THE Philippine College of Physicians recently accredited the Residency Training Program of the Department of Internal Medicine of Nazareth General Hospital Inc. It’s the first accredited Residency Training in a private hospital in Pangasinan. The accreditation acknowledged the hospital’s excellence in medical education and patient care. Dr. Edmundo Exconde attributed…
HOUSE OF GOLD – Gloria Javien, 63, finds comfort and happiness in hanging tobacco leaves for drying from her house in Barangay Ammamperez in Villais town because these promise “golden’ return for her efforts. Unlike other farmers, a dangerous heat level is favorable to tobacco farmers. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recently authorized Gov. Ramon Guico III to seal a partnership with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) for the implementation of the Coconut Fertilization Project for CY 2024. The SP resolution on May 6 cited PCA’s implementation of the Coconut Planting and Replanting Project to revitalize the…
THE Department of Labor and Employment awarded P90,114,219 worth of livelihood assistance to 18,835 residents through its “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD)” during the simultaneous Labor Day Job Fair held in three venues, offering support and hope for disadvantaged or displaced workers in the province, including farmers, fisherfolks,…
THE newly-completed P30-million access road project along Barangay San Vicente project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Calasiao is seen to boost agriculture and tourism. Esperanza Tinaza, DPWH Region I information officer, said the access road is 1.5428 kilometers long and reinforced with a concreted pipe…
NATIVE CAKES GALORE – Urbiztondo residents and their visitors partake on the different native cakes produced in the town during the town’s 2nd Kanen Festival. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE Pangasinan Salt Center was officially created as a unit under the office of the Governor with the passage of the provincial ordinance during its April 29 regular session. Vice Gov. Mark Lambino, presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), said the ordinance defines functions and operations of the Pangasinan…
AS more investors are eyeing Pangasinan for their renewable energy projects, Vice Gov. Mark Lambino reiterates the importance of observing taxation laws of host towns. Lambino, in an interview, stressed that the new investors must ensure that their tax payments benefit the host local governments to help them grow economically…
ABOITIZ Renewables Inc. (ARI) announced last Tuesday that its 159-megawatt peak (MWp) Laoag Solar Power Plant in Aguilar town is up and running while its 94 MW Cayanga-Bugallon Solar Power facility, which was switched on last October 2023, is adding about 200 megawatts of total sellable capacity to the grid….
FISH cages in Dagupan City will soon be revolutionized and made more environment friendly with the turnover by the Bureau of Fisheries Field Office 1 of two collapsible fish cages and more than 5,000 bangus fingerlings to the city government. Mayor Belen Fernandez, who received the donation on May 3…
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