THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Region 1 collected P17.41 billion during the first nine months of the year, surpassing its P16.9 billion goal for the period. Speaking at a forum, BIR-1 Director Josephine Virtucio said the key industries that contributed to the robust collection in the Ilocos Region…

AYUDA FOR FARMERS – Listed beneficiaries get their supply of fertilizers during the Handog ng Pangulo : Serbisyong Sapat Para Sa Lahat, event at the provincial training and development center – II ( PTDC2 ) in Lingayen Pangasinan. ( Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
AYUDA FOR FARMERS
SUAL Mayor Liseldo Calugay will receive on October 9 an award for his local government’s “outstanding financial performance” from the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF). The municipality ranked 3rd in the category ‘Local Sourced Revenue to Total Current Operating Income for FY 2023’ among all towns in the country….
Sual LGU cited in national award for fiscal excellence
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez issued a certificate of urgency to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the passage of a proposed Supplemental Annual Investment Program and a Supplemental Budget No.3 that set aside the city government’s P3 million counterpart for the repair of some of the equipment and facilities of the Seafood…
Repair of Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant sought

BETTER TO BE SURE THAN SORRY — After news of missing fishermen whose boat capsized was reported last week, two fishermen in Lingayen decide to take advantage of the sunny days to do major repairs on their fishing boat to avoid meeting the same fate. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
BETTER TO BE SURE THAN SORRY
THIRD District Representative Rachel Arenas welcomed the signing into law of R.A. No. 12022, the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, on September 26. As a co-author and one of the attendees at the ceremonial signing in Malacañang presided by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, she emphasized that the law aims to support…
Arenas hails Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act
A four-storey housing project under the Bagong Pilipinas Housing Program of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for city government employees, teachers and policemen who still do not own a house, will soon rise in Sitio Sta. Maria in Barangay Bonuan Boquig in Dagupan City. This was bared by Mayor Belen Fernandez…
Dagupan, pilot area for PBBM’s housing program
THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) distributed 800 bags of agricultural grade salt fertilizer to some 100 coconut farmers in the towns of Bolinao and Dasol. This fertilizer will be used to fertilize some 20,000 coconut trees planted in over 200 hectares of land in the two towns. Paul Adrian Batas, PCA Region I Agriculturist,…
Coconut farmers get agricultural grade salt fertilizer
TRICYCLE drivers and operators with valid permits and franchises in the town of Manaoag are set to benefit from a fuel subsidy program of the government. The initiative, known as the Pantawid Pasada Program under Memorandum Circular No. 2024-105 by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), will…
Manaoag tricycle drivers to get fuel subsidy

SOON TO DISAPPEAR — What appears to be a beachfront during high tide at the Perez Blvd and Tapuac Road junction, will soon vanish once the DPWH project, funded by the national government, that started last week is completed. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)