THE provincial government is earning to P1-million a day from quarrying fees, according to Gov. Ramon Guico III. Guico told local newsmen during an ambush interview on Friday at the Provincial Police Firing Range that the amount is very significant and expects more soon as the activity proceeds in full…
Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan Floating garbage teeming in Pantal River RESIDENTS living near coastal areas of Dagupan City continue to see gross and decaying garbage floating along the Pantal River, particularly when the level of water rises due to high tide. Two days ago, residents of Barangay Calmay saw…
NEWS BRIEFS
THE Department of Health Center for Health Development 1 (DOH CHD 1) and the provincial government are set to implement the Medical Assistance to Indigent Patients (MAIP) program in five provincial government hospitals This after Governor Ramon Guico III was authorized by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to enter into an…
Indigent patients will get free medical assistance from DOH

BENEFIT FROM HIGH HEAT INDEX– A farmworker takes advantage of prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan by spreading palay for drying along the shoulder of the Pangasinan-Tarlac highway in Mangatarem town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BENEFIT FROM HIGH HEAT INDEX
THE Ilocos Region is fourth biggest palay producer in the country and Pangasinan is its top contributor with more than 1.2 million metric tons (MT). This was bared in the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Regional Statistics Services Office 1’s report released on Tuesday, May 30 via its recently-held Agricultural…
Pangasinan tops palay production in region
DON’T look now but Class AAA abattoir will soon be established in Mangaldan. The town’s local government has begun doing its own benchmarking and study tours in well-known Class AAA accredited slaughterhouses in the country from which it can pattern best practices. Among the Class AAA accredited abattoirs are the…
Mangaldan keen on owning Triple A abattoir
THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region I continues to dole out solar-powered irrigation pumps to farmer cooperatives and associations in the region to ensure water supply for crops. In a press conference Thursday last week, NIA Ilocos Regional Manager Engr. Gaudencio de Vera said they are prioritizing areas in San…
NIA supports more farms with solar irrigation pumps

PRIDE OF PANGASINAN –Karatekas John Manantan and Arriane Brito who both won silver medals in the recently concluded Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) held in Cambodia were honored by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino during the last Monday’s regular session at the Capitol in Lingayen. Also in…
PRIDE OF PANGASINAN
A RISING collegiate basketball player from Mangataren town is preparing to be included in the next Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) draft to further his career. Enoch Valdez is currently playing for the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Pirates in the NCAA league, one of the basketball powerhouses in the…
Mangatarem’s rising basketball star eyes PBA Draft
PANGASINAN’S top salt producers are the towns of Dasol, Bolinao, Bani, Anda and Alaminos City. According to the data Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg), Dasol produced 24,000 metric tons (MT) of salt from its more than 10,000 banigan (salt beds) located in 13 of its 18 villages, or 37.4…