3 TOWNS TAGGED AS RABIES HOTSPOT LINGAYEN—Three towns, Dasol, Binalonan and Umingan, registered the highest cases of rabies for the past three years and this year, they already registered 14 human rabies deaths. The information provided by Dr. Cielo Almoite, in-charge of public health at the Provincial Health Office (PHO),…
LINGAYEN – Why is internet speed so slow? This was the question uppermost in the minds of the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) when they conducted an inquiry into the quality and speed of the internet service of major internets service providers (ISP) in the province last week. Vice-Governor…
SP probes poor internet service
A NEW water pumping station of the Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) was inaugurated Thursday in Brgy. Herrero-Perez and is expected to improve the water pressure in several barangays of the city. Engr. Adelfo Valle, general manager of the DCWD, said the water pump has a high pressure of 22.5 liters…
New water pumping station in Brgy Herrero-Perez
LINGAYEN – Over 200 hundred applicants registered for Pangasinan Employment Services Office’s (PESO) career fair last September 22 at the PESO Building, Capitol Compound that was participated in by eight companies offering hundreds of jobs in and out of the country. Among the local firms that joined the fair were:…
Jobseekers offered work in PESO job fair
URDANETA CITY—SM Prime Holdings Inc (SMPH), the country’s leading shopping mall developer, is set to start the construction of its new mall here in October. Mayor Amadeo Perez IV confirmed that the company has secured necessary permits for the mall’s construction. The four-storey SM Urdaneta will be built on a…
New SM mall starts construction in Urdaneta
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) advised business establishments and public transport vehicles to give their customers exact and sufficient change even without being asked or will be charged for violating Republic Act 10909 or the “No Shortchanging Act.” DTI-Pangasinan noted that some stores use candies or other items…
Give exact change, says DTI
THE more than 30,000 members of the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund in Pangasinan are now availing of discounts from select establishments through the Fund’s loyalty card. “The loyalty card has the member’s name, his photo, signature and Pag-IBIG Fund number which can be used for Pag-IBIG transactions…
Pag-IBIG members get discounts at select stores
LINGAYEN- Advocates of the technical- vocational education in Ilocos region gathered for the Cycle 2 of the One Technical Education and Skill Development (TESD) summit held on Wednesday at the Sison Auditorium here. Regional Director Cenon Querubin of the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA)-Region 1 said the activity…
Cycle 2 of One TESD Summit held
SEXY SILKA — The alluring contestants await the judges’ decision during the swimsuit competition of Miss Silka Pangasinan at the CSI Atrium. Grand coronation will be on October 8, 2016 at CSI Lucao. The winner will represent Pangasinan in the National Miss Silka 2016. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SEXY SILKA
THE Department of Education (DepEd) has scheduled more activities in public and private elementary and secondary schools to celebrate the noble work of teachers and to acknowledge their important contribution to the community in observance of the National Teachers’ Month which started from September 5 to October 5. Dr. Carmina…