CAPITOL NEWS GRADUAL RE-OPENING OF TOURISM IN PANGASINAN. Governor Amado I. Espino III (3rd from right) and Department of Tourism Region 1 (DOT-R1) Director Joseph Francisco R. Ortega (right) discuss the gradual reopening of tourism in the province through the Online Visitors Registration System (OVRS). Held at the Capitol Resort…
NEW URDANETA BYPASS ROAD – DPWH Sec. Mark Villar (2nd from right) is joined by DPWH officials for the ceremonial drive thru during the formal inauguration of the 7.17-kilometer bypass road in Urdaneta City. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar led the formal opening and inauguration of P1.88-billion-funded Urdaneta By-pass Road for a smooth and fast travel inside Pangasinan and to Ilocos Region. Villar said the 7.17-kilometer-long road, with six lanes and four small bridges, built under President Duterte’s Build,…
ARMY worms or harabas have already invaded much of onion farms in Pangasinan and local governments are helpless. About 232.12 hectares of farmland in Bayambang’s 28 barangays planted to onions by 611 farmers have been invaded by armyworms, too. Bayambang produces about 23 metric tons of red onions yearly. A…
THE Municipal Agriculture Office of Bayambang recently launched Project ITLOG, or Initiative Towards Livelihood and Opportunities for Growth, on Jan. 18 at the Pantol Evacuation Center. This project, in tandem with the Bayambang Poverty Reduction Action Team (BPRAT) and the Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation Inc., has an initial 10…
LTFRB REQUIREMENT SOME 80 mahogany and tamarind seedlings were planted by members of the San Carlos City Jeepney Operators and Drivers Transport Cooperative (SCCJODTC) in Barangay Paitan last Tuesday, January 19. The activity was in compliance with the 2020-076 memorandum circular of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)…
THE provincial government recently resumed its ‘Kalinisan Karaban’ visits to various towns in Pangasinan as one of the components of the Abig Pangasinan Program that helps entrepreneurs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Amado Espino III had directed the General Services Office (GSO), to include Kalinisan Karaban, that collects plastic waste…
TOURISTS and residents hoping to get a glimpse of the scenic Dipalo River Park in San Quintin town can now reach it via the newly-constructed road towards it. The inauguration of the DOT-DPWH Road Convergence Program was led by San Quintin Mayor Clark Tiu, Sixth District Rep. Tyrone Agabas and…
“I FELT as if I was in another country,” This was how Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar described his feeling shortly after he inspected the Tondaligan Beach Baywalk, a project in Dagupan initiated by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia last January 18. After leading the inauguration of…
CAPITOL NEWS “ITULOY niyo po ang disiplina at pagtitiyaga para sa inyong mga pamilya.” This was the call of Governor Amado I. Espino III as he led the staging of the Abig Pangasinan in Umingan on January 16. The Abig Pangasinan, a brainchild project of Governor Espino, is a “one-stop-shop”…
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