THANK GOD NO CLASSES – The floodwater has taken over the hundreds of students that crowd the area on regular school days fronting Ednas School and Dagupan City National High School along Tapuac District in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
LINGAYEN—Gov. Amado Espino III declared a province-wide suspension of classes in all levels, public and private in Pangasinan on Thursday, July 19 and Mayor Belen Fernandez did the same in Dagupan City due to rising floodwaters caused by days of monsoon rains that were intensified by Tropical Storm Inday which came immediately after…
EVACUATION – Personnel of the City Disaster Office bring a boy and his grandmother to the People’s Astrodome in Dagupan City for temporary shelter, as incessant overnight downpour flooded low-lying areas in the city. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
LINGAYEN–Several roads and bridges in western and central Pangasinan were rendered impassable as a result of the onslaught of Tropical Storms “Henry” and “Inday”. The alert was issued by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) 11:00 a.m. on July 20. Not passable in Agno due to flooding were the roads…
TWENTY-two suspects, including two 15-year old boys, were arrested in intensified operations of the Philippine Drug Enforcement- Region 1 and Pangasinan PNP’s Drug Enforcement Team last week. John Carlo Agustin, a 15-year-old out-of-school youth was nabbed win a buy-bust operation in Sta. Maria town. He attempted to sell one sachet…
SHARING GOOD VIBES THE inclement weather can close roads and bridges but not the opportunities for exchange of wit and humor between Mayor Belen Fernandez and her constituents. Flooding normally makes one angry but some netizens in Dagupan found relief in the sense humor of the mayor. Last…
PULIS GOOD DEEDS MALASIQUI— Residents of Barangay Lokeb Este this town may have been initially unnerved by the presence of some 20 policemen in their community last Thursday morning. These were the police personnel at the Malasiqui Police Station who were on a break from their work schedule who proceeded…
LINGAYEN—It’s rainy season and it’s the season for dengue cases, a fact confirmed by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The province already recorded a 94 percent increase in dengue cases with eight deaths from January to July 16 this year. The data from PHO showed that there were only 1,180 dengue…
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