CONSUMERS and marketgoers will need to dig deeper in their pockets, as the price of regular and well-milled rice is expected to increase in the following months. Prices in retail stores are expected to rise by P2 to P3. This is because of the expected entry of the wet or…
THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) will soon receive “the supply, handling, transport and delivery” of 4,180 bags of Agricultural Grade Salt Fertilizers under the Coconut Fertilization Project CY 2024 Fund of the agency” from the provincial government after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed the resolution authorizing Gov. Ramon Guico III…
CUSTOMERS of Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) will see an increase in their May billing. Atty. Randy Castilan, DECORP Legal Counsel, said a 52-centavos increase for the generation charge will be reflected in this month’s billing, or a P6.0773 per kilowatt hour (kwh). Castilan said the increase in charges is due…
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 1 granted a P1,380,000 Seed Capital Fund (SCF) to residents of Mangatarem, Lingayen, Aguilar, and Labrador on May 22. The Fund enabled 92 beneficiaries to complete a series of Micro-Enterprise Development Training courses designed to enhance their leadership skills and financial literacy…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Jail’s (PPJ) educational program for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) is bearing fruits. The 25 PDLs who completed their 29-day training on ‘Organic Agriculture Production NC II’ by planting various vegetable seedlings have started to plant vegetables as their source of livelihood. Planted inside the PPJ lots…
A HOUSEWIFE, a suspected drug pusher, was arrested by operatives of the Bayambang Police and the 105th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 1, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency after serving a search warrant issued by Presiding Judge Mervin Jovito Samadan of the Regional Trial…
A 69-year-old man was arrested after stabbing his co-vendor in front of a bus station in Barangay Poblacion, Alaminos City last May 21. According to P/Major Oliver Baniqued, Chief Investigator of the Alaminos City Police, the suspect, Hercules Bataller, a resident of Poblacion, Alaminos, stabbed the victim, Christian Callega, 33, a resident of Barangay Dampay in…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Man shot dead in Pozorrubio A 52-year-old man was shot dead in his premises in Barangay Nama, Pozorrubio. Victim Jovilio ‘Billy’ Jasmin Sr., a resident of the barangay, was inside his home when he heard his two kids shouting for help. Police investigations reveal that his…
ANOTHER ‘NO -SHOW’ BY OPPOSITION COUNCILORS ALL seven members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) were again a no-show during the city council’s May 21, 2024 regular session, and promptingvv Vice Mayor and SP Presiding Officer Bryan Kua to adjourn the session after three roll calls. Only…
KING OF KOMIKS — The illustration works of National Artist for Visual Arts Francisco V. Coching are on display at Dagupan SM Center in Dagupan City. Coching, also known as the “Dean of Philippine Comics Illustrators”. Some of his well-known works include “Hagibis,” “Barbaro,” and “El Indio.” His comics were so popular that…
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