MORE GOV’T SUPPORT NEEDED PANGASINAN can be a major garlic producer if the government supports it. This was claimed by the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura, led by Rosendo So, who reiterated its call that if the government wants to improve the lot of farmers in the country, it should allocate…
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR PINEAPPLES –Health buffs are again in for a treat this season with abundant supply of pineapple in markets everywhere because the fruit is known to help control asthma and diabetes and a range of other illnesses including weight loss. This is not lost to vendors in…
AT least 400 ‘at-risk youths’ are seen to benefit initially from ‘Jobstart’ following its launching in Region I in July. Jobstart is a full cycle employment facilitation service of DOLE designed to increase chances of the employment of new college graduates and hasten their integration into productive employment. Region 1…
THIS 73-year-old woman makes bagoong (fish sauce) the classic way since the 1980s and shares the ABCs of producing it to many. Purificacion Natulan or Nana Cion to many of Sitio Russia, Barangay Bonuan Binloc this city has created a name in bagoong making. She is sometimes referred to as…
NOT GRADES BUT JOBS — Young job hunters are reminded of the times when they had to rush to bulletin boards to check their posted grades as they scan the lists of job offers in various companies during the Jobs Fair organized by the Provincial Employment Services Office last July 18…
RELIABLE CARDBOARD — Summer may have gone but to the fruit vendor at the corner of Jovellanos and Galvan street in Dagupan City, she always has a piece of discarded cardboard box handy to protect her from the heat of the sun and a slight drizzle any time of the day. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
THE lack of coordination between farmers and contractors of the expansion project of the Agno River Integrated Service Irrigation Project (ARISIP) has resulted in the month’s delay of planting rice particularly in eastern Pangasinan. There was no irrigation water in at least 10 or more towns in eastern Pangasinan because…
ONCE THE LOWLY GARLIC, NOW THE GOLDEN CROP — A vendor at the Villasis Bagsakan Market. checks on the freshness of the garlic whose price has skyrocketed since and is expected to increase further owing to depleting supply in the market. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GARLIC is a profitable cash crop that can also be planted in Pangasinan but in moderate quantities during the dry season, according to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg). OPAg officer-in-charge Dalisay Moya said this was borne out by technology demonstrations conducted by her office in different areas of…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recently passed a resolution authorizing Gov. Amado Espino III to enter into a partnership agreement with Hotjobs Pangasinan for the promotion and maintenance of the online job portal www.hotjobspangasinan.com. The resolution proposed by Third District Board Member Generoso Tulagan said HotJobs Pangasinan, being an employment website…
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