TO IMPROVE FLOODWATER OUTFLOW A sandbar between the island Barangay of Pugaro and Sabangan in Bonuan Gueset in the mouth of the Calmay River is among the reasons why the most recent widespread flooding in Dagupan – caused by heavy monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Crising (international name: Wiph) – receded slowly,…
THE editorial and administrative team of The Sunday PUNCH traveled from Dagupan City to Forbes Park, Makati,78 on July 30 to pay a moving final tribute to their beloved publisher and editor-in-chief, Mr. Ermin Garcia Jr., during the wake held at the Santuario de San Antonio Multi-Purpose Chapels. A pillar…
WESTERN PANGASINAN TOWNS HIT HARD BY ‘EMONG’ THERE are now 22 cities and municipalities in Pangasinan declared under a state of calamity, according to an official list obtained by The PUNCH, which was validated by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as of July 29, 2025. Among…
MOST BUSINESSES RESUME OPERATIONS ALL major roads in Dagupan are now passable to light vehicles, except a section of Mayombo Road going to M.H. Del Pilar Street and A.B. Fernandez Avenue, and most establishments at the city’s Central Business District are back to normal operations. The City Government Information Office…
NOT FOR WALKING AT THIS TIME — A tricycle navigates the Baywalk in Lingayen on July 24, 2025 where rainwater accumulated following more than a week of downpour from the southwest monsoon or habagat enhanced by typhoons Crising and Dante. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
WARNING ISSUED FOR VOLUNTARY DEMOLITION DAGUPAN CITY Mayor Belen Fernandez sent stern notice to owners of fish pens that have been illegally set up near the mouth of the Calmay River, ordering them to demolish the structures before the local government takes action. The mayor discovered the unauthorized structures as…
WIDESPREAD flooding in Pangasinan following Typhoon Crising (international name: Wipha) and the enhanced southwest monsoon has so far displaced 189,711 families composed of 585,178 individuals across 27 municipalities and three cities, according to a report from the government’s Philippine Information Agency (PIA). Quoting the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez thanked the Office of the Ombudsman for dismissing the criminal and administrative cases filed by the former majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) against her, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, and six other city officials, five of whom were members of the past minority bloc who passed…
LOCAL authorities are closely monitoring flood conditions across Dagupan City as heavy rains and high tide continue to affect various communities Ronald de Guzman, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said it has been persistently raining for more than a week due to a passing…
BAMBOO POLES FOR FISHPENS—As Typhoon Crising is about to lash out Pangasinan on Friday, July 18, a big truck unloads bamboo poles on the right side of Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension facing the Calmay River, to be towed later by two or more bancas to an unknown destination in…
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