TWO ABANDONED PROJECTS THE Dagupan City government wants the performance bonds of a contractor for two out of four unfinished and abandoned projects of the past Lim administration be confiscated. This was gleaned in a letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod dated April 1. 2024 by Atty. Aurora Valle in her…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 clarified on Friday that there were no recent fish kill incidents in Western Pangasinan, contrary to a recent report in a national newspaper. Mary Ann Salomon, provincial fishery officer of BFAR-Pangasinan, said the agency’s latest monitoring of aquaculture zones…
PANGASINAN recorded a 209.25N percent rice sufficiency level, despite the El Niño phenomenon persisting in the country. The rice sufficiency level equates to a rice production of 830,062.18 metric tons (MT). It means that the farmers in the province produced a surplus production of 433,382.54 MT, which is the average…
SUMMERTIME FRUIT – A vendor braves the high index heat, pushing his cart filled with newly harvested watermelon offering these to barangay residents in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
AN estimated 600,000 devotees visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag during the observance of the Holy Week. This was bared by Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario during an interview with iFM Dagupan, adding that the peak attendance occurred on Maundy Thursday, from afternoon till evening….
PANGASINENSES are taking advantage of the summer season to build houses. On this, DTI Provincial Director Nathalie Dalaten said the higher demand for construction materials are being exploited by unscrupulous construction storeowners, hence, DTI is closely monitor the prices of cement bags, hollow blocks, GI sheets, nails and wires. So…
SOME 1,000 residents of Urbiztondo were beneficiaries of the “Cash for Work” Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Urbiztondo municipal government led by Mayor Modesto Operania. The beneficiaries, chosen from among the indigent families in the town, were given 45 to 90 days short-term…
(Filed by IFM Dagupan News) 7 drown in Pangasinan rivers during the Holy Week PANGASINAN recorded seven drowning incidents during the Holy Week. This was bared by P/Capt. Renan de l Cruz, information officer of the Pangasinan Police, who said all the seven victims drowned in rivers where they went…
EL NINO’S FRIEND – A salt farmer in Dasol town carries woven bamboo baskets filled with sun-dried salt from the salt beds for delivery to wholesale traders. Hot, sunny days are the salt farmers’ favorite season. The towns in the western part of Pangasinan are still the province’s top salt producers. (Punchphoto by…
WITH the onset of the warm dry season officially announced by PAGASA on Friday, March 22, the Bonuan Tondaligan Beach is now ready to take on thousands of visitors and beachgoers . Albert Gregorio, Tondaligan Beach Park Administrator, said lifeguards are always on standby, while augmentation from the City Disaster…
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