BENEFIT FROM HIGH HEAT INDEX– A farmworker takes advantage of prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan by spreading palay for drying along the shoulder of the Pangasinan-Tarlac highway in Mangatarem town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Ilocos Region is fourth biggest palay producer in the country and Pangasinan is its top contributor with more than 1.2 million metric tons (MT). This was bared in the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Regional Statistics Services Office 1’s report released on Tuesday, May 30 via its recently-held Agricultural…
DON’T look now but Class AAA abattoir will soon be established in Mangaldan. The town’s local government has begun doing its own benchmarking and study tours in well-known Class AAA accredited slaughterhouses in the country from which it can pattern best practices. Among the Class AAA accredited abattoirs are the…
THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region I continues to dole out solar-powered irrigation pumps to farmer cooperatives and associations in the region to ensure water supply for crops. In a press conference Thursday last week, NIA Ilocos Regional Manager Engr. Gaudencio de Vera said they are prioritizing areas in San…
PANGASINAN’S top salt producers are the towns of Dasol, Bolinao, Bani, Anda and Alaminos City. According to the data Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg), Dasol produced 24,000 metric tons (MT) of salt from its more than 10,000 banigan (salt beds) located in 13 of its 18 villages, or 37.4…
TO celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Philippine Independence on June 12, 2023, the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office 1 (DOLE RO1) will hold five job fairs simultaneously in five locations in Pangasinan. The job fairs will be at the Don Leopoldo Sison Convention Center in Alaminos City; Nepo…
HERE’S a great investment opportunity for post-war II veterans, AFP Retirees and their families in Pangasinan. Philippine Veterans Bank’s (PVB) capital raising efforts is targeting new shareholders among post-war II veterans, AFP Retirees and their families. Until recently, PVB was owned exclusively by over 385,000 World War II veterans and…
NUTS, FRUITS FOR SALE—Near the zigzag road in Sual, Pangasinan, roadside vendors earn a living by selling kasoy nuts and duhat to motorists passing the highway leading to Alaminos City. Duhat is abundant this month of May in Barangay Calom-boyan, Sual. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE proposed ordinance granting rent holiday as well as condonation of penalties/ interests on late payment of tenants of the Malimgas Public Market was finally passed by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) after shelving it for several months. Authored by the five-man minority bloc in the SP, namely Councilors Michael…
A TEAM from the City Agriculture Office (CAO), and personnel of the City Health Office (CHO), discovered 239 kilos of malaga and 20 kilos of tilapia, molmol type, all showed signs of decay while on a routine inspection at the Magsaysay Fish Market. The discovery of dead fish at the…
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