NOTING the importance of research and development, Governor Amado Espino III recently tapped the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in La Union to assist the newly established Pangasinan-Laoac Dairy Farm (PLDF) in Laoac town that envisions to produce fresh carabao milk for marketing…
THE construction of the Conrado F. Estrella Regional Medical and Trauma Center in Barangay Carmay East in Rosales town is expected to open in July. Dr. Emerson Patawaran, officer-in-charge medical center chief, said the three-storey, 100-bed capacity air-conditioned hospital will have advanced radiology, X-Ray, MRI, dialysis, physical therapy sections, emergency…
CFE Regional Medical and Trauma Center in Rosales opens in July
THE modern, fully air-conditioned Binmaley Evacuation Center in Poblacion with rows of bleachers was inaugurated on March 2. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said it was built primarily to serve as a temporary shelter of residents affected by calamities or disasters. It will also be called “Binmaley Events’ Place” since it can…
Binmaley Evac Center-cum-Event’s Place inaugurated
THE Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) launched two Filipino-built ringnet fishing vessels on Feb. 28 at the Sual Fish Port Complex. BFAR Director Eduardo Gongona did a trial sail on one of the 62-footer steel-hulled fishing vessels at the Sual Bay. Gongona said there is a…
DA-BFAR launches 2 Filipino-built ringnet fishing vessels
BOUNTIFUL HARVEST – A tobacco grower happily hangs burley tobacco leaves to dry under the sun in Barangay Angio in San Fabian town. The town is one of the top producers of quality tobacco leaves. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BOUNTIFUL HARVEST
THE issue about the P25,000 per month “kotong” money collected by Market Marshals from small fish vendors at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City has now finally reached the attention of the whole nation. Thanks to front-running senatorial candidate Raffy Tulfo, who has a public service program on TV…
Tulfo vows to raise market “kotong” racket to DILG Sec. Año
THE Office of the City Prosecutor in Dagupan City dismissed the complaint for Direct Assault Upon an Agent of Person In Authority filed by a member of the Market Marshal against Marietta Barrientos, president of the Small-scale Fish Consignment and Retailers at Riverside Association, for insufficiency of evidence. The three-page…
City prosecutor dismisses complaint vs fish vendor officer
THE Department of Science and Technology – Regional Office 1(DOST-1) through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) in Pangasinan awarded P180, 000 financial assistance to Bani Delicious Ice Cream, Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) in Bayambang. The financial assistance was used to purchase an ice cream maker machine to…
Bayambang’s ice cream makers group earns DOST’s P180-K assistance
GOVERNOR Amado Espino III expressed his gratitude to the Aboitiz Power Corporation for investing in a P4.5 billion solar energy project in Bugallon town that broke ground on Thursday, February 24, hoping to make Pangasinan set the pace in the efforts to harness energy from the sun throughout the country. Launched…
Espino hails P4.5 billion solar power project to rise in Bugallon
THE Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) planted 2,500 mangrove seedlings and benchmarking activities in Bolinao by agricultural extension workers at the Provincial Mangrove Information Center and Hatchery in Barangay Arnedo, Bolinao, on February 18. To support the environmental protection and rehabilitation, and coastal resource management (CRM) program of the…




