AQUACULTURE fish farmers in Western Pangasinan are not engaging in ‘forced’ harvesting of milkfish (bangus), contrary to a news report by a local TV channel on April 10, 2024. This was clarified by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Regional Office 1 in a Facebook post, refuting the news suggesting…
AS reported in the earlier issues of the PUNCH, eggs’ prices were forecasted to drop drastically due to the heat. With an oversupply, eggs in Dagupan City markets were sold for P4 each last week. Nathaniel Jovero, a resident of Rivera Street, and a regular marketgoer, said extra small-sized eggs…
LIVELIHOOD FOR PDLs BUY a beautifully crafted ‘bayong’ (bag) with the label Bayong Hiraya and help a worthy cause – to support the livelihood of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) being held at the Dagupan City Jail Male Dormitory. “Bayong Hiraya,” which translates to “bag of hope,” empowers persons deprived…
FOOTBRIDGE IS IMPORTANT – Personnel of the City Engineering Office rush the work to raise the height of the footbridge on Arellano Street after the Dagupan city government decided to keep it instead of dismantling it after the elevation of the road and drainage system an adjustment in the area was…
TWO ABANDONED PROJECTS THE Dagupan City government wants the performance bonds of a contractor for two out of four unfinished and abandoned projects of the past Lim administration be confiscated. This was gleaned in a letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod dated April 1. 2024 by Atty. Aurora Valle in her…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 clarified on Friday that there were no recent fish kill incidents in Western Pangasinan, contrary to a recent report in a national newspaper. Mary Ann Salomon, provincial fishery officer of BFAR-Pangasinan, said the agency’s latest monitoring of aquaculture zones…
PANGASINAN recorded a 209.25N percent rice sufficiency level, despite the El Niño phenomenon persisting in the country. The rice sufficiency level equates to a rice production of 830,062.18 metric tons (MT). It means that the farmers in the province produced a surplus production of 433,382.54 MT, which is the average…
SUMMERTIME FRUIT – A vendor braves the high index heat, pushing his cart filled with newly harvested watermelon offering these to barangay residents in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
AN estimated 600,000 devotees visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag during the observance of the Holy Week. This was bared by Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario during an interview with iFM Dagupan, adding that the peak attendance occurred on Maundy Thursday, from afternoon till evening….
PANGASINENSES are taking advantage of the summer season to build houses. On this, DTI Provincial Director Nathalie Dalaten said the higher demand for construction materials are being exploited by unscrupulous construction storeowners, hence, DTI is closely monitor the prices of cement bags, hollow blocks, GI sheets, nails and wires. So…
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