THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has announced that families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Dagupan who were affected by past calamities will receive financial assistance. OWWA Administrator Arnaldo Ignacio, along with Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Leo Hans Cacdac, made this announcement during a visit to…
NEW MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH experts have identified peer pressure, amplified by technology, as the primary cause of mental health issues in individuals. During a press conference at the Department of Health Region 1-Center for Health Development (DOH1-CHD), neurologist Dr. Emerson Patawaran pointed out that social media platforms have contributed…
DOH cites peer pressure, socmed as leading causes
THE Pangasinan Public Employment Service Office (PESO) organized the first-ever Community-Based Skills Training Project on Basic Electrical Troubleshooting and Basic Carpentry Repair for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL). The one-day training was held on October 13 at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Provincial Prison and Correctional Facility in Lingayen Poblacion…
Pangasinan PESO hosts first-ever PDLs skills training
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan) Nine rabies deaths in Pangasinan this year THE Provincial Health Office urges the public to vaccinate their pet dogs and cats against rabies. Data from the first to the third quarter of this year show that nine persons have died from rabies, an increase compared…
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TWO RAMONS SIGN PLEX AGREEMENT – Governor Ramon Guico III and San Miguel Corporation chairman and chief executive Ramon S. Ang show the signed joint venture and toll concession agreements between the Province of Pangasinan and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Infrastructure for the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) held Thursday, October…
TWO RAMONS SIGN PLEX AGREEMENT
THE provincial government is gearing up to build an expanded Umingan Community Hospital (UCH) in Umingan town this year. This project is proceeding with a proposed Sangguninang Panlalawigan resolution seeking clearance from the Department of Health to construct additional infrastructure for the medical facility. Third District Board Member Shiela Baniqued…
New and larger Umingan hospital to rise soon
DURING the “Rambak ti Siyensya” 2023 Regional Science and Technology Innovation Week held in Laoag City from October 16 to 18, Alaminos City Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste was awarded the Science and Technology & Innovation (STI) Ambassador Award. The award was presented by DOST Secretary Dr. Renato Solidum Jr to…
Alaminos Mayor Celeste bags S&T award from DOST
56 farmers successfully completed the “Season-Long Farmers Field School on Sustainable Rice Production with Emphasis on Palay Check System” in Barangay San Pedro, San Carlos City, which took place on October 13. Farmers from Barangay San Pedro and Matagdem took the four-month training course organized by the local government’s Extension…
San Carlos farmers finish rice production training
THE town of Pozorrubio registered another first as it celebrates the Month of the Elderly in October by holding a fund-raising popularity contest. The contest, organized the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of Pozorrubio culminated in a motorcade and coronation of the winning senior beauties on October 14 and 15,…
Pozorrubio holds first Senior Citizens Festival
SOME 1,356 Kiwanians from Northern Luzon will gather in different venues for the ‘Kiwanis One Day’ (KOD) celebration on October 28. Philippine Luzon District (PLD) Chairman for KOD activity, Past Lt. Gov. Stachys Neil Espino of Kiwanis Club of San Carlos City, said the Kiwanians from different divisions will conduct various…




