THE police detail providing security to ‘VIP’s’ (mainly elected officials) and in the province have been made to undergo loyalty check last week through an orientation by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. P/ Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, police community relations chief, said around 100 police non-commissioned officer (PNCO’s) with the…
LINGAYEN–A nine-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman were electrocuted to death in two separate incidents in different towns last July 9. The first victim was identified as C-Jay Pascua, a grade III pupil of Lunec, Malasiqui. According to the victim’s mother, C-Jay picked up a live wire on the road…
ROAD SAFETY MEASURES A DRAFT ordinance was filed in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by Councilor Maybelyn Fernandez seeking to regulate the seating of children on tricycles, inside jeepneys, motorcycles and other vehicles, in the city of Dagupan. Fernandez said she filed the measure as a mother to a newly born…
WHILE dengue cases in Dagupan City have decreased, it still has the highest incidence of dengue in Pangasinan because of its big population. Noting this, Dagupan City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera called on the residents to be conscious about their surroundings particularly potential breeding places of mosquitoes. Even caps of soft drinks…
RELOCATION OF DISTRICT JAIL FOURTH District Rep. Christopher de Venecia’s has committed to help seek a relocation site for the Dagupan District Jail in Barangay Bonuan Gueset that has since caused serious environmental problems in the community and the Lingayen Gulf. This was announced by Celso Salazar, community environment and…
RELIABLE CARDBOARD — Summer may have gone but to the fruit vendor at the corner of Jovellanos and Galvan street in Dagupan City, she always has a piece of discarded cardboard box handy to protect her from the heat of the sun and a slight drizzle any time of the day. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
THE lack of coordination between farmers and contractors of the expansion project of the Agno River Integrated Service Irrigation Project (ARISIP) has resulted in the month’s delay of planting rice particularly in eastern Pangasinan. There was no irrigation water in at least 10 or more towns in eastern Pangasinan because…
ONCE THE LOWLY GARLIC, NOW THE GOLDEN CROP — A vendor at the Villasis Bagsakan Market. checks on the freshness of the garlic whose price has skyrocketed since and is expected to increase further owing to depleting supply in the market. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GARLIC is a profitable cash crop that can also be planted in Pangasinan but in moderate quantities during the dry season, according to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg). OPAg officer-in-charge Dalisay Moya said this was borne out by technology demonstrations conducted by her office in different areas of…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recently passed a resolution authorizing Gov. Amado Espino III to enter into a partnership agreement with Hotjobs Pangasinan for the promotion and maintenance of the online job portal www.hotjobspangasinan.com. The resolution proposed by Third District Board Member Generoso Tulagan said HotJobs Pangasinan, being an employment website…
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