“QUALITY is very important. Hindi pwede ‘yong pwede na. Kaya nga ang thrust ng Pangasinan ay ‘Ang Galing’ or excellence. We need to imbibe in us the value of excellence, that’s the only way we can make it.” Governor Ramon Guico III stressed this during a thanksgiving ceremony at the…
FOUR towns and a city will be further developed and supported as tourism hubs of Pangasinan. Governor Ramon V. Guico III announced that the towns of Bolinao, Lingayen, Manaoag, San Nicolas (Malico), and the City of Alaminos will be developed as tourism focus areas in the province and development projects…
PINTADOS FOR CHILDREN — Ariel Cancino, artist and teacher, conducts a lecture and workshop for children last Thursday morning during the PINTADOS: Painting Festival, a program conducted in observance of the 100th founding anniversary of the Pangasinan Provincial Library at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
SHORTLY after minority Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia called out two fish vendors whom he identified only as “Mariet” and “Digna” in his privilege speech, for ‘kotong’ activities inside the Magsaysay Market, he immediately received a sharp retort from “Mariet.” Marietta Barrientos, president of the Small-scale Fish Trading Association of Dagupan, said…
SOME 300 jobseekers earnestly sought employment at the Kalayaan Job Fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region I, in partnership with the Calasiao Public Employment Service Office, in celebration of 126thIndependence Day on June 12, 2024 at the Robinsons Place in Calasiao. Open to job seekers were 7,257 vacancies 23 by local…
FINALLY, Manaoag town will soon have a new public market with parking space after a groundbreaking ceremony on June 13, 2024. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said the two-storey public market, funded by a P239.6-million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines, will feature modern amenities including an escalator and…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with Google to provide free digital training and re-skilling initiatives to create new pathways for Filipinos to get high-paying jobs. DTI-Pangasinan Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten said the free training’s goal is to boost e-commerce by providing digital training and opportunities for…
ENTREPRENEUR ON FOOT — A mobile trader carries locally produced bamboo and rattan handicrafts like baskets, hats, hammock, mirror frames, ‘walis tambo’ and ‘walis tingting’ and some plastic brooms and ropes around barangays. Most bamboo based products come from San Carlos City and sold in different towns in the province. (Punchphoto…
THIS is good news to the city of Urdaneta, the melting pot of trade and commerce as well as education in eastern Pangasinan. The closure order issued by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) central office in 2020 on the Sanitary Landfill Facility (LSF) of Urdaneta City in Barangay Catablan along…
TO MEET HIGH DEMAND WITH LOW SUPPLY THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) implemented a Manual Load Dropping (MLD) causing power interruptions in several parts of Pangasinan last June 1. The 12 affected towns and city were Binmaley, Lingayen, Bugallon, Aguilar, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo, Basista, Bayambang, Malasiqui, Bautista, Alcala, and San Carlos City. Manual Load Dropping…
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