THE development of the eco-tourism site in Brgy. Bocboc in San Carlos City can begin with the allotment of P17 million by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for its construction. The plan of the city government to develop the river in the barangay as “San Carlos City Esplanade…
BORED AND LONELY – The security guard who until last week could hardly cope with the volume of documents of car owners submitted to be serviced at the Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Center operated by Bily Transport Inc. d prior to LTO registration, suddenly finds himself alone with nothing to do…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod granted the request of tricycle operators for a two-year moratorium on the annual five percent increase of permit fees starting this year. This was provided for in Ordinance No. 1119-2021 authored jointly by Councilors Celia Lim, Michael Fernandez and Karlos Reyna IV during the virtual session presided…
DREAM COME TRUE – A farmer excitedly takes the operator’s seat of the band new tractor for a feel of a dream realized for mechanized farming. The set of new farm equipment from PhilMech were distributed by the Department of Agriculture to farmers’ cooperatives in Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) distributed more than Php 270 million worth of agricultural machineries to 111 farmers’ associations and cooperatives in the province on Friday. The beneficiaries received four-wheel drive tractors, precision seeders, combine harvesters, and mechanical dryers. The equipment comprised the distribution of farming equipment…
THE Department of Labor (DOLE) Region 1 awarded a PHP 999,300 worth of livelihood assistance to the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA), and Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (Kalipi) of Asingan town. Outgoing DOLE regional director Nathaniel Lacambra, R 5th District Rep. Tyrone Agabas and former Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas recently…
HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM – A young couple in Malasiqui town find time to bond while stringing tobacco leaves for drying. Tobacco farming is a major source of livelihood to most residents in the town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IN a bid to revive the once thriving hog industry in Pangasinan that lost heavily to the African Swine Fever (ASF) and to check if the lethal hogs disease is finally contained, the Department of Agriculture will soon allow a limited number of raisers to re-start hog raising. This was…
COOL BUKO DRINK FOR SUMMER – Buko juice vendors are expected to earn more in the next two months in spite of the pandemic because it’s what children like to drink during summer, with or without the face masks. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AGRICULTURE teachers in Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School (SEPNAS) in San Carlos City did not just get themselves busy preparing students’ modules for their online classes but also devoted their time planting cacao seedlings with the onset of the pandemic. A novel project called ‘Cacao Now, Chocolate Tomorrow’ was…
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