THE Pangasinan Provincial Library is urging young individuals to enroll in Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) courses, emphasizing the crucial and changing role this profession plays in the digital age. The BLIS program equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary for careers in managing, organizing, and preserving…
HOME financing agency Pag-IBIG Fund’s Region I office that it has multipurpose loans (MPL) it can offer to its members Members can apply for MPL up to 80% of their regular savings at a low interest rate for a maximum term of three years. For calamity loans, members residing in…
Pag-IBIG Fund: Members can borrow up to 80% of savings
THE prices of agricultural products across Region 1 have increased due mainly to the impact of the series of typhoons that hit northern Luzon, as confirmed by Jinnefer Pulamo, a project evaluation officer from the Department of Agriculture (DA). Despite the region’s capacity to produce over 100% of the local…
Agri product prices in R1 soar amid typhoons

TYPHOONS DELAY STREET ELEVATION – The delay in the timetable for the completion of the elevation of the street and drainage system along Perez Boulevard in Dagupan City because of the onset of typhoons is expected to result in more daily gridlocks. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TYPHOONS DELAY STREET ELEVATION
NEARLY 100% of farmers in Sta. Barbara have reported significant losses in the recent second cropping season, primarily due to damage on rice crops caused by recent typhoons. Jerome Noble, president of the Banaoang Aligwas Farmers Association and an agriculture consultant for the local government unit (LGU), said the storms…
Sta. Barbara rice farmers suffer heavy losses due to recent storms

SAFTETY FIRST — Pangasinan Police Provincial Office chief P/Col Rollyfer Capoquian, accompanied by Dagupan City Police Chief P/Lt.Col. Brendon Palisoc, reminds Victory Liner terminal management in Dagupan City about their need to strictly comply with requirements set by LTFRB and LTO in serving the travel rush for UNDAS. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SAFTETY FIRST
TEAM ENERGY CORP. ENDS CONTRACT TEAM Energy Corp., a partnership between Japan’s Marubeni Corp. and Tokyo Electric Power, formally handed over operations of the 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Sual to the Philippine government on October 25, marking the end of its contract that began on May 20, 1994. The…
SMC’s Sual Power takes over of Sual Power Plant
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of Pangasinan issued a reminder to all business establishments in Dagupan City to comply with the price freeze on basic necessities following the declaration of a state of calamity on October 25. City Council Resolution No. 8174-2024 mandates a 60-day price freeze on…
Price freeze of basic goods in effect in Dagupan City

DRAINAGE ELEVATION DISRUPTED – The ongoing construction for the elevation of the road and the drainage system along Perez Blvd from the YMCA is disrupted by Typhoon Kristine. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DRAINAGE ELEVATION DISRUPTED
THE Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of the Ilocos Region granted an additional P33 daily minimum wage hike across all sectors, effectively raising to P468 the daily wage for non-agricultural workers in companies employing at least 10 and P435 for agricultural workers in companies with less than 10. Wage…