A 22-year-old motorcycle-riding man died after he crashed head-on with a truck in Barangay Poblacion West, Umingan on Monday, August 8. Victim Jomar Ariza, resident of Barangay Diket, was traversing the highway’s intersection, when he crashed into the Ford Ranger pickup driven by construction worker Rico Yan Vendiola, 20, of…
WORK FOR FARMERS’ INTERESTS – Agriculture Undersecretary Kristine Evangelista listens to Gov. Ramon Guico III during the consultation and dialogue with the agriculture stakeholders in the province last August 9 at the training center in Lingayen. Seated beside them are (from left) Vice Gov. Mark Lambino; Engr. Rosendo So, SINAG founding chairman, and Atty….
DAGUPAN’S OLDEST THE 75-year old Sanitary Bakery was cited by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod as another enterprising icon in the city as a “compelling testimonial of the industry, resilience and dedication of the many generations of its early founders and the current management. In a resolution proposed by Councilor Dennis…
FOR NET-METERING BENEFIT THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) revealed there is a significant increase in net metering applications from households that have installed solar panels. Net metering is an electric billing policy where a household installs a renewable power source, and earns credit for its export back to the distribution…
THE generation rate charge of the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) for the billing month of July showed it charged P15.22 per kilowatt hour (kwh) or a total of P16.9 kwh, inclusive of Value-Added Tax (VAT) and other charges. This, after a P5 increase was implemented in reaction to increase…
HEADS up! Grounded wires in your homes may be one of the reasons for high electric consumption of your household, according to the Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP). Atty. Randy Castilan, DECORP spokesperson, said this has been a constant problem being reported to them. He explained that while poor grounding does…
EXPECT the price of your favorite Calasiao “puto” to go up all because the price of sugar in the market has gone up. According to some “puto” vendors, the price of sugar has skyrocketed due to dwindling supply while members of the Calasiao Puto Producers and Vendors Association said the…
THE Regional Anti- Cyber Crime Unit (RACU) of the Police in Region 1 have been receiving numerous complaints about fake food deliveries made by unscrupulous persons. RACU 1’s P/Sr. MSgt. Archimedes Fernandez told IFM Dagupan that most of the victims of fake food deliveries were professionals and politicians since they…
THE price of white onions in the market is not expected to stabilize till after three weeks, according to Engr. Rosendo So, founder of the Pangasinan-based Samahan ng Industriya at Agricultura (Sinag). So was referring to the expected arrival of imported white onions from China in three weeks that will…
EVEN as President Bongbong Marcos has taken more drastic steps to stop smuggling of agricultural products, the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) also revealed a modus on fake fertilizers that added to the woes of the farmers. Engineer Rosendo So, chairperson and founder of SINAG, said 10 fertilizer brands have…
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