THE Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region I (DA-BFAR I) inaugurated the Regional Seaweeds Nursery in Anda town on September 19, 2023. Earlier in June this year, DA-BFAR 1 entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Anda local government to establish and develop a Regional Seaweeds…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Dagupan City succeeded in clearing a backlog of 5,000 replacement plates for vehicles registered since 2015. LTO Dagupan District Officer Romel Dawatan announced that the central office sent these replacement plates, numbers 1 to 9. Dawatan urged motor vehicle registrants who have paid for…
THE San Carlos City government , in collaboration with the City Cooperative, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Development Office (CCELDO) and the Schools Division Office (SDO) of San Carlos, initiated a dishwashing liquid soap-making workshop as part of the “Solution Dilima” program at Salinap National High School. To support this initiative, the…
SEAWALL STOPS FISHERMEN’S LIVELIHOOD – Different fisherfolk groups are protesting the ongoing construction of steel seawall in front of their communities because it will prevent them from doing their usual fishing activity using the beach seine (kalokor). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN has enough rice buffer stocks for the next 30-60 days according to an official of the National Food Authority (NFA)-Pangasinan. Frederick Dulay, NFA assistant manager, said , “We have enough buffer stocks,” but declined to reveal the volume available at the warehouse. “Sapat na sapat,” he said, adding that…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)–Pangasinan has seen an increase in compliance rate among rice retailers in the implementation of Executive Order No. 39, or a 90 to 95-percent increase from last week’s 80-percent. This was bared by Guillermo Avelino Jr., chief of the Consumer Protection Division of DTI-Pangasinan…
SHELLFISH from the coastal waters of Western Pangasinan are safe to consume. In its September 8 Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said mariculture areas in Infanta, coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos, Sual, and Wawa, Bani in Pangasinan, including mariculture areas in Rosario,…
ICONIC PANTRANCO BUS — A reproduction of a unit of the Pantranco (Pangasinan Transportation Company), the biggest passenger company that served Pangasinenses commuting to various towns and other provinces since 1925 to 1970s, is featured in one of the 11 galleries of the Banaan Pangasinan Provincial Museum inside the historic Casa Real Building. (Punchphoto…
CLOSE MONITORING AT MAGSAYSAY MARKET ORDERED THE discovery of 400 kilos of bangus in rotting stage at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City at past 12 a.m. on Saturday, spurred the City Agriculture Office (CAO) to tighten its security at all entry points to the city’s markets. Personnel of…
MINIMUM RICE PRICE? – The pricing of the stall of the rice retailer in a public market in Pangasinan appears to be the common strategy adopted by many in all public markets, the minimum/maximum selling price is P45, not P41 (as mandated by E.O.39). It appears the maximum price cap rule dictated by…
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