BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISE –Vendors and households that regularly buy their food items at the Malimgas Public Market in Dagupan City continue to suffer flooding in the area each time the high tide hits the city in spite of a campaign promise by the Lim administration to at least minimize the inconvenience in the area. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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ASF hits 51% of hog population in Pangasinan
HOUSEHOLDS in Pangasinan decided to be pork-less after they were told that the price of pork in the market has rocketed from P200 per kilo to as high as P260 to P270 per kilo. What most didn’t know was about 51 percent of the estimated 280,000 hog population of Pangasinan were already affected by the […]
Pork supply down by 40% due to ASF
PORK supply in Luzon is down by 35 to 40 percent due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) that has hit many piggeries. Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So told the virtual forum of the KBP-Pangasinan chapter, via ZoomApp on Thursday that an estimated 350 sows that died in Luzon translates to 380,000 heads […]
75 more jeepneys sought to service Dagupan
THE Alliance of United Transport Organizations Provincewide (AUTOPRO) has asked the Dagupan City government to endorse its appeal to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 1 to issue special permits for 75 more jeepneys to service Dagupan City, in addition to the 45 jeepneys already plying the streets. This was contained in […]
Lingayen suffers pork shortage due to ASF
IMPACT OF ASF ON HOG RAISERS THE capital town of Lingayen is experiencing pork shortage as a result of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, prompting the mayor to issue an executive order allowing the entry of live swine/hogs from 11 towns and one city in Pangasinan. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil issued on June 22 […]
RUSHING TO DRY
RUSHING TO DRY — A fish trader from Barangay Pantal takes advantage of the searing heat of the sun in the morning till mid-afternoon to dry more fish before the expected rains fall. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CSI Mall Lucao re-opens
THE biggest shopping mall in Dagupan City has resumed its operations on June 28 after it closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and partly by a fire incident that gutted half of the establishment three months ago. About 95 percent of the shops at the CSI Mall in Barangay Lucao this city have […]
Penalties for pranksters preying on online sellers set
AN ordinance is set to be filed in the Sangguniang Panlungsod penalizing the act of bogus buyers or pranksters who order food and grocery items online providing fake points for delivery, leaving the unsuspecting delivery personnel to pay for the ordered items. This was agreed upon during a committee hearing of the SP on Thursday on the […]
More routes opened by LTFRB in Pangasinan
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Region 1 opened 17 additional Intra-provincial routes for 167 units of public utility jeepneys and buses last week, June 25. Among the lines opened in Pangasinan are Alaminos to Infanta, Dagupan-Lingayen, Dagupan-Urbiztondo via San Carlos City, Dagupan-Malasiqui, Dagupan-Sta. Barbara, -Rosaleds-Umingan, Lingayen-Sual via Socony. The new routes […]
RARE DAGUPAN GOLDEN BANGUS
RARE DAGUPAN GOLDEN BANGUS — Romel Felomino turns over his golden bangus raised in his fishpond in Barangay Carael in Dagupan City to BFAR-NIFTDC center for better care and research purposes. It weighs 800 grams and is 15 inches long. (Punchphoto by Willie Lombao)