Mayor Cezar Quiambao, One Doc Corp president Jorge Yulo, Rep. Ramon Guico III lead launching of E-Agro. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas) THE E-Agro Ecosystems: Farmers’ Total Assistance Portal (E-Agro), the first farmers’ total assistance portal in the Philippines, was launched in Bayambang on April 18. It is the widest…
ALL types of shellfish and Acetes sp. or alamang gathered from the coastal waters of Bolinao town, are still positive of Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) or red tide toxin. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Rosario Gaerlan said their findings were based on their latest Harmful Algal…
Red tide still up in Bolinao coastal waters
THERE are eight transport groups plying different routes offering “Libreng Sakay” (free ride) to commuters under the Service Contracting Program (Phase 3) implemented starting April 13 by the regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). The authorized transport groups using modern jeepneys and mini-buses acquired through…
‘Libring Sakay’ in six major routes started
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) urges the public to come to their Agri-Tourism Expo booth on April 29-30 to exchange old and mutilated banknotes to new ones. This invitation was extended by Gomer Gomez, BSP North Luzon Regional Office Senior Research Specialist, in an interview Thursday, April 21. The…
BSP joins tourism expo, replaces old banknotes
BANGUS FESTIVAL AFTER 2 YEARS ABSENCE – Festival dancers perform during the opening of this year’s Bangus Festival with a switching-on ceremony for the festival lights and the unveiling of the “Kalutan ed Dalan” (street grilling) marker on the corner of AB Fernandez Street. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BANGUS FESTIVAL AFTER 2 YEARS ABSENCE
FIRST SINCE 2020 PANDEMIC THE success of the 2022 Dagupan Bangus Festival, a local tourist event is assured with the support of the city’s business community, according to Mayor Brian Lim. Lim said owners of business establishments have pledged to sponsor some of the events of the festival while others,…
The Bangus Festival is on!
Belen with children during one of her campaign sorties. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) “AFTER taking a weeklong mourning of the family over the passing of our beloved mother, I now have a full schedule to listen and speak to 180,000 Dagupenos who want a leadership that takes full responsibility…
Belen back in campaign trail
CAPITOL NEWS Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Undersecretary Sandra S. Montano (top, left photo) leads the 2-day Hybrid Training on Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) for Barangay VAW Officers and VAW Desk Officers of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPO) held at The President Hotel…
PCW, LGU-Pangasinan conduct Hybrid Training on VAWC and GBV
By Al S. Mendoza THE old, unlamented Marcos produced fake war medals that, when exposed, haunted him till his dying day in 1989 in faraway Hawaii. Consumed by lupus, he didn’t even know he was in Hawaii. All along, he knew he was in Paoay, a town in Ilocandia…
We are merely of the forgetful kind
By Leonardo Micua MANY people in Pangasinan I’ve talked to were disappointed at their idol Manila Mayor Isko Domagoso aka “Moreno” when he unabashedly called on Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the presidential race. They said his response was uncalled for even given his narrative that she…