THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK IT is the time of the year again when various shops and retailers offer sales promotions and big discounts for a wide range of different products and services. However, those offers of big discounts and sales this holiday season are ‘opportunities’ to victimize unsuspecting shoppers through…
MAP OF LANDMARKS, PRODUCTS — Pangasinenses and their visitors view a unique presentation of the towns and cities represented by their landmarks as tourist destinations and their food products at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) distributed PHP 10,000 as cash assistance to 300 residents in the Third Congressional District last week. Rep. Rachel Arenas, who led the distribution, told the beneficiaries that the SLP is a government program to help persons build or…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez distributed livelihood assistance to 322 persons with disabilities (PWDs), beneficiaries of President Ferdinand ‘Marcos, Jr.’s Buhay at Bayanihan para sa Mamamayan (Buhaynihan) program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development office. The ‘Cash-for-Work’ ceremonial payout was held simultaneously in the country in celebration of International Persons…
DESPITE the lower prices of vegetables at the Urdaneta City Trading post, households are not buying as much. Vendors said prices of lowland veggies such as okra, lima beans, eggplants, squash, and ampalaya have dipped by at least P10 per kilo while prices of onion and garlic, remain cheaper by…
PASEO DE BELEN DIAMOND EDITION – The Nativity scene depicted by the Dagupan Electric Corporation used materials commonly associated with electricity, i.e, wooden poles, street lamps and strain insulators to create the images of St. Joseph, Virgin Mary and the Three Kings. The head of Infant Jesus is an old electric…
GOOD news for residents still in possession of mutilated bills. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Northern Luzon is still accepting partially torn or burned bills and replaces these with brand new bills they can use during the holidays. Dante Cambri, senior research specialist at the BSP-NL, however, clarified that…
WITH the onset of Christmas rush for shopping, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) North Luzon alerted both the shoppers and shop-owners to be vigilant against counterfeit P1,000 and P500 bills being passed around. Dante Cambri, senior research specialist of BSP, said it is an individual’s responsibility to make sure…
EXPECT prices of onion to increase because of the increased demand during the holiday season, despite the ongoing harvests in Pangasinan’s neighboring provinces. According to 38-year-old Ronnie Ringor, an onion farmer and trader in Bayambang, he expects onions from Tarlac province to be sold in Pangasinan earlier because the bulb…
PANGASINAN, BIGGEST PALAY PRODUCER – Farmers in Baragnay Buer in Aguilar town rush to thresh palay making Pangasinan still the no. 1 producer contributing at least 71% to the region’s production. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
