THE more than 1,000 onion farmers in Bayambang, the Onion Capital of Pangasinan, feel like they hit the jackpot with the spike in prices of onion owing to short supply in the domestic market. Artemio Buezon, the municipal agriculturist, said the onion farmers are now “millionaires” because the farm gate price of red onions today […]
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Alaminos’ Hundred Islands earns P44.7-M
THE Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City earned here P44.73 million in tourism receipts from 522,917 in 2019 from local and foreign tourists. City Tourism Officer Miguel Sison, however, said the last year’s tourist arrivals was lower by 4.5 percent compared to tourist arrivals of 2018 and attributed it to the 29 days […]
DECORP ups December bills by P.70 Kwh
IF customers of Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) are being made to pay more for their electric consumption last December, it is because P0.70 per kilowatt hour (Kwh) increase was imposed for the December 2019 billing month, representing an increase in generation charge. Atty. Randy Castilan, spokesperson for DECORP, said the increase was a result of […]
POSO recommends single instead of split franchises
TRICYCLE OPERATIONS IN DAGUPAN IF the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) Dagupan City can have its way, there will only be one franchise for tricycle operators, not two as introduced in 2018. Robert Christopher Erfe-Mejia, POSO Dagupan chief, is set to recommend the removal of the “night franchise” for tricycles in this city and […]
MAN ON FIRE
MAN ON FIRE — A fire dancer performs anew in Barangay Malued in Dagupan City as villagers wait to welcome 2020. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Bangus industry still imports 70% fry from Indonesia
THE bangus industry is doing relatively okay except for one aspect: it still imports 70 percent of fry it needs remains from Indonesia. This was view expressed by Alex Soriano, chairman of the Philippine Milkfish Group (PhilMIG) whose company operates fish cages in the coastal areas in Pangasinan. Soriano said the country still lags behind […]
Lingayen’s One-Stop Shop open for business
THE number of business establishments in the town of Lingayen are expected to increase to 2,000 with the opening of the town’s One-Stop Shop for businessmen applying for business permits. Edgardo Sison of the Business Permit and Licensing Office said the deadline for filing and processing of applications for business permit will be on January […]
Dagupan ‘Baratilyo’ ends January 10
SHOPPERS and thrift buyers have only this week to take advantage of the bargain prices offered at the ‘Baratilyo’ at the city plaza area because it will close on January 10, 2020. Aguedo Sta. Maria, City Market supervisor, confirmed that the 60-day contract with stall owners will lapse on that day. ‘Baratilyo’ was opened on […]
Farmers get more help from Capitol
BEFORE the year 2019 ended, farmers in Pangasinan received agricultural equipment, vegetable seeds, and trading capital from the provincial government through Governor Amado Espino III. The more than 100 farmers and irrigators associations and cooperatives in Agno, Alaminos City, Anda, Bani, Bolinao, Burgos, Dasol, Infanta, Mabini, Sual, Aguilar, Binmaley, Basista, Bugallon, Labrador, Lingayen, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo, […]
Sidewalk vendors told: No selling till after 4 P.M.
WITH the end of the Dagupan City fiesta and holiday season, the city government will resume banning the occupation of sidewalks by vendors during the day, before 4 P.M. According to Michael Hernando, chief of the city’s Anti-Hawking Division, the sidewalk vendors were tolerated to occupy sidewalks 24/7 during the holidays and the vendors were […]