SOME 3,086 households in barangays in San Carlos City are beginning to enjoy sufficient water supply with the aid of the newly inaugurated booster station installed by the San Carlos City Water District (SCCWD) and PrimeWater San Carlos. SCCWD general manager Benjamin Distor said the booster station is addressing the…
AGUILAR-MANGATAREM WINDING ROAD — The connection of Daang Katutubo in Aguilar town to Daaang Kalikasan in Mangatarem town will soon be realized once a bridge is constructed to cross Bayaoas river in Aguilar. The winding road, an alternate route from Pangasinan to Zambales, will offer a scenic view of Aguilar and…
AGUILAR-MANGATAREM WINDING ROAD
WHILE new cases of African swine fever (ASF) have affected two towns in Pangasinan, it has not resulted in pork scare among the consumers. This was the observation Rosendo So, chairman of Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG), an indication that people have learned that ASF is not transmitted from hogs…
No pork scare despite new ASF cases
THE local hog industry fears the shortage of pork supply in April if the spread of the African Swine Fever is not contained in the province soon. According to Engr. Rosendo So, chairman of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG), there will be a shortage of pork supply throughout…
Pork shortage feared due to ASF
MAN VS FOWL FOR FISH – Residents in Binmaley try to beat the migrant birds for their free share of the bangus from whatever is left in the pond after the fishpond owner completed his harvest. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
MAN VS FOWL FOR FISH
BINMALEY’S ASF-INFECTED PORK MEAT THE Laoac Police Station intercepted some 20 kilograms of undocumented pork meat suspected to be infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) in Barangay Calaoagan. P/Captain Mark Ryan Taminaya, Laoac Police chief, said the 50 kilos of meat was on a sports van to escape detection at…
20 kilos of undocumented meat seized
FOR FREE ENTERPRISE LIVELIHOOD THE Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Office 1 will provide P500,000 worth of free-range native chicken and organic feeds to a cooperative in Asingan, the first town in Sixth District envisioned to be model for the industry in Pangasinan. A memorandum of agreement was signed Wednesday…
Asingan coop gets P. 5M worth of free-range chickens
THE Rice Processing Complex in Sta. Barbara town will soon be turned over to the provincial government after Gov. Amado I. Espino III signed the memorandum of agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA). RPC was initially managed and operated by the National Agribusiness Corporation and was shut down in 2014…
Capitol, DA to co-manage rice processing complex
RESIDENTS of Bani town kicked off the five-day celebration of the 7th Pakwan Festival last Wednesday by sharing 11,680 slices from 200 pieces of its sweet watermelon, the town’s most popular agricultural product. Bani’s pakwan (watermelon) is toasted by the town’s farmers because it has earned a reputation of having…
Bani celebrates 7th Pakwan Festival
CAPITOL NEWS TO carry out efforts on resource protection and management, the Provincial Government of Pangasinan headed by Governor Amado I. Espino III led the mangrove tree planting held on January 31 at the Bolinao Fish Farm Foreshore Area in Barangay Arnedo. The tree planting was a flagship program of…