VARIOUS consultative meetings have been lined up in Dagupan City to discuss and strengthen multi-hazard warning systems and emergency responses against tsunamis. Ruby Rose Policarpio, institutional development specialist of the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (RIMES) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, said that early warning systems and immediate action…

THE rivers of Dagupan City, known for its aquaculture industry, are in a “sorry state” due mainly to indiscriminate dumping of waste and defecation by informal settlers into the rivers. City officials pointed this out during a seminar-workshop held recently to discuss the problems plaguing the Sinolocan and Pantal rivers.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN celebration of women’s month, 4th District Rep Gina de Venecia assumed as Speaker of the House of Representatives for a day last March 14. The wife of former five-time Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. headed an-all women legislators group that took over Congress from their male…

HEALTH CARE–Councilor Jesus Canto, chair of the committee on health and sanitation of the Dagupan City council, leads the Kalusugan ng Barangay program, a medical mission that gives special attention to mothers and their babies, during its launching in Barangay Pugaro on March 15. The project is co-sponsored by the Rotary…

THE Kalusugan Ng Barangay (KNB) program, which gives special attention to mother and child welfare, was launched in Barangay Pugaro, Dagupan City last Tuesday. Councilor Jesus Canto, the program proponent along with the Rotary Club of Metro Dagupan, said the KNB is not just an ordinary medical mission but a…

LAWYER Gonzalo Duque, president of Lyceum-Northwestern University, said he and the other college and university presidents are ready to hold a dialogue with Mayor Benjamin Lim at the latter’s instance. Duque said they will meet with the mayor “if he will call for us”.

BINMALEY–A P500,000 reward has been put on offer to anyone who can provide the police information that could lead to the identification and arrest of the two suspects who shot and wounded a former vice mayor of Lingayen and his wife, currently a barangay chair, along the highway in Barangay…

FIRE PREVENTION AS the nation observes Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Dagupan City warned the public to be especially careful in the kitchen as leaks in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks and unattended cooking are the most prevalent causes of fire.

HOW prepared are local governments in handling environmental crisis? This question loomed after a processing plant handling petroleum by-products, located in Barangay Suaco in Mangatarem, suspected to be posing a threat to the town’s environment and residents has been reported by a resident.

THE City Health Office (CHO) of Dagupan will conduct a massive immunization drive starting this month in conjunction with the Department of Health’s annual national campaign to reduce the number of children at risk of getting measles-rubella (German measles).