BORED AND LONELY – The security guard who until last week could hardly cope with the volume of documents of car owners submitted to be serviced at the Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Center operated by Bily Transport Inc. d prior to LTO registration, suddenly finds himself alone with nothing to do…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod granted the request of tricycle operators for a two-year moratorium on the annual five percent increase of permit fees starting this year. This was provided for in Ordinance No. 1119-2021 authored jointly by Councilors Celia Lim, Michael Fernandez and Karlos Reyna IV during the virtual session presided…
Tricycle operators get moratorium on tricycle fees’ annual hike
DREAM COME TRUE – A farmer excitedly takes the operator’s seat of the band new tractor for a feel of a dream realized for mechanized farming. The set of new farm equipment from PhilMech were distributed by the Department of Agriculture to farmers’ cooperatives in Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DREAM COME TRUE
THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) distributed more than Php 270 million worth of agricultural machineries to 111 farmers’ associations and cooperatives in the province on Friday. The beneficiaries received four-wheel drive tractors, precision seeders, combine harvesters, and mechanical dryers. The equipment comprised the distribution of farming equipment…
PhilMech delivers over P270-M worth of agri equipment
THE Department of Labor (DOLE) Region 1 awarded a PHP 999,300 worth of livelihood assistance to the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA), and Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (Kalipi) of Asingan town. Outgoing DOLE regional director Nathaniel Lacambra, R 5th District Rep. Tyrone Agabas and former Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas recently…
Asingan’s TODA, KALIPI get P1-M livelihood package
CONTACT-LESS ASH WEDNESDAY – In compliance with the government’s health and safety protocols, Catholic priests did away with the tradition of putting ashes on parishioners’ foreheads and instead distributed ashes in small containers that parishioners applied on their foreheads or sprinkle on their heads. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CONTACT-LESS ASH WEDNESDAY
LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil was among the recipients of the prestigious Cavalier Awards bestowed by the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association, Inc., (PMAAAI) Bataoil, a retired two-star police general, received his second Cavalier Award in recognition of his exemplary accomplishments in public service. He received his first Cavalier award 11…
Bataoil, again a PMA Cavalier awardee
FOURTH District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario is contemplating to seek mayoralty post in Manaoag town in 2022. This was bared by Rosario himself in an interview over DWCM Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan Thursday morning, February 19. In the interview, Rosario admitted the desire to serve as town mayor will not…
BM Rosario mulls mayoralty in 2022
WHEN it rains, it pours for 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia. De Venecia’s three major bills deemed to have a major impact on the country, particularly Pangasinan, hurdled the legislative mill when these were passed on third reading by the House of Representatives and are now awaiting Senate’s counter bill….
De Venecia bills approved on third reading in HOR
CAPITOL NEWS BASIC HANDYMAN TRAINING LAUNCHED IN BAUTISTA. Twenty displaced workers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Bautista participate in the orientation-seminar held right after the launching of Basic Handyman Training on February 19. The 20 residents of Bautista will undergo 14 learning sessions for 5 days (3 days via…