THE provincial government will partner with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in planting 120 hectares of land located in Sitio Dumuloc, Barangay Cayanga in Bugallon town with forest trees in the next nine years. This was provided for in a memorandum of agreement set to be signed…
THE Mangaldan local government under Mayor Bona Fe Parayno is keen on being named as one of five LGUs in the country that will receive a billion-peso flood control project from the national government. In her message to the departments, Parayno said preparations are being made for the submission of…
FOR DAY CARE CENTERS SOME 2,200 pupils of Child Development Centers (Day Care Centers) in Dagupan City will benefit from the 60-day Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD-FO1). Mayor Belen Fernandez received on September 6, 2022 the initial delivery of…
BER-MONTHS START WITH PAROLS – The onset of Christmas celebration in Pangasinan is marked by the start of BER months and the display of colorful lanterns (parol) along Carangalaan Road, and now along the De Venecia Highway in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BUSINESS IS SLOW — Vendors in Manaoag selling religious items from candles, oil, bracelets to necklaces, watch out for customers whose number has been on the downtrend since the pandemic started. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AGRICULTURAL watchdog groups warned of a possible increase in the price of rice next month due to low farm output, aggravated by slow release of government funds to palay farmers. Bantay Bigas spokesperson Cathy Estavillo said the group already monitored an increase of around P1 to P2 per kilogram of…
THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) Region I plans to launch a computerized examination (COMEX) this month to help current employees in government agencies become eligible. During the celebration of the 122nd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary on Saturday, September 3, Assistant Regional Director Cornelia Rillera said the commission plans to hold…
THE Golden Rice will be promoted for planting in Pangasinan soon, according to Vice Governor Mark Lambino. Lambino attended a meeting of farmers and other stakeholders in Lingayen that discussed the possible introduction of the Golden Rice variety in Pangasinan. The meeting sought to help local farmers produce Golden Rice,…
THE no-overloading policy for passenger motorboats will strictly be enforced in Dagupan City. This was discussed during a meeting conducted by the PNP Maritime Group composed of P/Sr. Sgt . Sonny Marciano and Patrolman Alvino Rimarim and members of the Task Force Bantay Ilog with passenger boat operators at their…
By Leonardo Micua NOW it is becoming clearer that there were “flying scholars”, and worst, “ghost scholars” during the past Dagupan City administration, no different from the flying voters that managed to register and vote during the last election. The “flying scholars” were non-residents of Dagupan who were granted…
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