FOOD FOR THE FISH – A fishpond worker collects lumot or green algae from a pond in barangay Naguelguel, Lingayen to sell to fish growers. Lumot serves as an alternative food for fish being raised in fishponds. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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Bautista’s onion farmers lost P169-M to ‘harabas’
ONION farmers in the municipality of Bautista lost some P169,000,360 worth of onions last 2020 to the massive infestation of army worms, locally known as harabas. Ernesto Dorado, the town’s municipal agriculturist, said the losses equate to 4,234,000 kilos of onions, covering approximately 211.7 hectares out of total land plantation area of 481.2 hectares that […]
Barangay collection of business fee questioned
NO LEGAL BASIS THE collection of barangay business clearance fees in Mangaldan’s Barangay Poblacion, was questioned in an administrative case for grave misconduct filed by former Mayor Bona Fe Parayno against Melinda Morillo, the punong barangay of Poblacion, Mangaldan before the town’s Sangguniang Bayan presided by Vice Mayor Jojo Surdilla. However, the expected face-up between […]
10 fishing vessels using banned seine nabbed in Sual
TEN undocumented Commercial Fishing Vessel (CFVs) believed using the banned Danish seine (hulbot-hulbot or buli-buli) or a fishing net that uses floaters to entraps fish, were towed and held in Sual town by law enforcement agencies in Region 1. BFAR Regional Director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan said her agency received information about the CFVs operating in Lingayen Gulf, […]
BEATING THE DEADLINE
BEATING THE DEADLINE – Representatives of business establishments file their documents for the annual business permits at the One-Stop shop at the City Museum in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
Pangasinan tourism gets boost with new branding
THE Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) will soon launch tourist destinations with new branding via website and social media marketing. The Pangasinan Provincial Board recently approved Provincial Resolution No. 1896-2021 that authorized Governor Amado Espino III to enter into a Contract with Pixelhub Creative Design Studio for the Implementation of the “Pangasinan Tourism […]
LIQUOR BAN REMINDER
LIQUOR BAN REMINDER – An employee of a convenience store in Dagupan City posts the “Liquor Ban” sign under the watchful eye of a POSO enforcer to remind customers of the reimposed ban in the city. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
Power rates lowered, not increased – CENPELCO
THE Central Electric Cooperative denied that it increased its billing rate, instead, it has lowered the rate by 87 centavos per kilowatt hour. Cenpelco’s per kilo watt hour is at P9. According to Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz, Cenpelco manager, said the complaining customers failed to realize that the increase in the electric bill was due to […]
PERFECT SCENERY
PERFECT SCENERY — A fisherman goes about his business fishing near a sandbar between the Lingayen Gulf and the Limahong Channel unmindful of the perfect scene he projects with the smokestack of the Sual Power Station in the background. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
Travel pass required to visit tourist spots
THE Provincial Tourism Office and the Pangasinan PNP have issued an advisory: Tourists must secure a travel pass before visiting tourist destinations in Pangasinan. A travel pass consists of travel authority and medical certificate. According to Malu Elduayan, Provincial Tourism Officer, while some popular tourist destinations spots in the province, i.e. the beaches of Burgos, […]