ZERO MAINTENANCE OF EARTH DIKES RESIDENTS of Sta. Barbara may expect more flooding in the absence of effective protection from the earth dikes. According to the town’s Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, this is largely the result of the weak foundations of the dikes after three years without…
SHABU PACKAGED AS CHINESE TEA — A PDEA operative opens a sack containing packages of Chinese tea brand filled with shabu ready for shipment and distribution to other drop-off places in Pangasinan and other provinces. More than 300 kilos of packaged shabu were seized in Pozorrubio last week. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)
LiFe COUNCILORS REVERSE THEMSELVES A state of confusion reigns at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. Two weeks ago, the majority (composed of LiFe councilors) nixed the passage of the proposed ordinance submitted by the minority and certified by the office of the city mayor as urgent but the majority eventually reconsidered their position after the fact and decided to hold a public hearing contrary…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez met with officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) and youth organizations in the city last week to organize initial events for the year-long observance of Dagupan City’s Diamond Jubilee Year, marking the 75th ‘Agew na Dagupan’. Mayor Fernandez held the meeting shortly after she issued Executive…
THE Department of Education Dagupan City Schools Division Office (SDO) identified more structures that sustained damages when the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city last July 27. In last week’s issue of The PUNCH, the SDO initially only listed the PAGCOR Building in Dagupan City National High School, some classrooms…
P2.5B SHABU BUST IN POZORRUBIO – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency line up the stocks of shabu packaged as Chinese branded tea intended to be dropped-off at several points in Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)
MAJORITY INVOKES OWN RULES THE majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, all members of the LiFe group, rejected a proposed ordinance certified as urgent by the Mayor Belen Fernandez to reduce fees for motor boat operations from P1,100 to P650. Minority Leader Councilor Jeslito Seen initiated the measure to help motor boat…
THE Police Regional Office I has a new regional director with the assumption of P/Brig. General Belli Tamayo, a native of Barangay San Miguel in Calasiao town. Tamayo replaced PBGEN Westrimundo Obinque, also a native of Pangasinan town, in a turnover and change of command ceremony conducted Friday, August 12,…
RETROFITTING THE DAWEL BRIDGE – Personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways start the task of repairing the damage on the Dawel Bridge in Bonuan District in Dagupan City caused by the July 27 Magnitude 5 earthquake. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THERE is no plan yet to construct a new bridge to replace the damaged Dawel Bridge in Dagupan but merely to do some repair by retrofitting it to strengthen the bearing under the bridge that was weakened by the Magnitude 5 earthquake that struck Dagupan last July 27. This was…
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