DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez is contemplating to declare environmental emergency in Dagupan, noting the very serious and concerning condition of the city’s rivers caused by the 1,460 oversized fish pens. The agriculture office reported that 1,200 of these are operating beyond their carrying capacities, largely overstocked and where some…
THE Department of Health issued an alert to Pangasinan residents after 90 cases of human hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) were been recorded in Pangasinan. Burgos already has 25 active HFMD cases after four confirmed cases were initially recorded that prompted the local Rural Health Unit (RHU) to launch…
A temporary bailey bridge will be constructed beside the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge (whose Span 12 totally collapsed last October 20) but will be for light vehicles only. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 said most of steel platforms, transoms and bailey panels from Ilocos Sur were…
AMID WAWA BRIDGE COLLAPSE THE Urbiztondo local government is strictly implementing a five-ton weight limit on its Imelda Bridge following an assessment after the collapse of the approach of the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge in Barangay Wawa, Bayambang, on Thursday, October 20, that injured four persons. Urbiztondo Mayor Modesto Operania…
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), aided by Bayambang local government, extracted the two dump trucks that fell with the span of the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge in Bayambang that collapsed as they were crossing it. Bayambang Mayor Niña Quiambao said removal of the two trucks that fell was the first…
AVERAGE cases of COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan have increased minimally, the new average for the period October 19 to 25 was up to 20 cases, from previous seven-day daily average of 18 logged from October 12 to 18. The data was released on October 25 by the Provincial Health Office…
CLEARING OF PANTAL RIVER — Efforts to clear the Pantal River of water lilies are continued by City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council personnel trapped between the Quintos Bridge and the Magsaysay Bridge in Dagupan City to abate flooding in city streets during high tide and a typhoon. (Punchphoto by…
THE shanties of 27 families in Barangay Bacayao Norte, Dagupan City were recently demolished by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the construction of a flood control project. The barangay council said the families of illegal settlers received P10,000-P15,000 financial assistance depending on the size of the…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan received a resolution seeking to declare all positions in the Sports Development Office under the Office of the Provincial Governor vacant. The proposed ordinance was jointly filed by Third District Board Member Vici Ventanilla and Fourth District Board Member Jerry Agerico Rosario. The Provincial Sports and Development…
THE Dagupan City Disaster Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) moved to quickly assess major infrastructures in the city for possible damage caused by the Magnitude 3 earthquake felt in Dagupan at 10:59 p.m. on October 25. (The epicenter of the quake time was Lagangilang, Abra where the quake registered at Magnitude 6.5)….
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