A DECREASE in fish supply is expected due to the prevailing cold weather, which affects the growth of fish in either salt or fresh water. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Center based in Dagupan City, said fish seldom eat when the temperature is low, thus…

THE 2-PISO QUESTION “May dalawang piso ba kayo mam?” This question has lately become so commonplace for consumers as the country faces an apparent coin shortage in the market.

MANGROVE PLANTING–Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Executive Officer Paterno Orduña, Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya and Salapingao Barangay Chairman Mars Delos Reyes lead provincial employees and barangay folks in the planting of 1,000 mangrove seedlings and hundreds of coconut trees in Binmaley. (PIO Photo) Back to Homepage

A GOVERNING board that will oversee water quality management along the Dagupan-Sinocalan river system is expected to be organized soon to ensure the sustainability of this shared natural resource.

CONSTRUCTION materials and some basic commodities have become more expensive last week compared with prices a month ago, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. Trade specialist Marjury Loresco said cement is now sold at P200 per bag, P5 higher than the previous price. A 10-mm steel bar now…

THE P50 bill in the new generation series issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be launched in Dagupan on January 17 at the BSP branch in Dagupan. Beta Cervantes, BSP deputy director, said this will be the first time that one of the denominations in the new generation…

LINGAYEN–Attracting foreign and local business investment and promotion of tourism are at the top of the Pangasinan provincial government’s agenda in 2011. Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan said Governor Amado Espino Jr. has set his eyes this year on the development of the planned eco-tourism zone in Lingayen, the seaport in…

VILLASIS–Talong (eggplant) will again take center stage when this town in the northern bank of the Agno River holds its sixth Talong Festival on January 14 in conjunction with the town fiesta. Mayor Dita Abrenica said the festival, which was started in 2005 by her husband, former Mayor Nonato Abrenica, will…

LINGAYEN–Pangasinan has sufficient stocks of rice to meet the local demand for the whole of 2011, according to the National Food Authority (NFA). NFA provincial manager for western Pangasinan, Ramon Cuaresma, said his office currently has 650,000 bags of rice in reserve.

FINALLY, cancer patients in Pangasinan no longer need to travel to Metro Manila for their needed treatment and therapy. The Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Cancer Institute at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital has announced it is now prepared to offer cancer radiation therapy through linear accelerator.