NO MOTORCYCLE, NO PROBLEM — This ambulant vendor selling house items is proof that selling on foot instead of using a motorcycle or a cart, is more profitable these days and he surmises he is well ahead of his mobile competitors who have to spend more to sell, what with the three-week…
IMPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN DAGUPAN City sealed a long-term partnership with Holcim Philippines, Inc. for the conversion of the city’s non-recyclable wastes into alternative fuel for the company’s cement plant in Bulacan. Mayor Belen Fernandez signed the Memorandum of Agreement for and in behalf of the city of Dagupan with…
FIRST IN PHL AND SOUTHEAST ASIA SAN Roque Power Corporation’s (SRPC) hydropower facility in Pangasinan was issued the Hydropower Sustainability Standard Silver Certification, the first in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia. Located in the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas in Pangasinan, and extending into Itogon…
THE head of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) called for the reversal of the tariff reduction on imported rice under Executive Order (EO) 62, which took effect in July 2024, saying that this failed to lower prices of ric In his January 21, 2025 letter addressed to President Ferdinand…
DA ASSURES SUPPLY STILL STABLE THE Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed the spread of onion-eating army worms, known locally as harabas, in nine towns in Pangasinan, but gave assurance that onion supply in the markets remains stable. Vida Cacal, spokesperson for DA-Region 1, told an interview with Bombo Radyo Dagupan…
WHERE’S THE CSWD? – An ambulant vendor allows his 3-year-old brother to help push the cart around the city’s business district, unmindful of the risk to the life and limb of the child but POSO personnel allowed them to proceed without calling the attention of the City Social Welfare Department…
AS stronger cold winds blow amid the amihan or northeast monsoon season, many may crave for a warm bowl of fish sinigang, but that culinary delight is becoming less accessible due to rising fish prices. Recent market monitoring indicates that fish prices have increased by almost 20% to 30%. Malaga…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed three resolutions on January 13 interposing no objections to key hydropower projects proposed by San Roque Hydropower, Inc. (SRHI), a subsidiary of San Miguel Global Power Corporation. “Ngayong araw po ay pinasa po yung tatlong resolutions of no objections for these three major projects that…
FOR GRADE 8-10 STUDENTS FOURTH District Rep. Christopher de Venecia led on Tuesday the inauguration of the newly built two-story, eight-classroom building of the David National High School (DNHS) in Mangaldan to house Grade 8 and Grade 10 students. Built at a cost of P19.3 million, the new school building was initiated…
THE Committee on Environmental Protection of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Aguilar convened on January 13 to discuss a proposal from the company Ixus Solar Energy Corp. (ISEC) for the development of the Aguilar Solar Project and an Integrated Battery Energy Storage Plant within the municipality. The hearing was prompted…
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