RE-ELECTED Sen. Cynthia Villar urged graduates of Pangasinan State University to consider being entrepreneurs instead of seeking employment. In her speech on June 25 at The Stadia, Villar challenged them to be ready for the challenges that await them because the unemployment rate remains high as she pointed out that seeking employment is not the […]
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Fast ferry in Pangasinan, soon a reality
DON’T look now but the operation of a fast ferry crafts along the shoreline of the Baywalk project in Lingayen and Binmaley area may soon be a reality. According to outgoing Second District Rep. and Incoming Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo N. Bataoil, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is doing a feasibility study for his proposed fast […]
STILL A HOUSEHOLD FAVORITE
STILL A HOUSEHOLD FAVORITE — A vendor weighs locally produced garlic for her suki who prefers it over the imported produce that have flooded the market. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
5-star hotel to rise in Alaminos
ALAMINOS CITY—A five-star hotel with more than 100 rooms is set to rise here, the home of the famous Hundred Islands, to serve local and foreign tourists. To be named The Oriental Hundred Islands located at the old wharf in Barangay Lucap here, the hotel had its groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday and construction is expected to […]
WHAT TYPHOON?
WHAT TYPHOON? — A farmer decides to till his farm lot over the advice of industry experts to defer the planting season till after the typhoon season to avoid losses from expected monsoon rains. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
‘Betel’ price drops big time due to abundance
BANGUS growers may have to struggle with little profit, after Dagupan bangus, locally known as ‘betel’, dropped prices big time this June. This, after the Dagupan City Agriculture Office recorded a spike in supply of harvested ‘betel’. Prices dropped to P110 to P 125 per kilo, depending on its size – a far cry compared […]
FAVORITE DAILY MEAL IN THE CITY
FAVORITE DAILY MEAL IN THE CITY – For P130, one can have a choice of “Inihaw na Bangus /Hito” along Galvan Street in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
World Bank visits Alcala onion farmers
LINGAYEN – World Bank (WB) executives met with the Alcala Onion Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (AOGMPC) and the provincial government officials on June 6, 2019, held at the Alcala Training Center to assess the progress of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). “Kung atin pong aalalahanin, inumpisahan po ni dating Gobernador Amado T. Espino, Jr. ang […]
Balungao’s small water impounding projects help farmers, tourism
BALUNGAO–Aside from its Hilltop Adventures, this town boasts of having the most number of small water impounding projects (SWIP) that not only provide the irrigation that famers need but boosts reforestation efforts and tourism as well. Mayor Philipp Peralta said the latest SWIP was built in a more than three-hectare lot below the zipline area […]
MANGOES GALORE
MANGOES GALORE -– Mango lovers are taking advantage of the lower selling prices in Dagupan City because of unusual abundant supply. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)