FLOWERS FOR LOVERS – The mad rush for flowers in markets show that lovers, couples and singles take to Valentine’s Day as D-Day for sharing love at all costs, (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS THE Dagupan City government stands to be slapped with P500,000 in penalty if it will not pay Pag-Ibig Fund’s increased premium of its officials and employees made effective on February 1 this year. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle said the city government cannot pay the premiums…
Pag-Ibig Fund to penalize Dagupan P500K
WITH the onion harvest season reaching its peak, farmgate prices came crashing down in Bayambang. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture Region I (DA-I) reported that selling price of onion in public markets have plunged 200%, from P180 per kilogram to P40 to P50 per kilogram. Onion grower Ronnie Ringor of…
Onion farmgate price crashes to P10 per kilo
THE Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag town remains the undisputed top tourism destination in the province of Pangasinan this 2023, according to the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO). PTCAO head Maria Luisa Elduayan said the Basilica Minore attracted 5.2 million tourist arrivals last…
Manaoag Basilica is Pangasinan’s top tourism destination
THIRTY-SEVEN Irrigators Associations (IAS) in the Fourth District received 61 water pumps for their use from Rep. Christopher de Venecia on February 9. De Venecia, together with his mom, former Rep. Gina de Venecia, National Irrigation Administration-Pangasinan Acting Division Manager Engr. John Molano and Agno-Sinocalan Chief Engr. Cipriano Yabut, led the…
Irrigators Associations in 4th District receive water pumps
BLOOD FOR LOVE – The Pangasinan Red Cross chapter holds a bloodletting at the CSI Atrium in Dagupan City to create the awareness love can be expressed not only through flowers and chocolates but by sharing one’s blood to those in need. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BLOOD FOR LOVE
HOLCIM PHIL.’S PROPOSAL A NEW project that could eventually end the 60-year-old garbage problem of Dagupan without the city spending a single centavo, has again been found, according to Mayor Belen Fernandez. The new project is being offered by Holcim Philippines, Inc. based in Bacnotan, La Union, manufacturer of Portland Cement…
Use Dagupan’s garbage as fuel for cement manufacturing
THE Pangasinan accounts 60-percent of the region’s total rice production which makes the province still the top contributor in rice production in Region I. This was confirmed by the Department of Agriculture Region I (DA-1) as it noted a two-percent increase in its production compared to 2022. DA-1’s data show…
Pangasinan remains top rice producer in Region I
MORE farmlands in Tayug were already reported to be severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon. The Department of Agriculture–Region I (DA-1) said some 30 farmers tilling 34 hectares of farmlands in Barangay Evangelista, Tayug town, have appealed for help on seeing their farms dry from the absence of irrigation…
Tayug farmlands severely affected by El Niño
THE talong (eggplant) industry for which Villasis is famous for, is not affected by the El Niño phenomenon, according to the town’s Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO). Roberto Padilla, MAO’S municipal high-value crops coordinator, said in an interview that even during El Niño phenomenon in the past, their harvest remains good…