THE 120 Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD ) in Sual town did not simply undertake cleaning of public establishments or streets or removing debris in canals. They did more meaningful short-term work by planting coffee and native trees. The TUPAD beneficiaries in barangays Pangascasan, Poblacion and Baquien were…

THE construction is expected to start soon after the groundbreaking of the proposed San Manuel, Pangasinan-Itogon, Benguet Road was held last March 4. The proposed road 46.5 kilometers long with a P1.915 billion budget, will offer residents of Pangasinan faster and more convenient travel to Baguio and Benguet. According to…

THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) achieved the “Institutionalized Status” under the Performance Governance System (PGS) Pathway conferred by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) during the virtual revalida conducted on January 30, 2023. R1MC became the first DOH retained-hospital in region 1 to achieve the recognition and the…

THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the inflation rate in the Ilocos Region declined by one percentage point from 9.3 percent in January 2023 to February 2023. PSA said that the decreased inflation in the region in February 2023 was primarily influenced by the considerable decrease in inflation of housing, water,…

(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News)   DA eyes P10 million swine production project THE Department of Agriculture’s regional office proposed to establish a P10 million Hog-Raising Project in the region under its Livestock Banner Program. The DA already conducted orientation on community-based swine production, that will be undertaken through…

GOV. Ramon Guico III issued on March 2 two Executive Orders (EO) extending anew the temporary total ban on the entry of live swine/pigs, pork, and pork by-products and another involving ducks, quails, spent hens (culled), hatching eggs, pigeons, gamefowls, ready to lay pullet that come from other provinces to…

THE new minimum wage in Region 1 is now P400 per day for establishments with 10 or more workers and P372 per day for establishments with 1 to 9 workers following the implementation effective March 1, 2023 of the third and last tranche of the wage increase as provided for…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pangasinan is set to open another Negosyo Center in this town on March 16, 2023. DTI-Pangasinan provincial director Natalia Dalaten said the establishment of the Negosyo Center in Mapandan town became possible through the support and initiative of the local government. She…