PANGASINAN’S ONE-TOWN-PRODUCTS – The Binalonan booth featuring its popular Binalonan longanisa is one of the attractions at the ongoing Agri-Tourism and Trade Expo that provides a venue for MSMEs and entrepreneurs to showcase their products. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
URDANETA City has overtaken Dagupan in point of income, jumping from fourth in 2019 to first among all four cities of Pangasinan in 2022, according to Mayor Julio Parayno III. In a press conference last Tuesday at his office, Parayno said Urdaneta City Hall only had P24 million in 2019, and…
PBBM FINAL DEADLINE: APRIL 30 WITH President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s final extension for jeepney operators to consolidate on April 30 fast approaching, most drivers and operators in Pangasinan have nothing to worry about… save for 170 jeepney owners who are still unable to to consolidate. Bernard Tuliao, president of the…
THE One Pangasinan Transport Federation (OPTF) is set to appeal to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region I to amend the “sloppy” Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) in Pangasinan imposed on the public transport sector. Bernard Tuliao, president of the OPTF, said there are serious problematic…
AQUACULTURE fish farmers in Western Pangasinan are not engaging in ‘forced’ harvesting of milkfish (bangus), contrary to a news report by a local TV channel on April 10, 2024. This was clarified by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Regional Office 1 in a Facebook post, refuting the news suggesting…
AS reported in the earlier issues of the PUNCH, eggs’ prices were forecasted to drop drastically due to the heat. With an oversupply, eggs in Dagupan City markets were sold for P4 each last week. Nathaniel Jovero, a resident of Rivera Street, and a regular marketgoer, said extra small-sized eggs…
LIVELIHOOD FOR PDLs BUY a beautifully crafted ‘bayong’ (bag) with the label Bayong Hiraya and help a worthy cause – to support the livelihood of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) being held at the Dagupan City Jail Male Dormitory. “Bayong Hiraya,” which translates to “bag of hope,” empowers persons deprived…
FOOTBRIDGE IS IMPORTANT – Personnel of the City Engineering Office rush the work to raise the height of the footbridge on Arellano Street after the Dagupan city government decided to keep it instead of dismantling it after the elevation of the road and drainage system an adjustment in the area was…
TWO ABANDONED PROJECTS THE Dagupan City government wants the performance bonds of a contractor for two out of four unfinished and abandoned projects of the past Lim administration be confiscated. This was gleaned in a letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod dated April 1. 2024 by Atty. Aurora Valle in her…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 clarified on Friday that there were no recent fish kill incidents in Western Pangasinan, contrary to a recent report in a national newspaper. Mary Ann Salomon, provincial fishery officer of BFAR-Pangasinan, said the agency’s latest monitoring of aquaculture zones…
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