WHAT better way is there to welcome visitors this summer to the province’s fabulous beaches than to have speckless clean beaches. And Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco thinks it can be done with his newly purchased beach cleaner machine! He said local tourists need not go to beaches in La…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sternly warns online sellers that withholding prices to the public in their announcements and ads, and instead sends private messages (PM) interested customers. DTI Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten urged customers to report to her office any violation of Article 81 of the Consumer…
DTI warns online sellers: ‘PM Sent’ on price queries a violation
COINCIDING with the end of La Niña this month, is the harvest season for rice farmers. Berto Diaz, a farmer in Calasiao, said it is the ideal time for harvest because drying palay is easier with the hot weather sweeping across the country and the season has resulted in higher…
Finally, farmers enjoying high palay farmgate buying price
Decal regulatory stickers for jeepneys, tricycles in Dagupan DRIVERS and owners of passenger jeepneys trooped to the Public Order and Safety Office for the installation of decal regulatory stickers to Public Utility Jeepneys plying all the roads of Dagupan City. POSO said the free stickers will be issued to owners and drivers…
BUSINESS BRIEFS
SOCO INVESTIGATION – SOCO personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station mark the area where an empty shell was found inside a family compound in Brgy. Caranglaan where Bernadette Abella, a private hospital employee, was shot. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SOCO INVESTIGATION
THE Human Resource Head of a private hospital in Dagupan City was shot by still unidentified persons Tuesday morning, March 14, in Barangay Caranglaan in the city. Victim Bernadette Velasco Abella, 45, a department head at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Hospital, was rushed to the hospital after sustaining five gunshot…
HR Head shot by unidentified hitmen
SIXTEEN drug reformists or persons involved in illegal drugs completed their one-month rehabilitation conducted at the Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center in San Carlos City. They were the first group of drug reformists who underwent drug rehabilitation since Balay Silangan was put up by San Carlos City government under Mayor…
San Carlos City’s drug reformists hurdle 30-day rehab
Two persons lose P300K to holdup men in Mangaldan SOME P300,000 cash were taken by unidentified armed men from two persons transacting business in Barangay Salay, Mangaldan recently. The victims, Rhea Tubera, a sales agent, and Eduardo Rullan, a businessman, both of Mangaldan were negotiating the sale of palay when…
CRIME NOTES
TIMELY RECOGNITION OF FILIPINAS THIS March marked a women’s month milestone for the Philippines as two Filipina lawmakers, Pangasinan Third District Rep. Rachel Arenas and Sen. Pia Cayetano were elected to key Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) panels. In her Facebook post, Arenas said, “It is a great victory for the Philippines…
Rachel Arenas, Pia Cayetano elected to key IPU panels
By Leonardo Micua FRIDAY morning, I was still groggy and my eyes dreamy from lack of sleep after translating and editing the night before to beat our news deadline. With nothing in mind, I decided instead to write about Villasis, my hometown, where I traced my roots and visit…