DESPITE the Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 on Tuesday raised in Pangasinan, only a roof top of one of the buildings of University of Pangasinan-Phinma in Dagupan City was blown down, sheds of ambulant vendors along Galvan Street and at Magsaysay Market were toppled. At about the same time,…
IT’S that time of the year again. Calasiao is again experiencing severe flooding in many of its barangays as water from upstream continue to flow in. Kristine Soriano of the Calasiao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said as of July 28, Friday, 9a.m., the Marusay River water…
DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN FLOODED JUNCTION – A traffic officer of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) tries to set order in flow of traffic as motorists move in different directions to avoid being trapped in middle of knee deep floodwater. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TWO Dagupan councilors called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to now start removing all the fence enclosures in the foreshore lands of Bonuan, before permanent structures are built. This after Mayor Belen Fernandez discovered a number of fences enclosing large portions of foreshore lands in Bonuan…
ESTIMATED damage to the province’s agriculture caused by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) reached P2 million as of July 27. This was initial estimate of the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), saying farmers suffered the most during the onslaught of two weather systems….
ELEVATED DRAINING WALL AS PEDESTRIAN LINE—Students and commuters find relief from the rising flood water by walking up and down the newly constructed elevated drainage system on A.B. Fernandez Ave. for a chance to be transported out of the area by waiting tricycles. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A NEW Flood Mitigation Commission (FMC) was created by Mayor Belen Fernandez to address the worsening flood problem of Dagupan. Acknowledging the flooding problem in most parts of the city caused by irregular land conversions, extreme weather events and piecemeal infrastructure and urban planning, Fernandez issued Executive Order No. 14,…
THE elevation of roads and provision of bigger and wider drainage systems are the best options left for flood-prone Dagupan City. This was the reaction of Mayor Belen Fernandez in defense of the ongoing projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways on Arellano Street and A.B. Fernandez Avenue,…
A TSUNAMI may eventually hit Pangasinan in the near future, which could sink coastal towns, particularly Dagupan City, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). This was bared by DOST Secretary Dr. Renato Solidum during the ‘Alerto!Rehiyon Uno’ Forum on Geological Hazards in Region 1 on Thursday, July…
BLASPHEMOUS DRAG QUEEN’S ‘AMA NAMIN’ WHILE Archbishop Socrates Villegas denounced the video of a drag queen’s performance using the Lord’s Prayer “Ama Namin” (Our Father), as “blasphemous and grossly disrespectful,” he also said this was started by vulgarity during the past government. In his gospel reflection read by priests during…
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