The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a road project that is expected to boost agriculture and tourism in Pangasinan. DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the 916-meter road project in Barangay Bolaoen in San Fabian town will provide a quick and safe route from the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Pangasinan Second District Engineering Office has completed a P10-million farm-to-market road in Barangay Bolaoen, San Fabian, Pangasinan. District Engineer Edita Manuel said the 0.916-kilometer road will benefit hundreds of farmers and residents...
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) reported that its net income surged 95 percent to P7.6 billion in the second quarter of the year, boosting first half earnings by 33 percent to P15.6 billion year-on-year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said it almost...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will open a calamity assistance package starting November this year to help typhoon Fabian-stricken members and pensioners in Calapan and Naujan in Oriental Mindoro, Malabon City, and all other affected areas. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
A grade 10 student has been hailed as a hero for saving a dog that fell into a river during the onslaught of Typhoon Fabian. (Screenshot via Animal Kingdom Foundation) The Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF) recognized student Angelo Diolata Flores for his "bravery and compassion" after he saved a dog...
The recent rains – Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Fabian – have already brought damage and losses of nearly P700 million to the country’s farm sector, affecting thousands of farmers. Based on the latest report of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The torrential southwest monsoon rains that the country experienced the past week has caused a whopping P1.17 billion worth of damage to infrastructure, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Busa Bridge along Baguio-Bontoc Road in Sabangan, Mt. Province (Photo courtesy of the...
More than 10,000 individuals or over 2,600 families displaced by southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon “Fabian remained in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Sunday, August 1. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The DSWD’s Disaster Response...
(KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The government has been urged to provide assistance to small fishers and farmers in Central Luzon, whose livelihoods have been affected by the recent typhoon and heavy monsoon rains. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya)...
As the agriculture sector continues to sustain damages due to non-stop monsoon rains, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) had sought Congress to grant a P15,000 production subsidy for small farmers during calamities. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Torrential rains and flooding...
After a record run, fish unloading st the country’s regional fish ports has been declining due to persistent downpour, which was intensified by Typhoon Fabian last week. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) reported that the country's Regional Fish...
More than P11-million worth of relief assistance has been extended to the families affected by southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon “Fabian,” the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Wednesday, July 28. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations...
