PLANNED SUBSIDY NOT ENOUGH MOST, if not all, rice retailers in Pangasinan were resisting to comply with the price cap set under an executive order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. because of considerable daily losses. This was gathered when personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) started listing names…
THE rice retailers at the Mangaldan Public Market opted to close their stalls on September 5 during the first day of the implementation of the rice price cap set in an executive order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The move was made to protest over the implementation of the Executive…
Mangaldan rice retailers protest rice price cap
FOURTEEN towns and cities earlier classified as ‘Red zones’ for African Swine Fever (ASF) have been upgraded to ‘Pink zones”, after these were confirmed to have had no more cases detected in their areas. This was the recent report from the National ASF Prevention and Control Program (NASFPCP) based on…
14 towns in ASF ‘red’ areas upgraded to pink zones
AFTER ONE WEEK BASED on the latest inspection and price monitoring operation conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for rice retailers in Pangasinan, at least 80 percent of rice retailers in Pangasinan have since started to comply with Executive Order (EO) No. 39, that President Ferdinand Marcos,…
80% compliance with rice price cap noted — DTI Pangasinan

SMOOTH ELEVATED STREET – The smooth newly constructed two-lane street on A.B. Fernandez East is finally open to motorists albeit one-way until the construction of the road’s shoulder is completed to enable pedestrians to access the row of stores. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
SMOOTH ELEVATED STREET
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has prepared a flood mitigation master plan to mitigate flooding in the city that includes the elevation of roads, construction of wider and bigger drainage system, dredging of the now shallow rivers and creeks, construction of steel sheet piles along the banks…
DPWH bares support for flood-prone Dagupan
A WEEK after the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod adopted a resolution asking her to stop the projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Dagupan, Mayor Belen Fernandez announced the opening of the west-bound lane of the newly elevated A.B. Fernandez Avenue East, while the already completed…
MBTF ignores SP majority as elevated road segments open
THE seven members of the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod received another virtual slap on their faces when solo parents rejected their proposed ordinance seeking to increase their monthly subsidy from the city government from the P1,000 monthly subsidy as provided for in R.A. No.11861 or the Expanded Solo Parents…
Solo parents nix additional subsidy promised by SP majority
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Pangasinan logged 57,740 aspirants who filed their respective certificates of candidacy (COC) for the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, confirmed on September 6 that 3,593 filed their COCs for Barangay Chairman, 28,580 for Barangay Council…
57K candidates for BSKE 2023 in Pangasinan – Comelec
BAYAMBANG Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao issued a memorandum on Sept. 4 addressed to public and private schools in the town underscoring the importance of good manners, respect and courtesy (GMRC) and etiquette in social media as well as enhancing partnership with parents. Memorandum No. 14s 2023 was addressed to Drs. Longino Ferrer…