“MAGTV atin ‘to”, an ABS-CBN magazine show, is moving its timeslot from Sunday to Saturday, 9:45 a.m. due to growing requests from its viewers. For its episodes in January, the program is featuring festivals and destinations around Northern Luzon.
LINGAYEN–Recognized by the Department of Agriculture as the province with the biggest and best quality yellow corn harvest, Pangasinan now wants to boost its white corn production through a competition involving the barangays. Dubbed the Maisan sa Barangay, the project is open to any barangay that will be able to…
EVEN the bangus feel the chill. The price of bangus, which grow best within a water temperature of 28 to 32 degrees Celsius, have gone up due to the prevailing cold weather brought about by amihan winds since November last year.
Optimism remains high for the unemployed as new overseas employment markets continue to open their doors for Dagupeños in 2009. In the first week of January alone, top agencies and employers have already forged a partnership with the local government to locate qualified individuals to fill at least 400 positions.
CHEF JOE—Former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. dons the apron as he whips up vegetable pasta and other dishes for editors of local newspapers and other guests whom he invited for dinner as his with him and his wife Gina’s guests Wednesday night at their residence in Dagupan City. Back…
THE key to the control of vibriosis, the disease that has inflicted much damage to the multi- million peso tiger prawn industry in the country, has been found by a biology professor from the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte. Vibriosis has caused the downfall of the…
URDANETA CITY—The effect is negligible. This is how the city mayor here described the impact of the opening of an SM mall, the biggest chain in the country, in neighboring Rosales town on Urdaneta’s businesses In an interview with The PUNCH, Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said businessmen in their city…
LINGAYEN—The National Food Authority (NFA) office here is optimistic that it will exceed its palay procurement target this year. Ramon Cuaresma, NFA officer-in-charge, told The PUNCH that as of Wednesday, NFA has already purchased 470,000 bags of palay, representing 95 percent of 495,000 bags target for 2008.
THE Dagupan government is pushing for an organic farming program in the city that will use the waste churned out by the city’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF). City Agriculturist Emma Molina said under the program, every barangay will produce cheap but effective fertilizer by creating compost out of their bio-degradable…
“I CAN now put up a small business,” says Josie Douie from Mayombo, a participant in livelihood training and skills seminar, who is now considering starting a home-based fish processing operation. More than 250 participants received additional training in entrepreneurship when the Dagupan City Fiesta Executive Committee and the Inner…
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