IN response to complaints about inadequate potable water in Barangay Pantal, the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution, authored by Councilor Dennis Canto, urging Pamana Water Corporation to resolve the problem. Canto said Pamana, as the water service provider in Dagupan, must investigate and rectify reported impurities affecting water quality…
TO IMPACT ON SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATIONS THE Mines and GeoSciences Bureau (MGB) Region I warns of possible slow down in the deposition of sediment deposits in the province, as an effect of the ongoing El Niño. In a press conference Monday, November 6, MGB Region I Division Chief…
THE San Carlos City government in collaboration with the City Cooperative Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Development Office (CCELDO),launched a livelihood assistance program for the ‘Bamboo and Taho’ industry at the Resuello Sports Complex on November 6, 2023. Some 40 small-scale entrepreneurs in Balite Sur, Magtaking, Naguilayan, and Turac involved in bamboo…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) authorized Gov. Ramon Guico III to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the registration of the Pangasinan Credit Surety Fund (PCSF) with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA). The MOA that will be entered into by Pangasinan with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Land…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pangasinan is encouraging the households to purchase Noche Buena meat items early due to an impending four percent (4%) increase set to take effect by December. Guillermo Avelino Jr., head of DTI-Pangasinan for consumer welfare, said manufacturers of Noche Buena products and…
NOVEMBER 1, ALL SAINTS DAY, A FAMILY DAY – As in all cemeteries across the country, families gather by the tombstones where their deceased kin lie. This year, no karaokes were allowed to distract families and disturb the serenity. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
HERE’S another spooky tale from the recent Undas. Starting November 01, price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) increased by PHP 0.45 per kilogram. This means that prices of 11-kilogram household LPG in Pangasinan will increase by P4.95 Last October 1, LPG price increased from P3.70 to P3.75 per kilogram. LPG…
A three-day podcasting seminar that ended October 30 was conducted by the City Information Office of Alaminos, attended by some 20 LGU employees. OIC City Information Officer Venus Balgua said the seminar taught participants program specifics comprising basic podcast production, identifying target audiences, podcast launching and the podcasting core values. Trainers from ValuePOD Bootcamp, a…
DAGUPEÑA OFW LAID TO REST – The family of Marjorette G. Garcia, the OFW from Dagupan City who was killed in Saudi Arabia, gather to bid her farewell during her burial at the Brgy. Boquig Public Cemetery in Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Regional Tripartite Wage Productivity Board 1 has approved a daily wage hike, of P30 to P35 for non-agricultural workers in Region 1 and will take effect on November 6, 2023. Under the new wage order, officially known as Wage Order No. 22, the minimum wage rates have been increased…
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