CALESA JOYRIDE -– Residents and visitors riding calesas in Dagupan City at night get a thrill as they pass through the brightly colored lit channel that formed on Quintos Bridge. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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Dagupan CHO assures safe eating in Food Strip
THE Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) assured residents and visitors that the preparation of food along the city’s Food Strip along Zamora Street has passed sanitation standards imposed by it. This was stressed after the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office recorded 42 deaths out of 8, 684 cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the province – […]
Dar: No new ASF outbreak in Pangasinan
AGRICULTURE Secretary William Dar said there is no new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Pangasinan. Dar said the feedback he gets is there is no new outbreak “but the threat of the African swine fever remains that’s why we have to elevate our quarantine system.” Dar, who was in Urdaneta City and Rosales […]
The sampaguita leis you buy are sourced in Manaoag
THE sweet scent of sampaguita flowers is making residents of Barangay Baritao in Manaoag smiling because it has become a source of livelihood. Baritao, located about 2.5 kilometers southwest of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag, has many residents who depend on sampaguita growing and lei making for livelihood. The place has […]
BJMP detainees earn from Christmas decors
SOME 100 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) presently detained at District Jail of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan City have been earning from sale and repair of their crafted Christmas decors since September this year. In an interview Tuesday, jail officer Janice Wackisan of BJMP Dagupan’s community relations service, said […]
WHAT LAWS?
WHAT LAWS? — A vendor sells Christmas decors along the sidewalk in Dagupan unmindful of two laws – selling on a sidewalk smoking a cigarette in a public place. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
De Venecia’s bill gets NEDA endorsement
MAGNA CARTA OF YOUNG FARMERS FOURTH District Rep. Christopher De Venecia’s House bill, Magna Carta of Young Farmers, recently received the endorsement of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) for its immediate passage. The bill which aims to protect and promote the well-being of young farmers, aged 15 to 35, recognizes the strategic role of […]
NFA eases palay procurement for farmers
BINALONAN – The National Food Authority (NFA) Eastern Pangasinan has eased the process in buying farmers’ palay by foregoing with the administrative requirements earlier imposed. This, after farmers have indicated preference to sell their palay to private traders even at lower rate, P12-P18 per kilogram, because no administrative requirements are imposed compared to NFA’s P19 […]
41 townsfolk avail of 15-day training in plumbing and electrical works
FORTY-one Infanta residents who recently availed of the Mobile Skills Training of Project (MSTP) of the provincial government have completed their training. The successful trainees in basic plumbing, and electrical installation and maintenance received their certificates of completion on November 27 at the Evacuation Center in Infanta. Infanta Mayor Marvin Martinez commended the provincial government’s […]
Mangaldan holds skills workshop for youngsters
THE Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Mangaldan Federation will host “KADEVCON, a skills training workshop on December 7 for the town’s youth to increase their chances at employment. KADEVCON is the acronym for Kalangweran Development Congress, a one-day workshop for leadership, personality and character, and employability development for some 150 youths in the town and other municipalities. […]