LIVELIHOOD FOR 4TH DISTRICT TWO processing plants for moringa, locally known as malunggay, will be constructed in the 4th District through the priority development assistance fund of Rep. Gina de Venecia. De Venecia, who earlier filed House Bill 6462 to name malunggay the national vegetable, said she has allotted an…
ALAMINOS CITY—Waste plastic materials which are non-biodegradable are recycled into bricks in this city, home of the protected Hundred Islands National Park (HINP). Ismael Najera, general service officer and city engineer-designate of the city, said the city started making the “eco-friendly” bricks three years ago.
CALASIAO—The official website of this town’s Puto Festival, set on December 16-31, is now online to provide information on the activities for the coming celebration and attract more visitors to join. The site, www.putofestival.com, was launched by the local government headed by Mayor Mark Roy Macanlalay last October 29.
LINGAYEN–Grasscutters and water pumps were distributed to 12 barangays in Alaminos City last November 9 as part of the provincial government’s program on livelihood development. Board Member Amadeo Espino, Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) provincial president, thanked the provincial government headed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. for giving importance to…
CONTRA SIN TAX BILL TOBACCO farmers in Region 1 trooped to the cemeteries on November 1 and 2, not to visit their departed, but to protest what they called the impending death of the tobacco industry once the sin tax bill is passed into law. Angel Gonong of the Tobacco…
SISON—All barangays in the 5th District can expect to have energy supply after the funding for the full electrification of the area was released by the Department of Energy (DOE). Rep. Kimi Cojuangco of the district said the fund has been released to their respective electric cooperatives. One of the beneficiaries…
FARMER FIELD SCHOOL—A vegetable grower shares her experience in farming during the workshop on integrated pest management for lowland vegetable production organized by the Dagupan city government in collaboration with the Agricultural Training Institute. (CIO) Back to Homepage
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region I recently gave a P300,000 financial assistance to the University of Pangasinan’s (UPang) Faculty Union for its rice trading and distribution program. “The assistance came from DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP), which provides productive, gainful and secure employment to marginalized and unprotected workers,”…
THE National Food Authority’s 19 stationary palay buying stations in Region 1, including six in eastern Pangasinan and four in western Pangasinan, are now open for procurement of the main cropping season harvest. Aside from the buying stations, the NFA will also field mobile procurement teams to remote areas to…
LINGAYEN—Seventeen years after the telecommunications industry in the country was deregulated, which paved the way for the entry of several new players to compete with long-time solo provider Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT), interconnection remains a problem. Here in Pangasinan, Innove Communications, the landline arm of Globe Telecom Inc., and…
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