TRICYCLES AS MOBILE STORES – More tricycle owners are opting to use their units as mobile stores instead of carrying single passengers as dictated by protocol. They are not even covered by safety rules for overloading. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH A DIFFERENCE—The Dagupan City government has given social distancing enforcement on street vendors with a new look – platforms featuring various colorful historical notes. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) based in Rosales town recently asked the Senate to investigate the alleged overpriced P1.8- billion fertilizer supply contracts funded under an emergency stimulus program meant to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers. SINAG Chairman Rosendo So said the Department of Agriculture’s…
SARI-SARI STORE AT YOUR DOORSTEP – Since the government imposed strict quarantine measures, enterprising sari-store owners have resorted to loading their tricycles with their items. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
ARBOld ASSISTS PANGASINAN SIXTY agrarian reform beneficiaries from Umingan and sixteen ARBs from Asingan Recently received some P1.3-million worth of assistance for agricultural productivity from the Department of Agrarian Reform. DAR Sec. John Castriciones and Usec. Emily Padilla turned over the seeds, fertilizers, water pumps for irrigation and livelihood packages for…
ALL online sellers need to secure licenses, pay their corresponding taxes and comply with other requirements, same as what owners of regular stores are doing. This was underscored by Department of Trade and Industry Regional Director Grace Falgi Baluyan during a Special Virtual Forum of the KBP Pangasinan Chapter zoomed…
PREPARING FOR REGULAR CLASSES – Expecting face-to-face classes to continue, a utility man paints on markers for physical distancing from the entrance to the walkway of West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SOME 161,258 indigent senior citizens in Region 1 are set to receive P3,000 stipend each for the first semester of calendar year 2020 being distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1). According to DSWD FO1, the towns and cities that completed their emergency…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is offering a zero percent interest loan for all qualified micro and small enterprises in Pangasinan through the COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises (CARES) program under its Pondo para sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3). DTI Undersecretary Abdulgani Macatoman earlier announced that micro enterprises…
THE Social Security System (SSS)-Dagupan branch clarified that it is not giving a ‘bonus’ for pensioners in the midst of quarantine. Primitivo Verania, Jr., SSS-Dagupan acting branch manager, made the clarification about rumored ‘quarantine bonus’ for pensioners equivalent to their one-month pension. “He said SSS never issued an advisory,” Verania…
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