THE Pangasinan accounts 60-percent of the region’s total rice production which makes the province still the top contributor in rice production in Region I. This was confirmed by the Department of Agriculture Region I (DA-1) as it noted a two-percent increase in its production compared to 2022. DA-1’s data show…
MORE farmlands in Tayug were already reported to be severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon. The Department of Agriculture–Region I (DA-1) said some 30 farmers tilling 34 hectares of farmlands in Barangay Evangelista, Tayug town, have appealed for help on seeing their farms dry from the absence of irrigation…
THE talong (eggplant) industry for which Villasis is famous for, is not affected by the El Niño phenomenon, according to the town’s Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO). Roberto Padilla, MAO’S municipal high-value crops coordinator, said in an interview that even during El Niño phenomenon in the past, their harvest remains good…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Illegal drug trading in Pangasinan ILLEGAL drugs filtering into Pangasinan by syndicates continue, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and other law enforcement agencies. While PDEA Provincial Director Richie Camacho said the report is alarming, he assured that they…
By Leonardo Micua GREAT things are definitely going to happen in Dagupan despite the slow-paced approval of the city’s P1.33 billion annual budget for 2024, which by the way is no longer a surprise. It already happened last year. And for sure if God will not intervene again, this prolonged…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN Morocco, I watched a man walk quietly, his steps without the slightest sound, the lightness of a cat, through a small reflecting pool, a very still water that mirrored everything and everyone who passed. In this stillness, nothing seemed to move, not a leaf,…
By Farah G. Decano THE UniTeam is self-destructing but everything is not over yet. Whilst hostilities between the Philippines’ top two political families escalated two weeks ago, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte continue to maintain a friendly front with the former recently calling himself…
By Eva C. Visperas I will miss the trees behind the Capitol complex. They had been cut down. Some netizens perhaps cried, feeling sorry for the fallen trees that can never be brought back again. I will not dwell on the debates about this tree-cutting issue at the Capitol…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER four times of tryouts in Calasiao and in Alaminos City gyms, the formation of our provisional Pangasinan Heat team quintet for the coming 2024 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) was finally known last Thursday by our Pangasinan squad head coach Jun Marzan, the…
By Rex Catubig “INTSIK tsonga”, “Tsikwa”– are just two of the monikers they are condescendingly called, implying disdain in the way they are regarded. Which reveals our bias and cultural ignorance. My father was privileged to enjoy a close association with the Chinese in the lumber business. I grew…
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