PANGASINAN recorded a 209.25N percent rice sufficiency level, despite the El Niño phenomenon persisting in the country. The rice sufficiency level equates to a rice production of 830,062.18 metric tons (MT). It means that the farmers in the province produced a surplus production of 433,382.54 MT, which is the average…
SUMMERTIME FRUIT – A vendor braves the high index heat, pushing his cart filled with newly harvested watermelon offering these to barangay residents in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
AN estimated 600,000 devotees visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag during the observance of the Holy Week. This was bared by Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario during an interview with iFM Dagupan, adding that the peak attendance occurred on Maundy Thursday, from afternoon till evening….
PANGASINENSES are taking advantage of the summer season to build houses. On this, DTI Provincial Director Nathalie Dalaten said the higher demand for construction materials are being exploited by unscrupulous construction storeowners, hence, DTI is closely monitor the prices of cement bags, hollow blocks, GI sheets, nails and wires. So…
SOME 1,000 residents of Urbiztondo were beneficiaries of the “Cash for Work” Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Urbiztondo municipal government led by Mayor Modesto Operania. The beneficiaries, chosen from among the indigent families in the town, were given 45 to 90 days short-term…
(Filed by IFM Dagupan News) 7 drown in Pangasinan rivers during the Holy Week PANGASINAN recorded seven drowning incidents during the Holy Week. This was bared by P/Capt. Renan de l Cruz, information officer of the Pangasinan Police, who said all the seven victims drowned in rivers where they went…
EL NINO’S FRIEND – A salt farmer in Dasol town carries woven bamboo baskets filled with sun-dried salt from the salt beds for delivery to wholesale traders. Hot, sunny days are the salt farmers’ favorite season. The towns in the western part of Pangasinan are still the province’s top salt producers. (Punchphoto by…
WITH the onset of the warm dry season officially announced by PAGASA on Friday, March 22, the Bonuan Tondaligan Beach is now ready to take on thousands of visitors and beachgoers . Albert Gregorio, Tondaligan Beach Park Administrator, said lifeguards are always on standby, while augmentation from the City Disaster…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) is set to increase charges this month. However, Decorp said that this additional charge will help remove or at the very least, lessen rotational brownouts. Atty. Randy Castilan, Decorp spokesman, cited two reasons for the increase: 1) The 27-centavo increase in generation charge, –from P5.01…
THE Pangasinan provincial government and Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) led the groundbreaking for the first solar power plant in Barangay Santa Catalina in Binalonan town. Governor Ramon Guico III and CREC president and CEO Oliver Y. Tan led the ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on March 20, 2024 for the solar…
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