FARM TOOLS—Executive Assistant Modesto Operania (front row, center) distributes water pump, PVC pipes and grass cutters to each of the 32 barangays in Lingayen on November 22 as part of the provincial government’s programs to keep every barangay clean and provide water to farmlands that lack irrigation. More barangays are…
FARMERS from five barangays who were affected by this year’s typhoons “Quiel” and “Pedring” received assistance from the Dagupan City government in the form of subsidized palay seeds.
Dagupan farmers get palay subsidy
THE Alliance of United Transport Operators of the Province (AUTOPRO) has expressed support to the call by the national group led by the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO) for an increase in the minimum fare for jeepneys from P8.50 to P10.
Autopro backs fare hike to P10
DAGUPAN’s pigar-pigar, a dish using carabao meat, has been given the thumbs up by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) for promoting the local but not widely used meat.
Carabao Center hails pigar-pigar delicacy
FISH-STOCKING THE RIVERS—Staff of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist harvest some 24,000 pieces of tilapia fingerling raised at the newly-constructed fish hatchery inside the Provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara. The fingerlings were dispersed in rivers and creeks in barangays in Sta. Barbara as part of the monthly fish dispersal…
FISH-STOCKING THE RIVERS
YET again, the city government has bypassed the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) for a project. The closure of several streets for the “Baratillo” and “Tindaay Labi”, set up starting two weeks ago in line with the city fiesta from Dec. 15 to 30, is being implemented without the required resolution from…
SP bypassed on “Baratillo”, night market
URDANETA CITY—It’s obsolete. This was the main justification given by Mayor Amadeo Perez IV as he explained the city government’s plan to implement an updated real property tax (RPT) assessment next year.
Urdaneta to update real estate tax rates
SOME 141 permanent items for doctors, nurses and paramedical personnel will be filled at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) under its rationalization plan next year.
R1MC to open 141 permanent positions in 2012
ROSALES—The SM City here unveiled its Christmas centerpiece on November 12 with musical performances, gift-giving for indigent children, and a fireworks display for an early welcome of the yuletide season.
It’s a sweet Christmas at SM City Rosales
AWARD OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE—Vice President for Operations and Sual Power Station Manager Engr. Ruben Licerio (second from right) receives the “Award of Safety Excellence” for TeaM Sual Corporation from Engr. Alberto Suansing, Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI) chairman of the board, for achieving 10,279,910.65 safe-manhours without loss time accident…




