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…
VILLASIS has the highest median bandwidth during peak hours than other towns and cities in Pangasinan (see table below) while Dagupan City is lagging behind at 24th place (so it is not shown in the table). The users in the listed top 20 municipalities can access much faster internet speeds,…
Villasis tops Internet Bandwidth speeds in Pangasinan
(Compiled by 104.7 IMF Dagupan News) SINAG notes slight increase in rice price in Pangasinan THE Samahan ng Industriya at Agrikultura (SINAG) has confirmed that the price of rice in all the markets of Pangasinan has slightly increased. SINAG Chairman Engr. Rosendo So revealed that per its monitoring, the…
BUSINESS BRIEFS
GOLD HARVEST — A tobacco farmer diligently inspects Virginia tobacco leaves being dried in his farm in Barangay Angio in San Fabian town in Pangasinan. The tobacco industry has been a source of income and provide a livelihood to most residents in this part of the region. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOLD HARVEST
ARBOS’ THREE YEARS PRODUCTION SEVEN agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in the province were able to sell a total of P263 million worth of agricultural produce since 2020, thanks to the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), an inter-agency government program. Zarena Ann Amado, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)…
7 farmer groups sell P263-M worth of agri produce
A GOVERNMENT hospital soon to rise in Calasiao? Third District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas has filed House Bill No. 382 titled “An Act of Establishing a Hospital in the Municipality of Calasiao, Province of Pangasinan, to be known as the Calasiao District Hospital, and Appropriating Funds Therefor”. It will have…
Arenas files bill for Calasiao District Hospital
(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Region 1’s48,380 workers benefit from TUPAD THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) distributed P1.130 billion fund under the program Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) to 48,380 workers of Region 1 last year. Justin Paul Marbella, regional information officer of DOLE Region…
BUSINESS BRIEFS
HARD WORK FOR GOOD HARVEST — A tobacco farmer in Barangay Amamperez in Villasis town in Pangasinan carefully removes weeds around his tobacco plants to ensure plentiful harvest. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
HARD WORK FOR GOOD HARVEST
CUSTOMERS of the Dagupan City Electric Corporation (Decorp) will have something to celebrate next month – February billing will be lower. Atty. Randy Castilan, Decorp spokesperson, said the lower charges will be billed after a 70-centavo decrease in their January billing. Castilan said the decrease is made possible by the…
Decorp: Expect more than P1 per kwh decrease in electric bills
PLANS are underway for the establishment of “ThreeSixty City” (360City), Pangasinan Economic and Tourism Zone Development Project to spur the economic development of the province. The planning parameters were recently presented by the CPG Consultants/Singaporean Planning Team to the provincial government at the provincial capitol. Reacting to the presentation, Governor Ramon Guico III expressed optimism that…




