FOR siblings JP and Ian Foronda, 15 and 10, respectively, beating the summer heat is just a short tricycle ride away. Residents of Barangay Angio, an inland part of San Fabian, the two, together with their legal guardian Lucrecia Cordero, often go to the beaches in Barangay Nibaliw Vidal of…
THE Dagupan City government is partnering with the Department of Tourism for an economic impact analysis of the 2012 Bangus Festival. “We will conduct the analysis to give us an idea of the impact of the event and to know how much percentage did their sales increase during the Bangus…
INTERNATIONAL direct dial (IDD) calls from Sun Cellular have been brought down to as low as P2.00 per minute to give parents of new graduates the chance to share their proud moment to friends and relatives abroad. The special promo is available for calls to USA, Canada, Hong Kong, China,…
A VINTAGE car show was launched on April 16 at Eastgate Plaza, Dagupan City as part of the celebration of Bangus Festival 2012 and will be open to the public until May 1. The event dubbed “The Vintage Car Show” is organized by the Pangasinan-based Northstar Vintage Motor Club as their…
THE National Food Authority (NFA) Western Pangasinan (WPGS) has intensified its palay procurement for the summer crop to provide a ready market for famers’ produce and to stabilize the farm gate price. NFA Provincial Manager Beverlyn P. Peralta said the agency will field Mobile Procurement Teams in areas where ex-farm…
RARE GOLDEN BANGUS–-Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research center based in Dagupan City, holds a live rare golden bangus (milkfish) donated to the center by a fish farmer from Binmaley for research and propagation. The 16-month old fish is measured at 50 centimeters long…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim has pledged to help fisherfolks from Barangays Calmay and Carael avail of ecologically-friendly floating fish cages. Fish farmers from these areas lost their livelihood after the city undertook a massive river clean-up project last year that included the removal of illegal fishing structures that obstructed…
AN AVERAGE of 5,000 visitors monthly have been trooping to the San Roque Multi-purpose Project (SRMP) and the number is expected to increase with the introduction of eco-tourism attractions in the area. Tommy Valdez, vice president for corporate social responsibility of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC), said majority of…
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN—Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez congratulates the winners of the “Gulayan sa Paaralan 2012 Search for the Best Implementers of the Pagsasarili Project” after she addressing them during the awards ceremony at the West Central Elementary School. The search was sponsored by the Sangguniang Panlungsod and the CSI Group…
ROSALES—They are slowly dying. About 20 percent of the backyard hog raisers in the country, which comprise 70 percent of the Philippine’s hog industry, have been forced to close shop in the last couple of years due to unfair competition from imported meat, according to the president of Northern Luzon…
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