The PUNCH staff talked to readers and residents and asked them to share their resolutions they hope to accomplish by end of 2020. Jun Magsano, 33, Bonuan Gueset, market vendor: Titigil; na ako sa aking mga masamang bisyo. Tignan no, halos buto’t balat na ako dahil sa alak at sigarilyo. Sana,…
MAN ON FIRE — A fire dancer performs anew in Barangay Malued in Dagupan City as villagers wait to welcome 2020. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MAN ON FIRE
THE bangus industry is doing relatively okay except for one aspect: it still imports 70 percent of fry it needs remains from Indonesia. This was view expressed by Alex Soriano, chairman of the Philippine Milkfish Group (PhilMIG) whose company operates fish cages in the coastal areas in Pangasinan. Soriano said…
Bangus industry still imports 70% fry from Indonesia
THE number of business establishments in the town of Lingayen are expected to increase to 2,000 with the opening of the town’s One-Stop Shop for businessmen applying for business permits. Edgardo Sison of the Business Permit and Licensing Office said the deadline for filing and processing of applications for business…
Lingayen’s One-Stop Shop open for business
SHOPPERS and thrift buyers have only this week to take advantage of the bargain prices offered at the ‘Baratilyo’ at the city plaza area because it will close on January 10, 2020. Aguedo Sta. Maria, City Market supervisor, confirmed that the 60-day contract with stall owners will lapse on that…
Dagupan ‘Baratilyo’ ends January 10
BEFORE the year 2019 ended, farmers in Pangasinan received agricultural equipment, vegetable seeds, and trading capital from the provincial government through Governor Amado Espino III. The more than 100 farmers and irrigators associations and cooperatives in Agno, Alaminos City, Anda, Bani, Bolinao, Burgos, Dasol, Infanta, Mabini, Sual, Aguilar, Binmaley, Basista,…
Farmers get more help from Capitol
WITH the end of the Dagupan City fiesta and holiday season, the city government will resume banning the occupation of sidewalks by vendors during the day, before 4 P.M. According to Michael Hernando, chief of the city’s Anti-Hawking Division, the sidewalk vendors were tolerated to occupy sidewalks 24/7 during the…
Sidewalk vendors told: No selling till after 4 P.M.
REMEMBERING RIZAL – Local actors re-enact the final moments of Dr. Jose Rizal during the commemoration of the hero’s 123rd martyrdom in front of his (Rizal’s) monument in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
REMEMBERING RIZAL
THE Padunungan 2020, an annual event organized by the University of the Philippines Subol Society (UPSS), will be its grandest yet and will be held on January 6 to 7, 2020 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center. With the theme ‘Rekindling the Fire: Establishing the Youth’s Involvement on…
UP Subol Society to hold 40th ‘Padunungan’ in Lingayen
CAPITOL NEWS GOV. Amado I. Espino III together with Pangasinan First Lady Karina P. Espino and their only son Amado IV, led thousands of devotees in celebrating the Yuletide tradition by completing the nine-day anticipated mass (Simbang Gabi) as well as the Christmas and New Year’s Eve Mass at the…