SEAWALL STOPS FISHERMEN’S LIVELIHOOD – Different fisherfolk groups are protesting the ongoing construction of steel seawall in front of their communities because it will prevent them from doing their usual fishing activity using the beach seine (kalokor). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN has enough rice buffer stocks for the next 30-60 days according to an official of the National Food Authority (NFA)-Pangasinan. Frederick Dulay, NFA assistant manager, said , “We have enough buffer stocks,” but declined to reveal the volume available at the warehouse. “Sapat na sapat,” he said, adding that…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)–Pangasinan has seen an increase in compliance rate among rice retailers in the implementation of Executive Order No. 39, or a 90 to 95-percent increase from last week’s 80-percent. This was bared by Guillermo Avelino Jr., chief of the Consumer Protection Division of DTI-Pangasinan…
SHELLFISH from the coastal waters of Western Pangasinan are safe to consume. In its September 8 Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said mariculture areas in Infanta, coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos, Sual, and Wawa, Bani in Pangasinan, including mariculture areas in Rosario,…
ICONIC PANTRANCO BUS — A reproduction of a unit of the Pantranco (Pangasinan Transportation Company), the biggest passenger company that served Pangasinenses commuting to various towns and other provinces since 1925 to 1970s, is featured in one of the 11 galleries of the Banaan Pangasinan Provincial Museum inside the historic Casa Real Building. (Punchphoto…
CLOSE MONITORING AT MAGSAYSAY MARKET ORDERED THE discovery of 400 kilos of bangus in rotting stage at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City at past 12 a.m. on Saturday, spurred the City Agriculture Office (CAO) to tighten its security at all entry points to the city’s markets. Personnel of…
MINIMUM RICE PRICE? – The pricing of the stall of the rice retailer in a public market in Pangasinan appears to be the common strategy adopted by many in all public markets, the minimum/maximum selling price is P45, not P41 (as mandated by E.O.39). It appears the maximum price cap rule dictated by…
PLANNED SUBSIDY NOT ENOUGH MOST, if not all, rice retailers in Pangasinan were resisting to comply with the price cap set under an executive order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. because of considerable daily losses. This was gathered when personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) started listing names…
THE rice retailers at the Mangaldan Public Market opted to close their stalls on September 5 during the first day of the implementation of the rice price cap set in an executive order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The move was made to protest over the implementation of the Executive…
FOURTEEN towns and cities earlier classified as ‘Red zones’ for African Swine Fever (ASF) have been upgraded to ‘Pink zones”, after these were confirmed to have had no more cases detected in their areas. This was the recent report from the National ASF Prevention and Control Program (NASFPCP) based on…
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