THE LICE THAT KILLS WHAT makes the fish similar to human and animals when exposed to the sweltering summer heat? The fish gets attacked by lice, very much under the same conditions that affect people and animals. The only difference is, the fish can die of it. Dr. Westly Rosario,…

THE  ‘Brigada Iskwela’, an annual activity of the Department of Education (DepEd) with parents, teachers and other stakeholders will be held simultaneously in all public schools in the country from May 18 to 23, a week before the opening of classes for school year 2015-2016 on the first Monday of June this year. This was announced by Ma. Linda Ventenilla,…

SUAL—This town has began distributing 25,000 seedlings for its targeted one million trees to be planted for the next 10 years in communities and in the mountainous areas. Mayor Roberto Arcinue said Thursday in a media forum that the town has forged a partnership with San Miguel Energy Corporation (SMEC) and the…

DEMOLITION OF MALASIQUI MAGIC FAILING to get justice from the local court, the complainant in a civil case against Malasiqui Mayor Armando Domantay et al. went to the Supreme Court to seek an order directing the immediate demolition of the building of Magic Malasiqui. Mario Armas, the complainant, said he…

GAMBLING AWAY CASH GRANTS SOME 6, 503 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps), out of 127,143 in Pangasinan, were delisted last year by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 due to non-compliance or deviant behavior. Irene Cubangbang, information officer of DSWD Region said most…

THE dismantling of all remaining illegal fish pens in Dagupan City will be completed by June 30. This was gleaned from the list released by the City Agriculture Office (CAO). Only 11 structures are left for dismantling between this month till 2015. Three of these fish pens are already set for…

THE more than 60,000 Muslims (including Balik Islam) residing in Pangasinan vowed to be more active in the socio-economic growth of the community during their meeting in Dagupan City last Saturday. Some 50 leaders and representatives of various chapters of the Pangasinan Integrated Muslims Assembly, Inc. headed by Hadji Hassan…

THE opening of the proposed Corazon C. Aquino Cancer Center at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City is definitely set early next year, 2016. According to Dr. Roland Joseph O. Mejia, R1MC director, the cancer center project approved during then DOH Secretary Francisco T. Duque’s term, aims…

LINGAYEN – The Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) remains on high alert for the security of beachgoers in the province. PDRRMC is implementing a “6 p.m. no swimming policy” at the Lingayen Beach. It also advised local government units to continue monitoring and guarding the seas and river…

MANGATAREM-  Employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Ilocos Region staged the 2nd Annual Eco-Adventure Race to Manleluag Spring Protected Landscape to promote another protected landscape in the province. Mangatarem is one of only two parks in Pangasinan proclaimed by the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Law…