ENTERPRISING BOY – A young boy whose family was among those evacuated to the Calasaio Sports Complex, tends to the family’s makeshift store inside the evacuation area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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NFA assures enough stocks of rice here
THE National Food Authority (NFA) -Western Pangasinan assures the public that there is an ample supply of rice until the next harvest season in September and October. Chona Maramba, OIC-assistant manager of NFA-Western Pangasinan, gave the assurance on the basis of its monitoring. She said there are 444,493 bags of household stocks and 143,425 bags […]
BANGKOK STYLE
BANGKOK STYLE—From a distance, the fruit vendor could be mistake selling from a banca like they do in Bangkok City, Thailand. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
SSS offers loan assistance to typhoon, habagat victims
THE Social Security System (SSS) on Tuesday said more than P863 million have been reserved for a relief assistance program for its members and pensioners affected by the massive flooding brought by the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by typhoons Henry, Inday and Josie last July. SSS President Emmanuel F. Dooc said the agency opened its Calamity Assistance Package (CAP) which offers […]
NO CALASIAO PUTO
NO CALASIAO PUTO – The row of puto stalls usually teeming with customers is deserted after knee-high murky flood water forced stall owners to close shop. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
RED CROSS IN ACTION
RED CROSS IN ACTION — Philippine Red Cross Chairman Senator Richard Gordon leads the relief distribution at Sangkol Elementary School in Calasiao town assisted by Maybelyn Dela Cruz Fernandez, chair of the PRC-Pangasinan board. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
Dwindling Dagupan bangus production seen
DUE TO CONVERSION OF FISHPONDS DEVELOPEMENT and economic progress always comes with a price. The rush of fishpond owners to take advantage of development in Dagupan City has alarmed the Bureau of Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR) who noted the backfilling of many fishponds. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development […]
Bolinao, Anda to ban fish pens in 2019
THE recent fish kill in Bolinao town has compelled its government to accept and adopt the recommendations of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee’s Subcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SCFMEP) Resolution No. 01 series of 2018, a resolution. The resolution calls on local government units with mariculture zone in region 1 to address […]
PESO Dagupan conducts career guidance forum
THE city’s Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) conducted a career coaching symposium for the grade 11 and 12 students of Salapingao National High School on August 7. The career guidance forum program seeks to prepare graduating students on their career options and to guide them in choosing the courses or degrees they would pursue […]
Capitol bags CSC’s PRIME-HRM bronze award
LINGAYEN — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) recently conferred to the provincial government the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) bronze award. CSC Lingayen Office Director Flordeliza Bugtong, presented the said award to Governor Amado Espino III during the August 6 regular flag-raising ceremony. The award attests to the Provincial […]