THE 416,483 Philippine Identification (PhilID) registrants in the region received their cards from the Philippine Statistics Authority as of Dec. 10. In an interview, PSA Region 1 spokesperson Jim Ian Baustista said the number includes those cancelled due to deaths or new address. Baustista said the delay in the delivery…
WHAT FIREWORKS BAN? — A firecracker vendor sets up his display of pyrotechnics, including the “Judas belt”, unaware of the list of firecrackers banned by law amid warning by PNP of strict enforcement of the law. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
LTFRB’S RESTRICTIVE POLICY CITED BUS operators plying Pangasinan-NCR route still refuse to use of the North Luzon Expressway Terminal (NLET) in Bocaue, Bulacan because Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will not allow their units to enter National Capital Region where their respective terminals are located. They conveyed their…
SEAL OF GOOD FINANCIAL HOUSEKEEPING ONLY 46 of the 48 local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan received the 2021 Good Financial Housekeeping (GPH) seal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Adjudged winners are 42 towns and all four cities of the province were compliant with the GFH…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AS the year ends, I find that I have not changed. I am still a mess. I am still the same person who can find order in my own mess. I know this for eternity as I try to clean up the “mess” around me,…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano IT is sad, indeed, that the status of women in the Philippines has taken a downhill trend according to a recent Philippine Commission Women report. Our country has tried various strategies for the empowerment of women: Women In Development in the early seventies, Women…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. REPORTS cropped up weeks ago that United States will not send diplomatic or official representation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February due to the ongoing “genocide” as described by U.S. and other human rights abuses especially the Uyghur Muslims in the northwestern…
By Rex Catubig POPPING up amid the heartbreaking stories in the wake of Typhoon Odette, is the birth of a baby in an ambulance rocked by rampaging wind and rain. Stories of the persistence of life under dire straits and the most inhospitable circumstances are stuff legends are made…
FOR PROSPERITY — A stall owner near Malimgas market in Dagupan City arranges her variety of round-shaped fruits for sale in anticipation of a demand for the traditional “good luck” fruits to welcome 2022 , a practice supposed to bring prosperity to homes. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AGRARIAN Reform beneficiary (ARB) farmers in Mabini town received a solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DAR provincial information officer Zarena Amado said the project was turned over to the town’s Barlo Agrarian Reform Cooperative, the main ARB organization beneficiary. The SPIS project, under DAR’s…
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