THE San Nicolas municipal government launched Inorganic Fertilizer Discounted Scheme, a novel program to enable farmers in the town to buy cheaper inorganic fertilizers they can use on their farms. The program was conceived by the municipal government to benefit local farmers, especially the poor. Under the program, registered farmers…
THREE sites were identified in Pangasinan by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 as payout centers for the Educational Assistance Fund every Saturday. These are the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) in Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, for educational assistance fund beneficiaries from western and central…
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN – A man walks nonchalantly by a damaged sewerage drainage on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City, unaware of a possible injury to his person. Not a few narrowly escaped falling into it since it is close to a jeepney loading/unloading zone. (Punchphoto by Buth Uka)
EFFORTS to restore the Sure Global Waste to Worth Innovations (W2WI) Facility as a long-term solution to the 70-year-old garbage problem of Dagupan City have started. City Mayor Belen Fernandez visited the open dumpsite in Bonuan Boquig, near Tondaligan last week with W2WI founder and Chief Executive Officer Jill Boughton…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office released the new authorized prices of prime commodities in Region 1. These include the price of one can of sardines, raised by 50 to 75 centavos; noodles, by 25 to 40 centavos, and condensed milk, by two pesos. DTI said that…
THERE were 407 applicants hired on the spot in the jobs fair conducted by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the province, along with the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) of Pangasinan. Rachelle Ragundin, supervising labor employment officer of PESO, said most of those hired were from among…
ENJOYING THE JOB – Leave it to POSO Traffic Enforcer Badong Salvador to show how one can work hard on his assignment at the Traffic Post #1 in Dagupan City and enjoy it while expecting both motorists and pedestrians to follow his hand (and body) signals promptly. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
GOV. Ramon Guico III issued an executive order implementing a temporary total ban on the entry of live swine/pigs and pork from the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac into the province. Executive Order No. 025-2022 signed by Gov. Guico on August 18 took note that the African Swine Fever (ASF),…
TOP DESTINATION: MANAOAG THE Pangasinan Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) is finally seeing a rising trend in tourist arrivals in the province this year as a post-pandemic development. PTCAO chief Maria Luisa Elduayan said 3.5 million tourist arrivals were logged from January to July this year, 80% higher…
SALE OF SOFT DRINKS MATTERS THE reported shortage in supply of sugar in the country has become a serious concern for owners of carinderias, sari-sari stores, and street stall vendors. They have expressed fears of losing much of their regular income from selling soft drinks in the neighborhood. This was…
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