AN initial P4.5-million worth of bangus (milkfish) was lost to fish kill last April 24 that hit fish pens and cages in Dagupan City, the Bangus Capital, due to thermal shock or sudden change of temperature. City Agriculturist Emma Molina said three barangays were affected: Dupo, Pugaro Suit and Calmay….
DAGUPAN City residents living by tributaries inside barangay islands woke up on April 25 smelling the stench that permeated the air emanating from the river as a result of the fish kill that hit the city and caused tons of bangus to die, float and rot City Agriculturist Emma Molina,…
DAGUPAN City government’s urgent need for mass testing gets a boost from the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by passing Resolution No. 5919 that authorizes Mayor Brian Lim to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with government-accredited and certified testing facilities, laboratories, diagnostic centers and organizations for COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 tests for the purpose. The measure…
NEW NORMAL – Barangay folk in Lingayen town no longer need to go to the town’s public market because the local government has introduced the mobile market program that brings sellers and vendors to the barangays on scheduled days like the vendor who displays his fresh meat products in front…
FOR REAL PROPERTY TAXES THE provincial board directed the extension of deadline to avail of the 20 percent discount for payment of current real property taxes to from March 31 to May 31, 2020. Third District Board Member Angel Baniqued Jr, author of the ordinance, cited as premise the Provincial…
THE Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) was happy to announce the recovery of George Chua Cham, a Dagupan-based businessman from COVID-19. In a Facebook post of FFCCCII on April 20, it said that George Chua Cham, a long-serving board member and chairman of the Belt…
ROLLING STORE — Lingayen households are served by rolling stores sent by the local government on pre-arranged schedule to minimize the number of residents at converging at the public market for effective implementation of physical and social distancing. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod adopted two important resolutions that seek to alleviate the difficult situation confronting city residents for the duration of the national emergency health crisis. During its regular session last April 14, the SP presided by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and all councilors present wearing face masks passed Resolution No. R-5916 and Resolution No. R-5917, both…
THE Basista municipal government recently granted P611,000 in cash aid to hog raisers in four barangays affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF). Mayor Jolly Resuello said the cash aid fulfilled Basista government’s promise to pay P1,000 per hog to the 135 hog raisers whose hogs were affected by ASF…
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Pangasinan supports its beneficiaries in the present crisis by helping market their produce to the local government units (LGUs) who use the rice products for the relief packs distributed to barangays. Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Ana B. Francisco said collective marketing under the…
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