URDANETA CITY–The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has agreed to improve the existing communal irrigation system here at its own expense initially but the farmers benefiting from it will eventually have to pay for the service. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., who is ending his nine-year term of office on June 30…
POZORRUBIO–About 60,000 tilapia fingerlings from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist arrived here last week for dispersal in open fresh waters in the municipality. The target areas are along the communal irrigation systems of Amagbagan, Bobonan and Banding; the Bued River passing through Manaol, Malokiat, Tulnac, and Malasin; Talogtog Creek, and;…
STA. BARBARA–Construction of the state-of-the-art rice processing complex (RPC) at the Provincial Nursery Compound here is expected to be completed by July and operations to formally start by September or October. Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Technical Director Cris Bautista has reported to the visiting representatives of the Korean International Cooperation…
SM City Rosales launched last week its Global Pinoy Center, a one-stop shop for services specifically tailored for overseas Filipino workers and their families in Pangasinan. Among the services offered are delivery of information on investment opportunities and notices from government employment agencies such as the POEA, OWWA and DOLE;…
ENTHUSIASTICALLY supported by parents and communities, the Brigada Eskwela is Department of Education’s most resounding success story in recent years. This was disclosed by DepEd Undersecretary Franklin Sunga who addressed the regional kick off ceremony of Brigada Eskwela on May 24 at the East Central Integrated School in Dagupan City.
LINGAYEN–The Ocean Month was observed in Pangasinan on May 25 with the cleaning and clearing of the Lingayen Beach by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Police Provincial Office. More than 15 sacks of garbage were collected, most of which were plastic cups and…
RICE PLANT CONSTRUCTION IN FULL SWING–Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan (1st from right) takes (from left) Department of Agriculture Regional Technical Director Cris Bautista and Mr. Kim Jen Oh, representative from Korean International Cooperation Agency, on an inspection of the state-of-the-art Rice Processing Plant at the Provincial Nursery Compound in…
WINDMILLS OF BANI–Mayor Marcelo Navarro Jr. of Bani holds a brochure on the prototype of windmills that will be built by More Energy in sitio Ulanen, Barangay Dacap Sur Bani. The town’s windmills will be more modern than the windmills in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. (Punchphoto by LM) Back to Homepage
FUTILE EFFORTS–An enraged housewife argues with Sheriff Saturnino Tadeja on the legality of the demolition order in a bid to prevent the demolition of her house. The tenants being evicted claim they were issued Certificates of Land Transfer by the Department of Agrarian Reform. Tadeja said that the CTC was…
OCEAN MONTH–Senior Superintendent Percival Barba, police provincial director, congratulates his men “for job well done” after collecting more than 10 sacks of garbage and debris at the Lingayen Beach on May 25 as part of the celebration of the Ocean Month. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
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