OLD RELIABLE PALAY DRYER – Farmers are finding it easier to stay under the high noon sun for hours to dry their palay than to sell their produce to the National Food Authority because of documentation requirements. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SAN QUINTIN—Some 300,000 farmers in Pangasinan have appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to order the National Food Authority (NFA) to temporarily waive or relax its cumbersome requirements before they could sell their newly harvested palay, otherwise they will be forced to sell their crops to private traders buying from P9…
THE title is the window of a law or ordinance, thus the need to make it precise, direct and not prone to different interpretations. This was the gist of the request of Dagupan City Councilor Michael Fernandez to Councilors Marcelino Fernandez and Jose Netu Tamayo as sponsors of a proposed ordinance…
THE provincial government welcomed local and international business entrepreneurs and stakeholders during the Second Tourism Business to Business (B2B) Northern Luzon held on October 12 at the Sison Auditorium, Lingayen. Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) Chief Ma. Luisa Elduayan, representing Governor Amado Espino III, set the tone ins…
LINGAYEN JCI SHINES – Mark Micu (center) JCI Lingayen Liberation II president receives the Merit Award for Education for Peace Award category from JCI Philippines National President Jess Paul Estrellado (3rd from right) during the 71st JCI National Convention held in Camarines Sur. Beside him is Mark Gerry Oblanca the chapter’s 2020 President. (Punchphoto…
A teacher from Dagupan City will represent the country in the Mister Working Men International 2019, to be held on 15-22 October 2019. Dr. Filemon ‘Mon’ C. Rivo, will be one of the two PH representatives to compete with 30 others in the international pageant for the prestigious title. The…
THE P/ Col. Edwin A. Quilates, a native of San Carlos City, currently provincial director of Batangas, recently chosen one of 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos was cited by the provincial government for his accomplishment. Sangguniang Panlalawigan adopted Resolution No. 222-2019, acknowledged “Quilates’s excellent performance as current police provincial director…
AFTER a week of competition, Nikko Andrew T. Gautane of San Carlos City won the international photo competition “Thailandia Photocon” (Asian International 2019) besting 17 Asian contenders. Nikko told the PUNCH how he worked for his photo entries since they were required to submit three. For the first challenge, he…
SM City Rosales featured a weeklong presentation of the best of Pangasinan foods, music and dances are featured in a festival, Oct. 14-20. Dubbed as Pangasinan Food, Music & Art BESTival, the event showcased on Oct. 14 during the media launch the province’s popular local delicacies like the Dagupan bangus,…
LINGAYEN – Volunteers from different barangays here attended the Red Cross 143 Training on October 11, at the evacuation center compound. The event was presided by Mayor Leopoldo N. Bataoil and Vice Mayor Judy Vargas, Red Cross 143 Chairman and board director of Red Cross Pangasinan Chapter. In her keynote…
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