100% HIGHER THAN OTHER BARANGAYS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod finally passed a resolution approving the supplemental budgets of 25 of 31 barangays of Dagupan after a lengthy debate on the requested P400,000 budget of Bonuan Gueset, higher by P200,000 than others. Almost all barangays proposed a uniform P200,000 supplemental budget…
2020 BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS THE Commission on Elections announce last Thursday that the registration of voters for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections that will take place on May 11, 2020 will start on August 1, 2019 until September 30, 2019. Those who are still not registered voter and at…
AFTER the House of Representatives approved House Bill 8961, with 167-4 votes for the restoration of the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for grades 11 and 12 in public and private schools nationwide, an informal survey by PUNCH reporter Melody Valenton on Facebook showed students in favor its restoration. …
STREET BED HAWKERS – The two bed foam vendors walk around a far flung barangay in Bolinao town to give online sellers competition in areas still beyond reach of internet. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN– The Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) admitted to the shortage of construction workers in the country. PESO Manager Alex Ferrer, in a PUNCH interview Wednesday, said because of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” Program, demand for construction workers have skyrocketed. Records from the Department of Trade and…
BAYAMBANG—This agricultural town’s government recently formed the Millennial Farmers Association of Bayambang (MFAB) that targets out-of-school youths and students as members to entice them to get involved in agriculture. Angelica Andrea Garcia, the town’s focal person for good governance said the first 100 members have started training in a demo-farm…
STOCKPILING for the rainy season? No worries, because cheap yet quality rice from the National Food Authority (NFA.) Regular-milled NFA rice can be bought at accredited retailers in public markets at PHP 27 per kilo. According to Chona Maramba, Assistant Manager for NFA Western Pangasinan, Department of Agriculture is extending…
ANDA —After only a year, the Anda Self- Help Microfinance not only ended the dependence of residents on loan sharks but boasts of its P1.2 million revolving fund for its members. It took the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) cash-for-work program launched by the Municipal Social Welfare and…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government’s a new tact in addressing poverty and unemployment – use of mobile trucks and a bus for skills training – is reaping rewards. Alex Ferrer, chief of the Provincial Employment Service Office (POSO) attributed the low rate of unemployment to the strategy, one of the lowest in the…
AIMING to be a sustainable launch pad for the latest technologies from local innovators, World of Consumer Electronics Expo (WOCEE) is back on its 3rd year at the “Experience the Future” expo. Set to be held across a 15,000sqm exhibit area, this year’s WOCEE will showcase 250 exhibitors that will…
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