LINGAYEN—No firearm issued to policemen in the province were fired for the duration of the long holiday. This was confirmed by the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) and municipal and city police stations in the province when final inspection of over 2,000 firearms sealed with masking tape was conducted last…
IN case of fire in Dagupan City, the city can only respond with one firetruck from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). This is because two out for the three units that the BFP maintains in the city are under repair, leaving only one to be fully functional. In this regard,…
SEVEN SUFFERED AMPUTATION LINGAYEN—As of January 4, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) here recorded an almost 40% increase in the number of persons treated for firecracker injuries incidents this year compared to the same period last year. Provincial health officer Dr. Anna De Guzman said 247 firecracker-related injuries were recorded…
THE Bureau of Immigration-Pangasinan office announced that immigrants and non-immigrants are required to report to the Bureau starting January 5 to March 1 to have their stay in the Philippine soil monitored by the government. Immigrants are permanent residents by marriage and mostly are former Filipinos who acquired new citizenships but…
A GROUP of American students are learning from Filipinos’ success in fisheries whom they acknowledge as “the masters of aquaculture.” Leading the nine students is Dr. Michael Rice of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences of University of Rhode Island, a former US Peace Corps volunteer in 1981…
THE “Bantay Ilog” team of the City Agriculture Office is again on high alert after it intercepted and seized three sacks of mussels, a few kilos of crabs and other aquatic products transported from Anda town. The shipment may be parts of 22 sacks earlier seized by the police from a passenger bus while…
NO MINE TAILING EFFECTS DAGUPAN bangus eaters can heave a sigh of relief following the disclosure of the findings of a reputable laboratory firm that the milkfish being raised in Dagupan has no trace of heavy metals as a result of possible mine tailing in the city ‘s rivers. This…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office here confirmed that the province registered P1.9 billion in the total investments in 2014, representing 26 percent increase over 2013’s P1.5 billion. Director Peter Mangabat of the DTI provincial office, said personal services industry such as spas, beauty centers, accounting firms…
LINGAYEN – Local producers of products with export quality have been assured of continuing opportunities to penetrate global market through the linkage provided by the Pangasinan Brotherhood – United States of America (PB-USA), a conglomerate of US-based Pangasinense associations. This commitment was affirmed by PB-USA Executive Vice-President Lino Caringal, who led…
SOME 20 families from five barangays here were chosen as beneficiaries of the community food production-cum-nursery program as pilot models for the city’s organic agricultural production program. The selected families from barangay Salisay, Tebeng, Bonuan Boquig, Lucao and Malued will receive composting sheds, seeds and garden tools, they will use…
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