccessible because of flooding, the Sanggunian Panlungsod (SP) cancelled all its regular sessions and committee hearings in the last week of July. SP’s…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Over P1B damage to palay recorded in Region 1 THE Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that more than P1.12 billion worth of palay were lost across Region 1 as a result of Typhoons Crising, Dante and Emong, which enhanced the prevailing southwest monsoon rains….
LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO FLOOD SEEN WITH widespread flooding recently inundating large parts of Pangasinan, provincial leaders are ramping up efforts to implement long-term, province-wide solutions targeting the root causes of the problem: silted and degraded river systems. Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino are both…
New voters register at the COMELEC satellite site inside the Robinsons Pangasinan in Calasiao. (PUNCHphoto by Butch Uka) THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) kicked off the 10-day voter registration on August 1 in line with the potential holding of the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in December. In an…
FULL restoration of electricity in several towns in western Pangasinan that were battered by the most recent typhoon may take up to a month, according to the Pangasinan I Electric Cooperative (PANELCO 1. In an interview with Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, PANELCO 1 Chairman Engr. Allan Cerdan said they hope that…
THE Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) deployed a team of seven linemen and one foreman to Pangasinan to assist in restoring electricity in areas left without power following the onslaught of Typhoon Emong (International name: Go-may). INEC Chief of Staff Athena Nicolette Pilar said the team is expected to help…
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