THE Social Security System (SSS) announced extension of the deadline for the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners’ Program (ACOP) for the calendar year 2021 from March 31 to June 30, 2022. The ACOP covers the following: survivor pensioners (receiving pensions through death benefit), total disability pensioners, guardians and their dependents, and…

THE identified 328 displaced/disadvantaged workers from Lingayen and Binmaley, earned  their keep for 10 days through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged /Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Program. The payout distribution was held at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen on April 7. TUPAD is one of the flagship programs of the Department…

PANGASINAN farmers are looking forward to the forum being organized by the Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on transforming agriculture and food systems through agricultural innovation. It will be held virtually on April 19-20, 2022. PSFI…

PENDING ISSUE: TYPE OF VEHICLE FOR ROUTE ALL’S well that ends well for the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Alliance of United Transport Organizations Province-wide (AutoPro) on the implementation of the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP), specifically the Dagupan-Calasiao route that its members service. However, how…

THE 2022-2024 Local Transport Route Plan (LTRP) in Pangasinan has been approved in principle by transport stakeholders that attended the final consultation meeting organized by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) but its full implementation may not happen till about the third or fourth quarter of 2022. This…

BAYAMBANG Mayor Cezar Quiambao issued an executive order declaring the town as African Swine Fever (ASF)-Free municipality. Quiambao issued Executive Order No. 19, series of 2022, dated March 25 after the Department of Agriculture Regional Office 1 issued a certification raising the ASF status of Bayambang from red zone to…

STILL OK FOR IRRIGATION, POWER HERE we go again but still nothing to be alarmed about. Due to the intense summer heat, water level at the San Roque Dam located in San Manuel and San Nicolas towns in Pangasinan and in Itogon in Benguet is already lower by 7.29 meters…

ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR FARMERS THE biggest post-harvest facility complex in Northern Luzon built by the Quiambao family in Barangay Amancosiling in Bayambang for local farmers had its grand opening on March 30. Agricultural Infrastructure and Leasing Corporation (AILC) , the latest project of the  Quiambao family for Bayambang farmers, is situated…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reminded the public anew to be very cautious when using the Digital Financial Services or Technology to avoid being victimized by fraud and scams. DTI Pangasinan Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten said every user must be very cautious when using the online platform and…