ALAMINOS CITY –Opposing local candidates in fifteen communities already held a ‘Peace Covenant’ signing for peaceful and credible elections on May 9. P/Chief Inspector Michael Grona, head of the Police Community Relations of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO), told The PUNCH that fourteen towns and one city out of…
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DWSD) Field Office 1 warned the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries who pawn their cash cards to money lenders. According to DSWD Field Office 1 information officer on 4Ps, Jaesem Ryan Gaces, beneficiaries caught pawning their cash cards will be delisted. Gaces…
4Ps beneficiaries warned on pawning cash cards
SUCCESSFUL MOCK POLLS IF the recent successful holding of mock elections in Pangasinan is any indication, Pangasinenses can look forward to a peaceful and credible elections in May 9. The Commission on Elections said from the casting of votes to counting and transmission of ballots, the mock elections in Pangasinan…
Comelec optimistic about credible elections
LINGAYEN– The Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO) recently bought 11 various new construction equipment for the implementation of different infrastructure projects in the province. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. led the blessing of the equipment held at the Provincial Motorpool, Capitol Compound last week. Provincial engineer, Engr. Antonieta Delos Santos, the new…
Capitol buys new construction equipment
THE national president of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers (PAFP) has called on the government to investigate the expensive imported commercial feeds being sold in the market that he suspects contain fake ingredients. Eduardo Maramba, PAFP president, raised his concern to the attention of vice presidential candidate Senator Alan Cayetano…
Fake fish feed blamed for slow growth of bangus
LINGAYEN— Fifteen more farmers’ associations in the province received livelihood assistance from the provincial government. A total of P2.31 million were distributed for a supervised credit program to the farmers and irrigators in the towns of Bautista, Laoac, San Manuel, Tayug, Natividad, Rosales, Basista, Bayambang, Sual, Mabini, Bolinao, Asingan, and…
15 more groups avail of livelihood assistance
LINGAYEN— To help mitigate the impact of El Niño, the Espino administration provided 100 organizations of farmers and irrigators in the province with water pumps and engine sets. Gov. Amado Espino Jr., Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., and Board Member Amado Espino III led the distribution of the farming…
100 farmers’ groups get water pumps
MANGALDAN—Two farmers here successfully combined two varieties of rice to form new crossbred varieties named Bona 1 and Bona 2. Dionisio Frianeza and Samuel Gorospe, farmer breeders named their newly developed crossbred varieties of rice after the incumbent mayor of the town, Bonafe Parayno. Frianeza successfully combined Jasmin and National…
Mangaldan Farmers develop new varieties of crossbred rice
LINGAYEN- – -The Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) announced that the search for this year’s Limgas na Dayat is on. Ladies, 16 to 23 years old, at least 5’4” tall, are encourged to join the screening. The screening dates for the province’s most prestigious pageant are scheduled at…
Search is on for Limgas na Pangasinan 2016
BUGALLON—The town’s vice mayor here, the complainant in the plunder case filed against the governor for the latter’s alleged involvement in jueteng, lamented that the Ombudsman has not acted on his charge filed more than three years ago. Vice Mayor Rodrigo Orduña, who is again running for mayor in the…