BAYAMBANG, PANGASINAN—The proponent of the P250-million sanitary landfill project here has started site preparation work for the facility after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources granted the project its environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
Abelardo Palad Jr., president of the Waste Integrated Network Systems (Wins) Inc., said his company is now clearing the 33-hectare site in Barangay Dusoc here of “all possible disturbances” that may hamper its construction.
The project consists initially of three cells (an excavated area where garbage will be compacted), a leachate (liquid produced from decomposing wastes) treatment plant, a material recovery facility, a composting plant, an administration building, a motor pool, a weigh bridge, a wash bay, a generator house and guard houses.
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URDANETA Vice Mayor Charizzma Salud Carancho and her father, Pangasinan Fifth District Board Member Emmanuel Carancho, will exchange positions in the upcoming May elections.
The elder Carancho is in his third and last term as board member and is eyeing his daughter’s current position, while the vice mayor will attempt to go back to the Provincial Board (PB) where she was once a member as sectoral representative. The younger Carancho served as president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL)-Pangasinan chapter from 2001 to 2004.
Political observers said Chu is “a shoo-in to one of the two seats for regular board members.”
Emmanuel is confident his daughter will make it as “they have done their best to serve their constituents.”
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GOVERNOR Victor Agbayani urged Wednesday the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office in coordination with the municipal social welfare offices of the affected coastal towns to complete the socio/economic documentation of the families of survivors, casualties and the missing.
The documentation is needed by the provincial government to determine appropriate relief and livelihood assistance to the victims of the sea disaster and their families.
Task Force Infanta headed by Lt. Colonel Gregory Cayetano of the Philippine Army, which spearhead the relief and rescue operations for the affected fishermen, has already terminated its work last December 27 after the safe return and recovery of 202 persons.
Some 55 more of the original missing fishermen are unaccounted for.
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A GERMAN national, now a long-time resident of Dagupan, is lending his hand in promoting the Philippines in his own country, hoping to entice German and European investors and tourists.
The good thing is Professor Manfred Ollik of Kassel City in Germany is doing this for free, just for his love of the Philippines, which he now calls his second home.
Ollik is a Knight Commander of Rizal in Germany, who now lives in Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan. He said he has an endearing love for the Philippines and will do everything he can to improve its image in Germany and Europe.
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