(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Illegal drug trading in Pangasinan ILLEGAL drugs filtering into Pangasinan by syndicates continue, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and other law enforcement agencies. While PDEA Provincial Director Richie Camacho said the report is alarming, he assured that they…
WHAT’S FOOD FOR MAN IS FOOD FOR THE BIRDS – Hundreds of egret birds hover over a fishing boat and the net being pulled by fishermen to the shore along the beach in Barangay Libsong East in Lingayen for a chance to snatch a fish from the catch being unloaded by the…
WHAT’S FOOD FOR MAN IS FOOD FOR THE BIRDS
GALVAN, ZAMORA STREETS REOPENED THE street bazaar or baratillo and food strip set up on Galvan and Zamora Streets for the Dagupan City Fiesta in December were dismantled starting January 31 at the end of their contract with the Dagupan City government. Both the street bazaar and food strip thrived…
Baratillo, food strip for 2023 fiesta ends
THE Department of Agriculture Region I (DA-I) needs P652.8 million to support and maintain its El Niño mitigation and rehabilitation program in the region this year. In Pangasinan, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) already warned the towns of Calasiao, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, Rosales, Santa Barbara, and Santo Tomas, that they will…
DA-I seeks P652-M funding for El Niño mitigation measures
TRANSPORTATION groups in Pangasinan have agreed to consolidate but not for the PUV Modernization Program. Bernard Tuliao, AutoPro-Pangasinan president, said all transport cooperatives, corporations, and groups in the province agreed and formed the ‘One Pangasinan Transport Federation’ (OPTF), to unite the transportation sector in the province. Tuliao was elected president…
Transport groups form federation to consolidate positions
ROCKS FOR ACCESS TO NEW DAWEL BRIDGE — Boulders are prepared to be laid out to start the last phase of the construction of new Dawel Bridge set to be open. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ROCKS FOR ACCESS TO NEW DAWEL BRIDGE
THE price of egg in public markets in Pangasinan have dropped due to oversupply. This was confirmed by egg dealers who said the drop in prices started after the new year’s celebration. An egg now costs P5.50 to P9, depending on the size. This is a far cry from December…
Price of eggs drops due to oversupply
MORE than 74-percent of Rice Farmer Financial Assistance (RFFA) beneficiaries in Region I received their P5,000 cash assistance. Vida Cacal, information officer of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region I, said 173,850 of 234,865 registered farmers have already received their cash aid. Beneficiaries were 98,812 from Pangasinan, 39,495 from La…
Farmers receive P5k cash aid from DA
(Filed by 104,7 IFM Dagupan News) Short supply of chicken forces higher price per kilo DEMAND for dressed chicken in the public market of Villasis noticeably dropped because its selling price spiked to P220 per kilo due to short supply of chicken, A vendor, Vangie Magtael, said chicken are normally…
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‘DIANA’, BANI TOWN’S PRIDE, FOR SALE — A roadside vendor along the national highway in Bani town, arranges his display of “Diana” one of the most expensive varieties of watermelon, from Bani. The town’s watermelon are known to be the country’s sweetest and juiciest because they are planted on limestone-rich soil. Bani…