A 74-megawatt solar power facility will rise in Barangay Cayanga in Bugallon town next year, to be built by the AboitizPower Corporation. AboitizPower announced that construction of the facility will start by the middle of next year and is targeted to be in commercial operation by the fourth quarter of 2022….
THE 130 workers employed under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) were finally paid their earnings on May 18. Th DOLE-Ilocos Regional Office disbursed P442,000.00 to cover their P3,400 individual benefits which was facilitated by USSC, a money remittance…
THE Dagupan City government started implementing a color-coding scheme for ambulant vendors along Galvan Street on Tuesday, May 18. The scheme seeks to limit and allocate space for ambulant vendors that have been overcrowding the street in violation of the health and distancing protocol set by the IATF while the…
THE coastal waters of Pangasinan, particularly in Alaminos City, Bani, Bolinao, Anda, and Sual, are still free from paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), commonly known as toxic red tide. This means that all types of shellfish and ‘alamang’ from the Western part of the province are still safe for consumption. This…
SAVING THE PLANTS, VEGGIES — A municipal worker trains a hose on the plants and vegetables at the town plaza in Lingayen to survive the intense summer heat (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
BANTAY BARANGAY, BABAY ASF PROPOSED PANGASINAN was already African Swine Fever (ASF)-free days before President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole country under the state of calamity because of the impact of the ASF. This was the advisory of the acting provincial veterinarian relayed to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). Dr. Jovito…
The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office I (DOLE ROI) distributed P710,600 as payment for wages of 209 workers in Dagupan under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay Para sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD), an emergency employment program of the agency. The 209 TUPAD workers are informal workers, tricycle drivers, fisherfolks, vendors…
From a single contact center in 1999, the Philippine call center industry has grown to become the world’s largest, with the country now recognized as the call center capital of the world. It is a sector that contributes one of the highest revenues to the economy while also employing over…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) sent its endorsement to the Department of Health (DOH) on the application of Pozorrubio Community Hospital with 47-bed capacity for a license to operate. The resolution was proposed by Fifth District Board Member Nicoli Jan Sison and co-authored by Board Member Ma. Rosario Gracia Perez-Tababa. Sison said…
CSI WAREHOUSE CLUB IS BACK – Regular shoppers and sari-sari store owners quickly are pleasantly surprised to see the innovations found inside the biggest wholesale store in Dagupan City that was opened last week. The club was razed to the ground last year. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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