TEST OF HONESTY, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION – A PMA cadet walks around to check on 600 applicants who would be inclined to fail the PMA qualifying test by cheating during the conduct of the nationwide PMA entrance exams. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE University of the Philippines Zoological Society called out the he Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) for distributing mosquito fishes (gambusia affinis), in suspected breeding areas of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. In its Facebook post on August 24, the organization asked BFAR-NIFTDC’ to…
BUMPY, MUDDY BARANGAY ORAD LINGAYEN – “Kailan kaya maaayos?” Residents of Barangay Quibaol and Basing here continued to complain about their barangay road full of path holes. Many wondered when will it ever be fixed. “Hindi lang pala ako ang nakapansin. Sana maaksyonan sa lalong madaling panahon kasi ilang beses…
LINGAYEN–A national validating team from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has completed its document review and onsite visit in the province in connection with Pangasinan’s bid for its fifth Seal of Local Governance. Local Government Operations Officer V Alvin Rex Lucero of DILG Region IX, and…
THE Espino administration’s Provincial Housing and Urban Development Office (PHUDO) conducted series of training-workshops to update of Local Shelter Plan of Local Government Units (LGUs) and the formulation of the Prov’l Shelter Development Plan. In the last scheduled training-workshop held from August 26 to 30 at Purok Marcela Beach Resort,…
PANGASINAN has already registered 27, 226 individuals as regular voters and another 17, 352 for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) as of last month. Provincial Election Supervisor Marino Salas said the number for SK registrants was boosted by their off-site registration in schools where a maximum of 500 registrants daily was recorded….
LINGAYEN – The alert level in Pangasinan was lowered to ‘blue’ on Wednesday after Tropical Depression Jenny left the Philippine Area of Responsibility but the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) confirmed that it left low-lying barangays in the towns of Sta. Barbara, Calasiao, and Dagupan City severely…
PORK HERE IS SAFE BUT… — Meat vendors at Malimgas Market feel deserted amid news of “unknown disease” that killed hogs. They blame lack of information on the security of locally slaughtered hogs in the province. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) and the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) have announced lower power rates effective August. Randy Castillan, spokesman of Decorp, said the generation rate being paid by electric consumers was lowered by around 80 centavos per kilowatt hour this August. The generation charge, which is around…
URDANETA CITY–- To complete security in the province against spread of Asian Swine Flu following Governor Amado Espino III’s issuance of lockdown on all pork imports in the province on August 20, meat inspectors have been deployed by the National Meat Inspection Service – Regional Technical Operation Center (NMIS- RTOC)….
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