DESPITE the entry of imported rice in local markets in Pangasinan, the price of milled commercial rice last week remained high. In Dagupan City, regular-milled rice was still pegged at P58 per kilogram, while first-class rice was still being sold at P60 per kilogram, the same level during the holiday…
PRICES of vegetables, onions from highland dropped last week. According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), the prices of the following items decreased: Carrot was priced P60/ kilogram, from P100 last month White potato was P100/kilogram, from P115 Baguio pechay was P40/kilogram, from P50 Cabbage P35/kilogram, from P80 Red onion…
THE Alliance of United Transport Organization Provincewide (AUTOPRO)–Pangasinan did not join the nationwide call of Manila-based transport groups MANIBELA and PISTON to protest the revocation of franchises of drivers and operators unable to consolidate. Both MANIBELA and PISTON earlier launched a nationwide protest in order to persuade President Ferdinand Marcos…
PROTECTING BABY SEA TURTLES – Personnel of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) prepare to release the four sea turtle hatchlings they found crawling at the beach in Lingayen last week to the sea. A nest with almost a hundred egg shells and six unhatched eggs were found…
THE Department of Agriculture’s initiative in corporate farming was introduced through a pilot program in Barangay Bani, Bayambang last January 11. The program was organized by the town’s Municipal Agriculture Office in collaboration with the Office of Provincial Agriculture (OPAg). New farming technologies were proposed by the Agriculture Office in order to boost corn production in…
BUSINESS taxpayers no longer have to pay the annual P500 registration fee with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) starting January 22 this year. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui said the BIR said it will stop collecting the annual registration fee from business taxpayers in compliance with the Republic Act No….
VICE Governor Mark Lambino lauded the dedication to duty and their integrity of two employees of the Provincial Assessment Office during the regular flag-raising ceremony on January 15. Both Lilibeth Salazar and Maria Virginia Delos Santos, were commended earlier by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for their “outstanding efforts…
THE dairy farm operations in Laoac town earned P2 million in 2023 and the Guico administration sees an even better prospects for it. With only 32 milk-producing carabaos and 40 milk-producing cows, the Laoac Dairy Farm (LDF) was already producing at least 7.5 liters of milk a day, and with…
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FROM THE SEA — Fishermen slowly pull their nets as they catch fish along the beach in Lingayen Monday morning. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
BACKLOG in production and distribution of driver’s licenses in Land Transportation Office (LTO) Dagupan Office is already more than ten thousand due to low supply of PVC cards.= LTO Dagupan chief Romel Dawaton said the 10,600 backlog includes new applications, renewals, and student licenses. The office stopped printing, leaving only…
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