THE National Food Authority’s 19 stationary palay buying stations in Region 1, including six in eastern Pangasinan and four in western Pangasinan, are now open for procurement of the main cropping season harvest. Aside from the buying stations, the NFA will also field mobile procurement teams to remote areas to…
LINGAYEN—Seventeen years after the telecommunications industry in the country was deregulated, which paved the way for the entry of several new players to compete with long-time solo provider Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT), interconnection remains a problem. Here in Pangasinan, Innove Communications, the landline arm of Globe Telecom Inc., and…
TILAPIA DISPERSAL PROJECTS SOME 5,000 tilapia fingerlings were dispersed in the communal bodies of water in San Carlos City and Basista town by the provincial government to enhance livelihood opportunities for fisherfolks. The fingerlings, distributed by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) as part of a program to promote…
THE City Agriculture Office (CAO) of Dagupan has launched a field schooling for farmers aimed at cultivating more crop production in this city mainly known for its aquaculture industry. The farmer field school, held once a week in Barangay Tebeng, one of the arable villages in the city, trains 30…
PRESIDENTIAL Communications Operations Officer Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. will address the Rotary District 3790 Area II meeting at the Stadia Convention Hall in Dagupan on October 30. Assistant Gov. Alfredo T. Caguioa, a former regional manager of the Development Bank of the Philippines, a former Rotary District governor in…
LECTURES, an “Amazing Race” competition, and other team-building events were among the fun and educational activities during the 1st YMCA National Youth Gathering held in Dagupan City last October 19 to 21. With the theme “ME to WE: Empowering Youth through Global Citizenship Education”, the event is in pursuit of…
AS the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) celebrates its 76th year anniversary, about 3,000 boy scouts with their parents and advisers assembled at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) last October 19 for the 4th BSP Pangasinan San Carlos City Council Kid/Kab Sayawan and Olympics. “Tuloy tuloy…
MOTHER Goose Special Science High School has reasons to crow over the achievements of its alumnae. Recently, Maria Salves B. Vedana, a graduate of MGSSHS in 2003, daughter of the late Judge Salvador Vedana and Dean Esther B. Vedana of University of Luzon, concluded her studies and graduated on top…
LOS ANGELES–The Sunday Punch correspondent Leonardo J. Galvez based here has been invited by Paramount Pictures to a special advance screening of the movie Flight, the latest of academy award-winning director Robert Zemeckis who also directed the “Forest Gump” and “Cast Away”.
A DETERMINED University of Eastern Pangasinan made an impressive run all the way to the championship series to win the 8th Metro Urdaneta Athletic Association Basketball League crown by beating Wellcare Institute of Science and Technology of Urdaneta City, 85-73, in the second game of the best-of-three finals last October…
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