LINGAYEN—In case President Rodrigo Duterte decides not to totally ban manufacture, sale and use of firecrackers in the country, a technical working group in the House of Representatives has started discussions on a proposed measure seeking to amend the existing law. This was reported by Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil,…
DAGUPAN City recorded only 18 firecracker injuries, from 27 of the previous year, when its residents welcomed the year 2017, according to a report of the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS). Superintendent Neil O. Miro, acting-DCPS chief, reported this to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez during a traditional courtesy call on…
NOTING a Facebook post that it now takes 30 minutes to one hour to reach one’s destination in the downtown area, the Dagupan City Council decided it will conduct a consultative meeting on January 11 with officials of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) to determine if the five installed traffic lights in the…
DAGUPAN’S traffic rules major intersections equipped with traffic lights. The flow of traffic in the city’s five major road intersections are now controlled by traffic lights following the activation of the two remaining traffic lights on January 6 at Perez Boulevard corner Guilig Street, and Perez Boulevard corner Rizal Street…
THE local Department of Interior and Local Government office in Dagupan warned of a possible scam operation by a group with unknown affiliation reportedly moving around remote villages in the province, soliciting names aspiring to be appointed as ‘OIC’ (officers-in-charge) barangay officials with assurances of being given official appointments by…
REGIONAL ASSESSMENT THE Iwas-Paputok campaign of the Department of Health in the region can be deemed successful since the number of firecracker-related injuries this year was lower by 345 cases. However, Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, DOH Region 1 Director, said the region still recorded 188 firecracker victims from December 21, 2016…
SEA OF SHOES — A vendor tries to keep pairs of shoes on stock together as potential customers pick out choices during the Tinday Labi in front of the city plaza of the Dagupan City Fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WHO would have thought that what was considered a pest, will become a regular source of income, particularly for fisher folk. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City has developed a fish protein concentrate in powder form from molmol or Tilapiang Gloria to fight malnutrition. It will be recalled that…
ISLAND TOURS — The Dagupan City government hosts river cruise tours for Balikbayans and Pawil Dagupenos during city fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ROSALES—Farmers in eastern part of Pangasinan are expecting to produce less in their first crop owing to the delay in completion of the ongoing repair of the brass dam that diverts water to their irrigation canals. Oftociano Manalo, president Federation of Irrigators Associations in Pangasinan, said it will take two months…
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