THE newly-completed P30-million access road project along Barangay San Vicente project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Calasiao is seen to boost agriculture and tourism. Esperanza Tinaza, DPWH Region I information officer, said the access road is 1.5428 kilometers long and reinforced with a concreted pipe…
NATIVE CAKES GALORE – Urbiztondo residents and their visitors partake on the different native cakes produced in the town during the town’s 2nd Kanen Festival. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE Pangasinan Salt Center was officially created as a unit under the office of the Governor with the passage of the provincial ordinance during its April 29 regular session. Vice Gov. Mark Lambino, presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), said the ordinance defines functions and operations of the Pangasinan…
AS more investors are eyeing Pangasinan for their renewable energy projects, Vice Gov. Mark Lambino reiterates the importance of observing taxation laws of host towns. Lambino, in an interview, stressed that the new investors must ensure that their tax payments benefit the host local governments to help them grow economically…
ABOITIZ Renewables Inc. (ARI) announced last Tuesday that its 159-megawatt peak (MWp) Laoag Solar Power Plant in Aguilar town is up and running while its 94 MW Cayanga-Bugallon Solar Power facility, which was switched on last October 2023, is adding about 200 megawatts of total sellable capacity to the grid….
FISH cages in Dagupan City will soon be revolutionized and made more environment friendly with the turnover by the Bureau of Fisheries Field Office 1 of two collapsible fish cages and more than 5,000 bangus fingerlings to the city government. Mayor Belen Fernandez, who received the donation on May 3…
THE National Irrigation Administration-Pangasinan Irrigation Management Office (PIMO) assured farmers of a steady water supply for agriculture despite the ongoing drought after surpassing initial targeted irrigated areas. John Molano, acting division manager of PIMO, said most farmers in Pangasinan already harvested their second crop including those in some 8,000 vulnerable areas…
LOOK! THE LONGEST BANGUS THIS YEAR — Two usherettes at the Dagupan Bangus Rodeo hold the finalists in the “longest” bangus contest during the Bangus Festival 2023. The longest was 70 cm and the second was 68 cm. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CITY EXCLUSIVE FOR DAGUPAN BANGUS THE Bulacan bangus, whose inflow into Dagupan was allowed by the past city administration, is finally banned in all markets in Dagupan, according to Mayor Belen Fernandez. Fernandez confirmed that only the Dagupan bangus and the milkfish produced in other coastal areas of Pangasinan can…
UNUSUAL PRICE MOVEMENT PRICES of regular and well-milled rice have increased by P2 contrary to what was expected this period being the harvest season. Monitoring of prices last week showed the price of regular-milled rice at Malimgas Public Market, an increase since April 22. Normally, the price of rice drops…
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