ANOTHER batch of 1,648 beneficiaries in Dagupan City have been provided PhilHealth coverage through the Alagang Balon Dagupan expanded health program of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. Among the beneficiaries were barangay-based volunteer workers and members of the barangay council, barangay health workers, day care workers, members of the barangay police,…
BUGALLON—Some 221 severely underweight children aged 0-7 months old in 24 barangays of the town receive 200-milliliter of carabao milk daily to drink over a 90-day period that started last July, courtesy of the local government. The milk supply is being delivered house-to-house by barangay health scholars. The “Adopt a…
SEVERAL city hall employees were given an unusual special assignment last week – to sample and evaluate samples of deboned Dagupan bangus. The Bangus Industry Development Program (BIDP) decided to make regular consumers provide the detailed evaluation of bangus samples given them to determine the quality and marketability of the products…
Lingayen – The Espino administration wants to start with livelihood ventures at the grassroots level to spur investments in the province. This was the direction provided by Provincial Administrator Rafael Howard Baraan during the first meeting of Investment Promotion Board (IPB) last week. He urged IPB members to help organize communities to…
DTI BAGWIS AWARD ROSALES– SM City Rosales’ Hypermarket has been cited and awarded the prestigious Gold Bagwis Award of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for observing the highest level of excellence in service for the benefit of its consumers. “Only few have been awarded the gold seal in…
URDANETA CITY- The personnel and officers assigned to the revenue district office (RDO) 6 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have a reason to crow. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) rated their office as “excellent” for its customer service by and ranked number one in the entire region for…
ONLY EXACT CHANGE, PLEASE ROSALES—Here’s a warning from the regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to stores that give candies instead of exact change. Erring establishments, depending on their level, would be fined a minimum of P5,000. Regional director Florante Leal warned that it is an…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned the public of proliferation of pyramiding scams purporting to be a networking organization. Director Peter Mangabat of DTI-Pangasinan explained that networking is a legitimate multi-level marketing approach designed to generate business volume and income, while pyramiding is an illegal recruitment racket…
SILKA BEAUTIES–It’s no longer summer but nothing can stop Pangasinan beauties from taking center stage to show who’s the fairest among them at the Miss Silka Pangasinan 2014 Pageant. Among those who stood out were (from left) May Averence Hortaleza of Dagupan City, Orielle Kim Basali of Urdaneta (Ms Silka Pangasinan 2014 winner…
By Leonardo V. Micua FORSTER, New South Wales–“Wow, are you kidding?” This was the excited reaction of doctors of St. George Medical Center in Kogarah when our daughter-in-law Dr. Maryjane Quevedo-Micua told them she and family are transferring to Forster. One even said rather astonishingly, ” Forster? That’s the…
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