TAYUG—This town was identified as having the highest malnutrition rate in the province last June, observed as Nutrition Month in the country. Surprised and alarmed by the report, the municipal government immediately launched in mid-July a 120-day feeding program for 460 of the town’s most malnourished children.
LINGAYEN—After an alarming 60 percent increase from January to August, the number of reported dengue cases has dropped this month at 160 so far compared to 389 in the same month last year. But the Provincial Health Office (PHO) maintains the alert level and reiterated its call to all communities…
LINGAYEN—Relatives of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria can call their loved ones in the war-torn country for free through the Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) located here. PESO chief Alex Ferrer noted, however, that there is a very small number of OFWs from Pangasinan in Syria as their…
LINGAYEN—A company undertaking sand and gravel quarrying in Bayambang town has been ordered to cease and desist operations by the provincial government following a protest rally by residents in the area. Last Monday, residents of Barangay San Gabriel I, site of the quarrying operations, and nearby barangays held a rally…
THE Association of Dagupan Hotels and Inns (ADHI) expressed support to the city council’s proposed resolution to ban minors unaccompanied by elders from their establishments. Fred Quinto, president of ADHI, said their group with more than 20 members, is ready to implement the rule once the ordinance is passed. “They…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on September 16, 2013 a resolution creating an ad hoc technical working committee that will be tasked to update and revise the Pangasinan Investment Code. The ad hoc technical working committee will be composed of heads of the different concerned departments of the provincial government…
LINGAYEN—The price of commercial rice in the market remains high but government agencies have assured that this will change soon with harvests already underway. “We have enough supply in our warehouses and we’re expecting the price to normalize since the harvesting already started,” said Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya last September…
LINGAYEN—The Tourism Operations Division (TOD) has launched additional survey points to gather more data on visitor arrivals in the province to strengthen data support for planning of programs and events. The areas cover bus terminals, namely: Victory Liner, Five Star, and Solid North in the towns of Bolinao, Alaminos City,…
LINGAYEN—Who said dedication to duty is not acknowledged publicly? Senior Police Officer4 (SPO4) Teofilo Siao Juanata Jr., a son of Basista, has been on the job for a quarter of a century. And his untiring dedication to his duty as a police officer over those 25 years has been given…
PEOPLE POWER HISTORY—Students of the Creative Montessori Center of the Lyceum Northwestern University appear mesmerized as they listen to their principal, Joel Cerezo, as he reads a story from the book EDSA, written by Russel Molina and illustrated by Sergio Bumatay III, which was launched by the EDSA People Power…
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