MONITORING TEAM—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (right) leads a composite team from various departments of the city government in monitoring the flood situation in Dagupan last Thursday at the height of typhoon Dodong. The monitoring was part of the City Disaster Coordinating Council’s activities. — (Photo by Mitz Cresencio)
ROSALES—President Gloria Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. inaugurated Wednesday a new provincial transport terminal located in Barangay Carmen here. The terminal, built and financed by a private investor, was designed to decongest traffic in the commercial area and provide livelihood opportunities to the people. The Carmen area…
LINGAYEN–About 50 percent of farmland or about 91,00 hectares, devoted to rice production have remained idle due to the prolonged dry spell. Jose Almendares, provincial agriculturist, told local newsmen Monday that the situation is a result of the lack of rainfall and lack of irrigation water from the source for…
Second District Rep. Victor Agbayani said more than 100 communal irrigation systems built by the provincial government when he was governor could now serve to mitigate the long dry-spell now affecting many farmlands in Pangasinan. It was these irrigation facilities, he said, that enabled many farmers to shift to…
P40-MILLION TERMINAL—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, with Wilfredo Tan, president and chief executive officer of Hausland Development Corporation, unveils the marker during the inauguration of the newly-built P40 million Carmen Rosales Central Transport Terminal. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DIALOGUE WITH FARMERS —Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap briefs local officials led by Binalonan Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. (partly hidden), Sta. Barbara Mayor Reynaldo Velasco and members of the farmers’ sector on what the government is doing to minimize the impact of the long dry spell when he visited Binalonan town…
SANTA BARBARA—A two two-day Victorey Job Fair will be held here from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Orbos Gymnasium on July 30-31 for job-seekers in the town and Pangasinan. Mayor Reynaldo Velasco said his long-time job generation partner at Wu Kong (S) Pte. Ltd. will arrive to accept…
DAGUPAN City has been chosen by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) as one of the recipients of the Program on Sustainable Sanitation for East Asia-Philippines (SEA-Philippines). Other recipients of the program are Alabel, Eastern Samar; Ormoc, Leyte; Saranggani City; General Santos City; and Mountain Province. In line with this…
Coffee is a world-traded commodity, second only to oil in value. The Philippines’ current demand is at 56,000 metric tons and growing at a minimum of 2% annually. It is expected to go up to 27,000 metric tons this year, a 4,000-metric ton increased from last crop year. For over…
The CSI Breakfast Feeding Project, which started July 23 in barangay Lucao, is on-going everyday in different parts of Dagupan City. The program is in support of the social development agenda of Mayor Alipio Fernandez who envisions developing a mass base of healthy citizens, starting with the children, said Vice…
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