FISHING AT LIMAHONG CHANNEL — Fishermen arrange their nets as they stand at a sandbar at the mouth of the Limahong casting them at the mouth of the Limahong Channel fronting Lingayen Gulf in Lingayen. The smokestack of the Sual Coal Power Plant stands in the background. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
MANGO growers in Pangasinan will continue to fend for themselves against the yearly onslaught of the cecid fly as no effective control measure has been yet discovered. Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya said mango growers are left with no other alternative but to resort to fruit bagging in order to save…
Mango growers helpless vs. cecid fly
DATA from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shows while trading, personal services, manufacturing and industrial activities in Pangasinan increased, a drop in agribusiness was noted in 2019. This was gleaned from the 14,931 establishments registered that did businesses in Pangasinan last year that reflected 25.16 percent more than…
Trading flourished but less agribusiness in 2019
THE first One Town, One Product (OTOP) Next Gen hub in Binmaley Museum in Barangay Poblacion showcasing the products of the different micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province has been drawing crowds since it was was opened on January 24 this year. According to Natalia Dalaten, Department…
36 entrepreneurs join OTOP Next Gen hub
SHARED SERVICE FACILITY PROGRAM THE Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI)-Pangasinan is set to deliver Php7.5 million worth of Shared Service Facility projects in Pangasinan. This was announced by Natalia Dalaten DTI- Pangasinan provincial director, who confirmed that P9.13 million worth of equipment under the SSF projects were given to…
DTI’s earmarks P7.5-M for Pangasinan
THE Aboitiz Power Corp (APC) is set to invest P34-billion for the generation of almost 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from wind and solar energy in seven towns in Pangasinan. Cris Faelnar, senior vice president for operations and maintenance of Aboitiz Power Corp., presented the proposed project to the provincial…
Solar, wind power plants proposed in Pangasinan
SCENIC VIEW FROM THE TOP — A group of riders take a breather to enjoy the grand view offered by Daang Kalikasan from Barangay Laoag in Aguilar town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SCENIC VIEW FROM THE TOP
THE Daang Kalikasan national road, the 54-kilometer road in Barangay Muelang in the town of Mangatarem, is fast becoming the province’s new tourist destination. While the road is still not officially open, increasing number of motorists arriving in the area already prompted the Mangatarem Police to deploy a detail to…
Unfinished Daang Kalikasan road attracts tourists
APPLICANTS for issuance and renewal of student permits and driver’s licenses need not worry anymore, as a satellite office here has been opened to cater solely for them. The new satellite office Dagupan City District Office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), located at the BHF Family Plaza in Barangay…
LTO opens Dagupan satellite office
BANI town will be the first local government in Pangasinan that will begin enforcing the ban of single-used plastics. The implementation of the selective plastic ban on March 1 has been authorized by Municipal Ordinance No.05 series of 2018 “that prohibits, regulates and prescribes uses of plastic for goods and…




