FIVE TOWNS, ONE CITY PANGASINAN already has five towns and one city declared as African Swine Fever (ASF) Red Zones. This information was based on data from the National ASF Prevention and Control Program (NASFPCP) covering the period from August 22 to October 4 of the current year. The following…
IN anticipation of the increase in demand of electricity, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is installing a 174-kilometer transmission line from Candelaria town in Zambales to Sual town in Pangasinan. NGCP officials led by Winifred Paguia, construction regional manager of North Luzon Project Division A, told members…
THE surveying and property acquisition for the construction of a commercial airport in Bolinao to be funded by an omnibus loan availed by the provincial government from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), are currently underway. Vice Governor Mark Lambino said the provincial government is also considering allocating space…
PANGASINAN’S inflation rate surged to six percent in September. This marks a substantial increase of 1.1 percent compared to August 2023’s 4.9 percent but lower than the 6.4 percent seen in September 2022. This data was released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on October 9. The PSA attributed the…
LEGAL BATTLE INSIDE DAGUPAN SP THREE members of the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) are facing criminal complaints for illegal detention, oppression, and slander in connection with an incident that occurred during the October 10 SP session. Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, along with minority bloc councilors Michael Fernandez,…
NO PAIN, NO GAIN! — Not a few motorists are heard complaining about the seemingly worsening traffic situation in Dagupan City because of the simultaneous construction projects in the city’s main streets. But motorists who complained about the same situation in Metro Manila when overpasses were being constructed at the same…
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BEING RUSHED MAYOR Belen Fernandez called on the residents and the business community to remain patient while several construction projects in Dagupan to address the frequent flooding in the city are being rushed. One of the measures taken to further speed up the completion of the elevation of…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) is taking advantage of the road closure along Arellano Street and other Dagupan City streets to facilitate the relocation of their utility poles. Atty. Randy Castilan, DECORP’s legal counsel, said they have timed the pole relocation and replacement to coincide with the ongoing road construction…
VALIDATING WB REPORT — Vice Gov. Mark Lambino and Board Member Apple Bacay have a huddle with two province’s school officials, Dr. Sheila Marie Primicias, San Carlos City Schools Division superintendent; and Dr. Aguedo Fernandez, Urdaneta City Schools Division superintendent, after giving their reactions to the 2022 report of the…
FIVE school division superintendents in Pangasinan concurred with the World Bank’s report, stating that the learning poverty in the Philippines was recorded at 91% in 2022. The steep figure means that, approximately nine out of ten Filipino children aged 10 struggle to read simple text. This was clarified during the…
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