THE state of the economy, particularly the soaring prices of commodities, will be on top of the many issues that will be raised in the coming mid-term election next year against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. This was stressed by former Quezon Province Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III in a talk…
ALAMINOS CITY—Mangroves’ propagation to protect marine biodiversity in this coastal city, the home of the famous Hundred Islands National Park, is in full swing with already about 50 hectares planted with these trees. Arceli Talania, city agriculturist, said mangrove plantations have been undertaken in nine coastal barangays, based on latest…
HALL OF FAME FOR CORN – Corn farmers in San Nicolas town fill up sacks of milled quality corn that earned for Pangasinan the Hall of Fame Award of the National Quality Achievers Award. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
QUALITY CORN ACHIEVERS AWARD THE provincial government led by Governor Amado I. Espino, III received the Hall of Fame award from the Department of Agriculture in recognition of its feat winning the Quality Corn Achievers Award for three consecutive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The event, keynoted by Senator…
TRAY METHOD PIONEER AN American university professor, married to a Filipina from Baguio City who was involved in oyster research in Dagupan in the early 1980s, advised local oyster farmers to innovate their production method by raising their oysters in trays in order to harvest more and consequently earn more. Dr….
A FORMER national official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR) has warned that the decline in the production from fish farming or aquaculture in the country will continue unless more mariculture parks are developed. Atty. Malcolm Sarmiento, BFAR director from 1998 to 2013, now 72, told newsmen…
SALE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued notices of violations to 17 stores in the region for selling substandard construction materials after an intensified monitoring of construction and hardware stores was launched by DTI-Region 1’s Enforcement Team’s in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan….
PANGASINENSES had a one of a kind evening when they watched a show that featured the artistic merging of pop songs and classical dance by a group of world-class ballet performers from Ballet Manila and singer Bugoy Drilon performed at the posh Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. The Manila Broadcasting Corporation…
MISS GLOBAL ASIA 2018 LINGAYEN — The provincial government commended Apple Joy de Guzman Bacay from Alaminos Ctiy for recently winning as 1st runner-up in the recently-concluded Miss Global Asia 2018 beauty pageant held in Cochin Kerala, India. In its resolution, the provincial board approved and sent its official commendation,…
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