BUDDING PHOTO JOURNALISTS — Two students participating in the 2023 Regional Schools Press Conference take different angles of two boys playing in a school playground for the photojournalism contest. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
REGIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE THE 2023 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) gathered more than 2,000 campus journalists and school paper advisers from the 14 schools division offices in Ilocos region that started on June 15 at the Don Leopoldo Sison Convention Center in Alaminos City. “The Department of Education (DepEd)…
TWELVE stalls of vendors in a public market along the national highway in Barangay Pogonsili, Aguilar went up in smoke in a more than two-hour fire that broke out at about 10:50 p.m. on June 14, according to the Aguilar police. John Kevin Pelaez, 29, security guard of a rice…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) in Lingayen will hold next week its groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of day care center that will host children of policemen in the area. P/Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan police director, told their Balitang Kasimbayanan ni Sirbilis@ur serbis program live streaming on Facebook last…
Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News Trike drivers warned of onslaught of leptospirosis THE City Health Office warned tricycle drivers in Dagupan about the need to take extra safety measures to protect themselves from leptospirosis, a disease prevalent during the rainy season, especially when streets are flooded. The…
TRACTORS FOR FARMERS COOPS — DAR Sec. Conrado Estrella III sits on a brand new tractor after a turnover program of the tractors to get a feel of the excitement that the farmers will have when they get their hands on these while Gov. Ramon Guico III looks on. (Punchphoto by Willie…
SOME 13,609 farmer-members belonging to 109 agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Pangasinan and other provinces in Region 1 received agricultural equipment worth P42.4 million from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to increase their farm productivity and profitability skills. DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III led the turnover of farm machinery…
A NUMBER of hogs were reported to have died of mysterious causes in Pangasinan that prompted the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVET) to investigate and determine the causes. According to the OPVET, infected hogs in undisclosed locations became sick, grew weaker, and eventually died. Bruises were also seen in…
SOME 7,730 children (or 73%) of 10, 584 children profiled in 2022 by the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office 1 (DOLE RO1), were found to be engaged in child labor. This was contained in a report of DOLE RO1 in observance of the World Day Against Child Labor last…
BEFORE e-wallet users become too comfortable with the system, here’s a piece of warning. The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) clarified that e-wallets, e-money system, and shopping applications with deposit features, along with interest accrued, are not insured nor protected by the agency. This was clarified by PDIC Vice President…
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