HOUSEHOLDS in Pangasinan decided to be pork-less after they were told that the price of pork in the market has rocketed from P200 per kilo to as high as P260 to P270 per kilo. What most didn’t know was about 51 percent of the estimated 280,000 hog population of Pangasinan…
PORK supply in Luzon is down by 35 to 40 percent due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) that has hit many piggeries. Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So told the virtual forum of the KBP-Pangasinan chapter, via ZoomApp on Thursday that an estimated 350 sows that died in…
THE Alliance of United Transport Organizations Provincewide (AUTOPRO) has asked the Dagupan City government to endorse its appeal to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 1 to issue special permits for 75 more jeepneys to service Dagupan City, in addition to the 45 jeepneys already plying the…
IMPACT OF ASF ON HOG RAISERS THE capital town of Lingayen is experiencing pork shortage as a result of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, prompting the mayor to issue an executive order allowing the entry of live swine/hogs from 11 towns and one city in Pangasinan. Mayor Leopoldo…
RUSHING TO DRY — A fish trader from Barangay Pantal takes advantage of the searing heat of the sun in the morning till mid-afternoon to dry more fish before the expected rains fall. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE biggest shopping mall in Dagupan City has resumed its operations on June 28 after it closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and partly by a fire incident that gutted half of the establishment three months ago. About 95 percent of the shops at the CSI Mall in…
AN ordinance is set to be filed in the Sangguniang Panlungsod penalizing the act of bogus buyers or pranksters who order food and grocery items online providing fake points for delivery, leaving the unsuspecting delivery personnel to pay for the ordered items. This was agreed upon during a committee hearing of the…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Region 1 opened 17 additional Intra-provincial routes for 167 units of public utility jeepneys and buses last week, June 25. Among the lines opened in Pangasinan are Alaminos to Infanta, Dagupan-Lingayen, Dagupan-Urbiztondo via San Carlos City, Dagupan-Malasiqui, Dagupan-Sta. Barbara, -Rosaleds-Umingan, Lingayen-Sual…
RARE DAGUPAN GOLDEN BANGUS — Romel Felomino turns over his golden bangus raised in his fishpond in Barangay Carael in Dagupan City to BFAR-NIFTDC center for better care and research purposes. It weighs 800 grams and is 15 inches long. (Punchphoto by Willie Lombao)
LIKE PROTOCOL VS. COVID THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Center chief urges tilapia and shrimp growers to strictly observe proactive biosecurity measures in their hatcheries to avert possible virus contamination and prevent losses to the industry. Dr. Westly Rosario, BFAR-National Integrated Fish Technology Development Center head in Dagupan…
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