BOLINAO—The local government here has started to implement its no fish pen policy after the last bangus harvest is completed in each of the existing fish pens. Mayor Arnold Celeste said he recently signed a memorandum of agreement with fish pen operators, with the municipality of Anda, that once harvest…
LINGAYEN – The“Tsuper Iskolar” a scholarship program for jeepney drivers, was formally launched here in a ceremony presided by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA)Director General Isidro Lapeña at the Sison Auditorium on April 4. Gov. Amado Espino III joined Tugade and Lapeña during…
BAYAMBANG–If Filipino indigent families have their Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) the adoption of Pantawid Ani to help farmers, especially those affected by the El Niño phenomenon or by flooding was suggested by locos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos. “When a farmer is affected and loses his crops, there must be…
PARAWS FOR TOURISM – Fifty-two fishermen show up in their colorful paraws for the Paraw Festival organized by the Alaminos City government held every every year at the Hundred Islands National Park. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
ALAMINOS CITY—Paraw of different colors and sizes paraded and raced in a competition at the coastal waters of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here Thursday to cap the almost two-week long city’s foundation anniversary celebration dubbed as Paraw Festival. Miguel Sison, city tourism officer, said 52 participants classified into…
BAYAMBANG —First the good news. Farmers in this Onion Capital of Pangasinan enjoy bumper harvest. The bad news: traders are buyng their produce at a low price because of the glut in the market. Mayor Cezar Quiambao said, “ They did not perhaps suffer losses but their profit is low…
LINGAYEN — Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) covering 700 hectares of land were distributed to 560 farmers from different towns and cities on Tuesday by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriones, along with Gov. Amado Espino III and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, led the distribution in…
BUILD BUILD BUILD IN THE NORTH – A truck carrier travels to the north to deliver a prefabricated steel for a bridge project. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MAYOR Belen Fernandez said Dagupan can now heave a sigh of relief after final balance of the P500-million loan that the city secured from the Land Bank of the Philippines in 2004 for the construction of the Malimgas Public Market has been paid. She told the KBP Forum on Thursday that Dagupan had paid the…
BINMALEY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch its second One Town One Product (OTOP) Philippine Hub on April 12 located at the Binmaley Museum to showcase and promote the best local products in the province. Natalia Dalaten, OIC-provincial director of DTI-Pangasinan, said the hub is an…
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