DIVING FOR LIFE – The fisherman who appears to be drowning is actually pulling up a “lukan” at the river by the De Venecia Diversion Road to sell in the market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DIVING FOR LIFE – The fisherman who appears to be drowning is actually pulling up a “lukan” at the river by the De Venecia Diversion Road to sell in the market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
HIGH HEAT INDEX HIGH heat index may be bad for people’s health but it is good for the Dagupan bangus, Dr. Westly Rosario, retired center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center said he had not heard of complaints from bangus growers in…
SOON taxpayers of Dagupan can pay their Real Property Taxes, fees and other charges, including fines for traffic violations to the city government online with the help of Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). The online tax payment scheme will be in put in place if the proposed ordinance being…
THE provincial government’s job order and contractual employees, and consultants will get financial assistance. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved the recommendation of Governor Amado Espino III providing for financial assistance which computation will be determined by the respective length of service. Authored by Board Member Angel Baniqued Jr. the resolution…
PARTNERSHIP WITH TEAM ENERGY FOUR barangays in Sual town were energized with solar street-lights, courtesy of the TeaM Energy Foundation Inc. (TEFI), in partnership with the barangays’ councils. Benefitted by the solar project are Barangays Pangascasan, Capantolan, Macaycayawan and Sto. Domingo. In Barangay Pangascasan, which hosts TeaM Energy’s power facility,…
A 74-megawatt solar power facility will rise in Barangay Cayanga in Bugallon town next year, to be built by the AboitizPower Corporation. AboitizPower announced that construction of the facility will start by the middle of next year and is targeted to be in commercial operation by the fourth quarter of 2022….
THE 130 workers employed under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) were finally paid their earnings on May 18. Th DOLE-Ilocos Regional Office disbursed P442,000.00 to cover their P3,400 individual benefits which was facilitated by USSC, a money remittance…
THE Dagupan City government started implementing a color-coding scheme for ambulant vendors along Galvan Street on Tuesday, May 18. The scheme seeks to limit and allocate space for ambulant vendors that have been overcrowding the street in violation of the health and distancing protocol set by the IATF while the…
THE coastal waters of Pangasinan, particularly in Alaminos City, Bani, Bolinao, Anda, and Sual, are still free from paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), commonly known as toxic red tide. This means that all types of shellfish and ‘alamang’ from the Western part of the province are still safe for consumption. This…
SAVING THE PLANTS, VEGGIES — A municipal worker trains a hose on the plants and vegetables at the town plaza in Lingayen to survive the intense summer heat (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)