WHEN Mayor Belen Fernandez stepped down from city hall last June 30, she left P1 billion in cash at the city coffers. This was confirmed by City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara, adding that the amount included the Special Education Fund (SEF) and calamity fund. “Actually, I left not only P1 billion in…
CONSUMERS may have to spend more for their favorite cooked food, as the prices of meat and fish products here have risen due to various reasons. According fowl supplier Jen, poultry products that cost around P130-P140 now cost around P150-P160 per kilo. Price of beef has gone up to P350…
IN the Department of Education’s “Eskwela Ban sa Sigarilyo” program, the Department of Trade and Industry reiterated its stern warning to retailers and sari-sari store owners not to sell any tobacco products to minors, as prohibited by the law. Natalia Dalaten, officer-in-charge provincial director of DTI-Pangasinan said Republic Act 9211,…
DOBLE VISTA – What appears to be a twin picture of the same fire scene in Dagupan City on June 28 is actually a mirror picture taken from a glass door of nearby store by PUNCH photojournalist Jojo Riñoza.
STA. BARBARA – Nineteen employees of Peryahan ng Bayan (PNB) of Globaltech Mobile Online Corporation (GMOC) were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation Dagupan District Office. In an exclusive PUNCH interview, NBI Dagupan chief Rizaldy Jaymalin said pre-printed papers, locally known as papelitos, and more than PHP 40,000 cash…
FARMERS and producers in Bugallon town received P500,000 financial assistance through the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) last week. The DILEEP, also known as Kabuhayan Program, is a DOLE project that provides grants as start-up capital for livelihood and entrepreneurial ventures of marginalized workers to augment…
RE-ELECTED Sen. Cynthia Villar urged graduates of Pangasinan State University to consider being entrepreneurs instead of seeking employment. In her speech on June 25 at The Stadia, Villar challenged them to be ready for the challenges that await them because the unemployment rate remains high as she pointed out that…
DON’T look now but the operation of a fast ferry crafts along the shoreline of the Baywalk project in Lingayen and Binmaley area may soon be a reality. According to outgoing Second District Rep. and Incoming Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo N. Bataoil, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is doing a feasibility…
STILL A HOUSEHOLD FAVORITE — A vendor weighs locally produced garlic for her suki who prefers it over the imported produce that have flooded the market. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALAMINOS CITY—A five-star hotel with more than 100 rooms is set to rise here, the home of the famous Hundred Islands, to serve local and foreign tourists. To be named The Oriental Hundred Islands located at the old wharf in Barangay Lucap here, the hotel had its groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday…
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