THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Region 1 is urging the public to remain vigilant against text scams by recognizing red flags and taking precautions. In a press briefing, Atty. Anna Minelle Maninding of NTC Region 1 cautioned citizens about receiving calls from unknown numbers, as these could be the starting…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is closely monitoring stores selling school materials on noting that parents started the rush to prepare for their children’s return to classes on Monday, July 29 to take advantage of the currently low prices for essential school items. DTI Provincial Director Natalie Dalaten…
MISSING SUMMER BEACH FUN — Local residents and tourists are already missing the sights and dragon boat and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rides along the beach in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE compressed four-day workweek in the local government unit (LGU) of Bayambang has been extended. The Executive Order No. 62 series of 2024 issued by Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao, ordered that the extended four-day workweek shall take effect on July 1, 2024 and to remain in force, unless otherwise modified or…
THE Dagupan City government is not the least worried about reports of impending closure of the Metro Clark Sanitary Landfill in Capas, Tarlac because there is Holcim Philippines that takes most of the city’s wastes. And if the seven majority councilors decide to subject the city’s exploratory agreement with Holcim…
THE local government of Villasis received an “unqualified opinion” for 2023 from the Commission on Audit (COA), the highest opinion the agency can give. In a letter by Omar Manaoat, supervising auditor of COA Regional Office 1, addressed to Mayor Nonato Abrenica dated June 24, 2024, he transmitted the Annual…
WATERLESS HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY — A huge column of water bursts from a transmission line busted by an excavator digging near the foot of the Quintos Bridge at the intersection of A.B. Fernandez Avenue on Tuesday (June 25), necessitating immediate repair works by Pamana Water Corporation that rendered some 1,000 households and…
SOME 1,000 households and establishments in six barangays of Dagupan were rendered waterless for 12 hours when an excavator accidentally hit a water transmission line at the corner of A.B. Fernandez Avenue and Nable Street at about 4:00 pm on Tuesday, June 25. Rendered waterless were homes and establishments in Barangays Pantal, Herrero-…
THE Women’s Unity for Progress and Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (MPC) in Mapandan recently received a significant boost from the Department of Agriculture (DA) under its KADIWA Financial Grant Assistance program. The cooperative was handed a P3-M check to support their agricultural endeavors. Annabelle Meneses and Anastacia Cabida, general manager and…
THE Department of Science and Technology Regional Office I is set to grant more than P8.4 million worth of “Innovation Fund” to 11 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Pangasinan under the agency’s Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program. DOST said the fund seeks to provide small-scale businesses with financial aid,…
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