LINGAYEN– The Mobile Skills Training Project (MSTP) bus of the provincial government produced its first batch of graduates of cookery course in Labrador town. Twenty-eight trainees received their certificates of completion on March 15 at Labrador Elementary School after their five-day drill in cookery, adopting creativity in preparing and presenting…
FARMERS already have a ready buyer for their harvested palay – the National Food Authority (NFA)-Western Pangasinan. Provincial Manager Ramon Cuaresma said the offer to buy is in support of the administration’s thrust to give the farmers a ready market for their produce and enjoy a better profit margin. NFA…
THOUGH the effect of El Niño phenomenon in Pangasinan is still mild compared to other provinces, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is now scheduling water to the farms equitably. This was disclosed by Oscar Navata, information officer of NIA regional office, who said that Pangasinan is luckier than other provinces, like…
TUPIG THROUGH THE YEARS — An elderly woman presents her version of ‘tupig’ as her entry in the Tupig category of SangkaSamitan Rice Product Contest at the 3rd Pangasinan Umaani Expo held at the Provincial Agriculture Office compound in Tebag East, Sta. Barbara. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN farmers, compared to farmers in other provinces, are still fortunate since the impact of the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon has not been felt. This was the observation of Rosendo So, chairman of the Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) So told the KBP Forum that compared to…
COMPLAINTS for robbery, grave coercion, usurpation of authority, were filed against an official of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and other persons and separate cases for illegal arrests and arbitrary detention cases against policemen before the City Prosecution Office in San Carlos City on March 13 by more than…
LINGAYEN– The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with DZRD Sonshine Radio Dagupan, will conduct a Tax and Business Forum to assist the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on April 3, 2019 from 9am to 5pm at the Sison Auditorium in this town. Natalia Dalaten, OIC- provincial…
ANTI RABIES — A nurse at the Reg. 1 Medical Center – Dagupan City, administers the vaccine to an elderly woman exposed to dogs or cats. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
RETAILERS of the National Food Authority (NFA) will continue to sell rice to the public at P27 per kilo until August this year. Chona Maramba, NFA assistant branch manager in Western Pangasinan, told the KBP Forum last Thursday that her office is distributing rice stock to retailers to be sold…
LINGAYEN— The 3rd Pangasinan Umaani Expo opens on March 11 at the Provincial Agriculture Center in Tebag, Sta. Barbara. The five-day agricultural event will start with a Thanksgiving Mass and Opening Program with Senator Aquilino Martin “KoKo” Pimentel as honored guest speaker. OIC-Provincial Agriculturist Nestor Batalla expressed confidence that with…
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