RED CROSS IN ACTION — Philippine Red Cross Chairman Senator Richard Gordon leads the relief distribution at Sangkol Elementary School in Calasiao town assisted by Maybelyn Dela Cruz Fernandez, chair of the PRC-Pangasinan board. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
DUE TO CONVERSION OF FISHPONDS DEVELOPEMENT and economic progress always comes with a price. The rush of fishpond owners to take advantage of development in Dagupan City has alarmed the Bureau of Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR) who noted the backfilling of many fishponds. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the…
THE recent fish kill in Bolinao town has compelled its government to accept and adopt the recommendations of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee’s Subcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SCFMEP) Resolution No. 01 series of 2018, a resolution. The resolution calls on local government units with mariculture zone…
THE city’s Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) conducted a career coaching symposium for the grade 11 and 12 students of Salapingao National High School on August 7. The career guidance forum program seeks to prepare graduating students on their career options and to guide them in choosing the courses…
LINGAYEN — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) recently conferred to the provincial government the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) bronze award. CSC Lingayen Office Director Flordeliza Bugtong, presented the said award to Governor Amado Espino III during the August 6 regular flag-raising ceremony. The…
CONSUMERS in Pangasinan are now complaining about the seeming unabated rise in prices of prime commodities. Jose Arguiza, 71 years old of Guilig Street in Lingayen said, his family can now hardly afford to have rice, fish and vegetable for a full meal because of the high prices of the…
THE National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in Dagupan City was tapped by the Department of Agriculture to spearhead the Bangus Fry Sufficiency Program nationwide. Dr. Westly Rosario, NIFTDC chief, said bangus is one of the five commodities that Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol wants the Bureau of Fisheries and…
PREPARING BTI BOMBS – Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Dagupan led by Michelle Lioanag (center) demonstrate to residents of Barangay Malued in Dagupan City, how to make a coconut bomb with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI). Coconut bombs are known to be lethal to mosquito species. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
EIGHTY-two centenarians in Region 1 have so far received their P100,000 cash incentives from the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development since January this year. Iryn Cubangbang, DSWD regional information officer, said it will seek to present awards to 167 centenarians this year. There are 15…
LINGAYEN—The provincial board welcomed as its member the new president of the provincial federation of Liga ng Barangay who offered the exuberance of youth, his eagerness to learn and his dedication to serve. Board Member Art Bryan Celeste from Alaminos City, in his response said “I am grateful for the…
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