THE Department of Labor and Employment regional office awarded safety seals to two large and high-risk companies in Pangasinan: San Miguel Corporation Sta. Barbara Plant, in Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, and Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP). The Safety Seal Certification is a voluntary certification scheme that cites an establishment’s compliance with the…
RELIEF FROM FLOODING – The completion of the construction of the flood gate by the Magsaysay Bridge on Perez Boulevard is expected to bring relief to some parts in Dagupan City . (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan wants Malacañang Palace to order the investigation of the seemingly anomalous determination of recipients as well as distribution of the first round of the Special Risk Allowance and hazard pay to health workers deployed in Pangasinan during the current pandemic. The resolution proposed by Second District Board…
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Pangasinan warned employers against the implementation of the ‘No Vaccine, No Work’ policy reportedly being considered by some. Agnes Aguinaldo, DOLE-Pangasinan head, said the employer-employee relationship should not be strained if the employee refuses or fails to be inoculated. She said the agency’s Labor…
SM Supermalls has partnered with different LGUs to open the multi-mall vaccination program. As of August 8, a total of 2,075,327 vaccine doses have been administered at SM malls vaccination sites nationwide. This is to support the community in their endeavor to vaccinate the public against COVID-19. In Rosales town,…
WORKING ON A FLOODED DAY – A mother and son push their cart through the flooded A.B. Fernandez in Dagupan City to unload their bags of vegetables at the Malimgas Market. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MOTORISTS traveling to and fro parts of Eastern Pangasinan and adjacent provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya can soon shorten their travel time via the newly-constructed 5-kilometer diversion in Rosales town. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar was in Pangasinan last week to check the progress of the…
A USD one billion (P50.2 -billion) aqua farming project will soon be established in Pangasinan after the Japanese government-owned corporation and the provincial government of Pangasinan inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday. According to the Provincial Information Office (PIO), Yoshihisa Arai, president of Tokushima Auction Market (TAM), a…
EARLY MORNING HAUL – Fishermen in Lingayen launch their beach seine nets (kalokor) early morning from the beachfront. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BLESSINGS are raining on an all-male group of ice cream makers/vendors, the latest of which was a P180,000 fund from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to be used for the purchase of ice cream mixer. Fernando Verseles, president of Bani Delicious Ice Cream Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA)…
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