SMALL businessmen and thousands of ordinary folks took advantage of the many deals and discounts offered at the the four-day CSI 13th Sari-sari Store Fair that ends today Oct. 20 at the CSI Stadia in Barangay Lucao in Dagupan City. Former Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez led officials of top brands of grocery items at […]
OLD RELIABLE PALAY DRYER
OLD RELIABLE PALAY DRYER – Farmers are finding it easier to stay under the high noon sun for hours to dry their palay than to sell their produce to the National Food Authority because of documentation requirements. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Farmers ask NFA to relax selling requirements
SAN QUINTIN—Some 300,000 farmers in Pangasinan have appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to order the National Food Authority (NFA) to temporarily waive or relax its cumbersome requirements before they could sell their newly harvested palay, otherwise they will be forced to sell their crops to private traders buying from P9 to P11 per kilo and […]
“Imported” bangus spurs heated debate
THE title is the window of a law or ordinance, thus the need to make it precise, direct and not prone to different interpretations. This was the gist of the request of Dagupan City Councilor Michael Fernandez to Councilors Marcelino Fernandez and Jose Netu Tamayo as sponsors of a proposed ordinance intending to accredit separate consignacions […]
Capitol hosts 2nd Tourism B2B Northern Luzon
THE provincial government welcomed local and international business entrepreneurs and stakeholders during the Second Tourism Business to Business (B2B) Northern Luzon held on October 12 at the Sison Auditorium, Lingayen. Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) Chief Ma. Luisa Elduayan, representing Governor Amado Espino III, set the tone ins support of partnership between government […]
LINGAYEN JCI SHINES
LINGAYEN JCI SHINES – Mark Micu (center) JCI Lingayen Liberation II president receives the Merit Award for Education for Peace Award category from JCI Philippines National President Jess Paul Estrellado (3rd from right) during the 71st JCI National Convention held in Camarines Sur. Beside him is Mark Gerry Oblanca the chapter’s 2020 President. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Dagupeño to represent PH in int’l pageant
A teacher from Dagupan City will represent the country in the Mister Working Men International 2019, to be held on 15-22 October 2019. Dr. Filemon ‘Mon’ C. Rivo, will be one of the two PH representatives to compete with 30 others in the international pageant for the prestigious title. The other is P/Corporal Willy Quinto […]
Pangasinense, 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos awardee
THE P/ Col. Edwin A. Quilates, a native of San Carlos City, currently provincial director of Batangas, recently chosen one of 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos was cited by the provincial government for his accomplishment. Sangguniang Panlalawigan adopted Resolution No. 222-2019, acknowledged “Quilates’s excellent performance as current police provincial director of Batangas Police Provincial Office […]
UPang stude tops Thailandia Photocon 2019
AFTER a week of competition, Nikko Andrew T. Gautane of San Carlos City won the international photo competition “Thailandia Photocon” (Asian International 2019) besting 17 Asian contenders. Nikko told the PUNCH how he worked for his photo entries since they were required to submit three. For the first challenge, he took photos of the night […]
Pangasinan festival at SM City Rosales
SM City Rosales featured a weeklong presentation of the best of Pangasinan foods, music and dances are featured in a festival, Oct. 14-20. Dubbed as Pangasinan Food, Music & Art BESTival, the event showcased on Oct. 14 during the media launch the province’s popular local delicacies like the Dagupan bangus, pigar-pigar and kaleskes, Calasiao puto, Binalonan’s […]