DANGEROUS DRYING OF PALAY – A farmer’s daughter in Aguilar town stops sweeping dried palay on the Pangasinan-Tarlac highway to acknowledge the passing of a group riding a kuliglig. While the practice of drying palay on highways is banned, local governments have turned a blind eye to the farmers’ insistence to use the highway in spite…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) reminded drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) – jeepneys and buses – to secure new fare matrix on authorized fare increases before charging the new fares set to be implemented on Monday, October 3. In a Facebook post Tuesday, September 27, the…
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Region 1 is still committed to achieve zero backlog in resolving land reform cases filed before it. In a press conference, Atty. Glaize Bernadeth Tadeo, the legal chief of DAR Region I, echoed the commitment as she clarified that minor issues such as transfer…
AN agricultural trading post, commonly known as a Bagsakan Center, will soon rise in Barangay Tomana West in Rosales town in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA). This plan was reached during a recent discussion among Rosales Mayor Mayor Liam Cezar, ABONO Partylist Representative Robert ‘Eskimo’ Estrella Jr., and…
PINAKBET PASTA, ANYONE? — Shoppers at the SM City Urdaneta Central partake of the new “pinakbet pasta” (using locally- produced pinakbet cubes) prepared during the launching of the product by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Pangasinan Entrepreneurs Development Association Inc. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN can expect to experience rotating brownouts during the last quarter of 2022 after the Department of Energy (DOE) warned the Luzon grid that it may not be able to meet its contingency reserves. In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 29, the DOE said Luzon is in danger of…
FARMERS called on the Sta. Barbara local government to build multi-purpose pavements where they can dry their palay so that they can stop drying their palay on outer lanes of highways. The farmers said in the absence of a regular drying facilities, they are forced to dry their still wet…
THIRTY-two former Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) from Mangaldan town received financial assistance for their livelihood projects from the Dagupan City Parole and Probation Office (DCPPO). This donation was made public by Pastor Abelardo Nuarin of Barangay Bari, a volunteer probation assistant, who said the financial assistance will be used…
TRADITIONAL RICE FARMING – Rice farmers in Barangay Umangan in Mangatarem, like in many other towns, plant palay without mechanized equipment and financial subsidy from the national government yet they are expected help ensure food security for the country. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BOATMEN GET 50% DISCOUNT THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed an ordinance “prescribing the schedule of fees on: Operation of fishing boats and operation of motorized bancas and boats for passenger, merchandise, cargo ferrying and other purposes.” The newly passed ordinance No. 815-2022 gave 50 percent discount in fees for…
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