MORE ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES ALAMINOS CITY— The tourists are arriving in droves to this city! This trend has been confirmed by the number of tourists that visited the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) that reached an all-time high last month, June, surpassing last year’s visitor count. From January to June this…
THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reiterated its opposition against the death penalty, asserting it is “for life and against death” after advocacy groups pressed for the restoration of capital punishment. In a statement titled The CBCP and the Proposed Restoration of the Death Penalty dated July 2,…
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 1 assured its members that their full benefits will be honored in private hospitals. The government-led health insurer issued this announcement after the Private Hospital Association of Philippines Incorporated (PHAPI) gave the assurance that its members and dependents will not deduct amounts…
ENDANGERED TREE SPECIES—-The 4-hectare arboretum of former DENR secretary Victor Ramos in Barangay Rizal, Natividad boasts of 200 species of indigenous trees found in the Philippines including endangered tree species. The site presents a good study for Pangasinanes to better appreciate the need to preserve and protect the environment. (Punchphoto by Willie…
SUCCESSFUL BFAR EXPERIMENT HERE’S good news for local bangus growers. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here announced another breakthrough in its experiment. A significant increase in the growth rate of bangus, producing bigger sizes, from 300 to 500 grams, have been noted from using plant-based feeds and…
DAGUPAN CITY—First the bad news. Rice prices have soared. Now the good news – farmers are earning an all-time high for their palay! The data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistic show that the buying price in April 2014 for palay reached P25 per kilogram, a P9 increase from last year’s average selling…
NFA ASSURES SUFFICIENT SUPPLY INSTEAD of rice, Pangasinenses should learn to consume other food staples to help attain the country’s goal to become self-sufficient in rice. “We encourage the consumption of alternatives, so we can decrease our consumption of rice,” said Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge at the Office of the Provincial…
MASS WEDDING ANOTHER batch of seventy live-in couples from different barangays in this city exchanged “I dos” in a mass civil wedding ceremony solemnized by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez last June 27 at the University of Luzon. The mayor cited the importance of legalizing marital unions of live-in couples as family…
Lingayen – The country’s first provincial consular office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is set to open in August at the Robinson’s Place in Calasiao, Pangasinan. The services of DFA’s satellite office will include issuance of new passports, renewal of expired passports, replacement of lost, expired or mutilated…
Gov. Espino Huddles with Culinary Course Scholars—Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr (standing, 7th from right) together with 30 promising Pangasinense chefs flash the No. 1 sign in a courtesy call with the provincial chief executive last June 25. The provincial government has financed the two-month culinary course of the students…
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