THE dismantling of all remaining illegal fish pens in Dagupan City will be completed by June 30. This was gleaned from the list released by the City Agriculture Office (CAO). Only 11 structures are left for dismantling between this month till 2015. Three of these fish pens are already set for…
THE more than 60,000 Muslims (including Balik Islam) residing in Pangasinan vowed to be more active in the socio-economic growth of the community during their meeting in Dagupan City last Saturday. Some 50 leaders and representatives of various chapters of the Pangasinan Integrated Muslims Assembly, Inc. headed by Hadji Hassan…
Pangasinan Muslims vow support to development
THE opening of the proposed Corazon C. Aquino Cancer Center at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City is definitely set early next year, 2016. According to Dr. Roland Joseph O. Mejia, R1MC director, the cancer center project approved during then DOH Secretary Francisco T. Duque’s term, aims…
Cory Cancer Center slated next year
LINGAYEN – The Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) remains on high alert for the security of beachgoers in the province. PDRRMC is implementing a “6 p.m. no swimming policy” at the Lingayen Beach. It also advised local government units to continue monitoring and guarding the seas and river…
Pangasinan DRRMC on alert for holiday beach goers
MANGATAREM- Employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Ilocos Region staged the 2nd Annual Eco-Adventure Race to Manleluag Spring Protected Landscape to promote another protected landscape in the province. Mangatarem is one of only two parks in Pangasinan proclaimed by the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Law…
DENR races to save Pangasinan’s protected landscape
FISH KILL ALERT SEVEN truckloads of milkfish that died from the fishkill in Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan were intercepted and denied entry into the Dagupan Fish Market in the early morning of April 27, after a round-the-clock alert was raised by the City Agriculture Office. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina said the…
Dagupan bans bangus from Bolinao, Anda
WHEN Filipinos take full advantage of opportunities, properly utilize available resources, access to little capital brings about meaningful changes in their lives. This is the life lesson that Mrs. Carmelita Razo or Aling Lita, a market vendor- beneficiary of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s PTK (Presyo-Trabaho-Kita) lending program. Aling Lita, a…
When small help makes a big difference
LINGAYEN– Some 120 students and out-of-school youths have been tapped for 20-day summer jobs at the Capitol under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) chief Alex Ferrer said they will be paid more than P400 allowance each day- 60 percent of the…
120 teens hired for summer jobs at Capitol
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reminds parents to carefully check if the school supplies they are purchasing for their children are properly labeled to be protected against toxic or hazardous substances. “The packaging of the product should bear the brand or trade mark, name and address of manufacturer/distributor/importer, country…
Parents advised to buy non-toxic school supplies
COMPLIANT ESTABLISHMENT— SM City Rosales receives its Certificate of Compliance from the Department of Labor and Employment after verification of its full compliance with the General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Presenting the certificate to SM Regional HR Manager Irene Manjares (5th from right) and Assistant Mall Manager…




