PANGASINAN is included in the list of 34 provinces across the country that the National Nutrition Council (NNC) will start focusing on due to recorded cases of stunting, locally known as pagkabansot. Kendall Pilgrim Gatan, OIC Regional Nutrition Program Officer of NNC, introduced the significance of the Philippine Plan of…
Filed by IFM Dagupan News Misting intensified in Dagupan vs. dengue DAGUPAN City Health Office again stepped up its misting operations in many barangays in response to the renewed threat of dengue. Consequently, Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the City Health Office to coordinate with the different schools so that school…
PINTADOS FOR CHILDREN — Ariel Cancino, artist and teacher, conducts a lecture and workshop for children last Thursday morning during the PINTADOS: Painting Festival, a program conducted in observance of the 100th founding anniversary of the Pangasinan Provincial Library at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
SHORTLY after minority Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia called out two fish vendors whom he identified only as “Mariet” and “Digna” in his privilege speech, for ‘kotong’ activities inside the Magsaysay Market, he immediately received a sharp retort from “Mariet.” Marietta Barrientos, president of the Small-scale Fish Trading Association of Dagupan, said…
SOME 300 jobseekers earnestly sought employment at the Kalayaan Job Fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region I, in partnership with the Calasiao Public Employment Service Office, in celebration of 126thIndependence Day on June 12, 2024 at the Robinsons Place in Calasiao. Open to job seekers were 7,257 vacancies 23 by local…
FINALLY, Manaoag town will soon have a new public market with parking space after a groundbreaking ceremony on June 13, 2024. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said the two-storey public market, funded by a P239.6-million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines, will feature modern amenities including an escalator and…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with Google to provide free digital training and re-skilling initiatives to create new pathways for Filipinos to get high-paying jobs. DTI-Pangasinan Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten said the free training’s goal is to boost e-commerce by providing digital training and opportunities for…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) was asked to prioritize anti-drugs operations in Dagupan City’s three barangays: Pantal, Bonuan Binloc and Mayombo. This was sought by Mayor Belen Fernandez during the 4th District Enhanced Managing Police Operations forum at the PPPO in Lingayen last week hosted by P/Colonel Jeff Fanged,…
TWO men were arrested after being caught with illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in the town of Sta. Maria. The operation was conducted by operatives from the Provincial Drug Enforcement Units, PIU Pang PPO, RID-PRO1, RPDEU-PRO1, PDEG SOU 1, and Sta. Maria Police Station, in coordination with PDEA-RO1, at…
Filed by Ahikam Pasion Woman shot dead in San Carlos City A 62-year-old female farmworker was fatally shot by a still unidentified assailant in San Carlos City. Elisa Vinluan Ragas, a resident of Purok 5, Barangay Doyong, was walking home when the assailant suddenly fired at her using a .45…
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