URDANETA City Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno III was served a 90-day preventive suspension order at his office on August 12 over a red tape complaint, during which he slapped a cameraman employed by the provincial government who was documenting the proceeding. The suspension order, signed by Governor Ramon Guico Jr.,…
OVERSUPPLY OF TOMATOES READY TO BE DUMPED — A vegetable vendor at the Malimgas Public Market in Dagupan City frantically sells his produce for P60/kilo or 60% lower than the P160/kilo of previous weeks. Vendors must sell or dump these within days. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
TWO major agricultural infrastructure projects are underway in San Fabian — a trading hub for crops and animal products, and commercial-scale pig farms that will be managed by the local government and cooperatives. The P7-million market, part of the government’s Kadiwa program, will get a P5 million counterpart fund from…
THE Department of Science and Technology distributed 15 Portasol, a portable and stackable grain thermal drying tray, to four farmer groups in San Jacinto town last August 14. The equipment, an alternative to the conventional method of drying crops like rice and monggo on pavement and along highways, minimizes crop spoilage due to mold,…
Team pose for a souvenir photo shortly after receiving their prize. (Photograb from Facebook) TWO public secondary schools in Pangasinan brought honor to the province and country when they clinched multiple awards at the International Exhibit for Young Inventors (IEYI) last August 5 held in Taipei, Taiwan. Competing against 800 innovators…
SUE Ann Tumakay, a lady physician-assistant with roots from Calasiao town and San Carlos City, was voted as the new president of the Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA and will be sworn into office on August 24 along with the group’s new Executive Board members. Philippine Los Angeles Consul Leonard Maleon will be the…
Players make their winning moves. (Photograb from Facebook) THE Urdaneta City Chess Association (UCCA) bagged the championship title in the game of minds during the recently concluded 5th Mayor Carlito Zaplan Inter-Town Chess Team Competition held in Barangay Leet, Sta. Barbara on August 10-11. The competition played via a Swiss System format, was joined by 17 elite chess clubs in Pangasinan. Members…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan passed a resolution congratulating and commending Carlos Edriel Yulo, the two-time Filipino gold medalist in the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. Authored by Councilors Dennis Canto and Bradley Benavides, the resolution said Yulo’s gold medals in artistic floor exercise and artistic vault in gymnastics are…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! AUGUST 18 – (Dagupan City)Lailanie Amorsolo; (Sta. Maria) Rowena Mae Crisologo, May-ann Crisologo AUGUST 21 – (Dagupan City) Crizza de Vera; (Manaoag) GLENDA PARILLA AUGUST 23 – (Dagupan City) Armando delos Reyes; (Calasiao) Diosdada De Vera Happy Birthday! PEEWEE R. GARCIA (August 19 – Dagupan City) Happy…
SA ginawang dialogue at consultation sa mga magsasaka sa Dagupan na isinagawa ng city government sa pangunguna ni Mayor Belen Fernandez at City Agriculture Office (CAO), naituro ni CAO Head Mary Ann Salomon, na sa pamamagitan ng pagkuha ng crop insurance, magiging panatag ang mga magsasaka kung may proteksyon ang…
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