THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Environment and Management Bureau Region 1 recently launched the Pinas Basura Buster (PBB) mascot and the Basura Buster (BB) Gaming Application last Thursday, March 24. Ilocos EMB director Engr. Maria Dorica Naz-Hipe said both the PBB and BB aim to intensify…
THE kick off of local campaign in Pangasinan started smoothly save for some traffic jams in Dagupan City, according to the designated provincial election supervisor of the province. Lawyer Ericson Oganiza, temporarily assigned in Pangasinan for the May 2022 polls, said their monitoring on the situation across the 44 town…
Noisy motorcades mark start of local campaign period
BALLOT boxes to be used in 46 towns/cities in Pangasinan have arrived for the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Atty. Ericson Oganiza, provincial election supervisor, said he expects more ballot boxes to be utilized by two or three towns in the province to arrive soon. He said he…
90% of ballot boxes for Pangasinan arrive
TO prevent the entry of quails and ducks coming from bird flu-hit areas amid reports that there is rampant smuggling of chicken eggs by trucks that often elude checkpoints, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) asked the office of the provincial veterinarian to strengthen animal and fowl inspections at border quarantine checkpoints. This concern…
SP calls for augmentation of staff in quarantine checkpoints
MECHANIZED FARMING FINALLY – The continuous intervention from the Department of Agriculture finally influenced farmers to shift to mechanized farming. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MECHANIZED FARMING FINALLY
THE province’s poultry raisers are seriously suffering from huge losses on account of high production costs and low selling price of P4.77 largely because of oversupply of eggs in Pangasinan. This was disclosed by Reynaldo Ang, former president and spokesman of the Tarlac-Pangasinan Egg Producers Association, during the Question Hour…
Local egg producers losing heavily
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued job fair clearances for 10 venues in Pangasinan for face-to-face (F2F) job fairs. “The resumption of the F2F job fairs is a celebration of the reinvigorated thrust of DOLE to strengthen its partnerships with the LGUs, through their respective Public Employment…
DOLE sets face-to-face job fairs in Pangasinan
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Ilocos, through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) in Pangasinan, awarded P175,000.00 worth of technology assistance to Angelique’s Premium Quality as the second beneficiary of the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) program in the region. After…
2nd iFWD PH beneficiary gets DOST support
THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in collaboration with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), will conduct the January 2022 Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) enumeration from March 21 to 31. PSA information officer Jim Ian Bautista said it will be undertaken in 56 provinces representing all regions except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in…
PSA conducts 2022 Consumer Expectations Survey
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Ilocos conducted last Wednesday its 52nd Fisheries Industry Forum for Stakeholders at the Monarch Hotel in Calasiao town. BFAR’s Ilocos regional director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan said the forum was in line with the Department of Agriculture’s key strategies in achieving the…