INSTANT WET MARKET FOR FRUITS AND VEGGIES – With no other space available inside the flooded market in Dagupan City, these enterprising vendors decide to set up their tables on the busy, partly flooded commercial district on A.B. Fernandez Avenue. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
QUARANTINE checkpoints in all the border areas of Pangasinan were back starting July 11 following the fresh outbreak of Avian Influenza or bird flu in some provinces of Luzon, including those in Mindanao, recently. It was the implementation of Gov. Ramon Guico III’s executive order directing a temporary total ban…
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) North Luzon Regional Office has clarified that P1,000 polymer banknotes are accepted as legal tender, and that stores and other business establishments are still required to accept it despite being folded or creased. This, after an incident where an establishment did not accept a…
AN Indonesian-Filipino consortium is set to do a feasibility study on the proposed Pangasinan East-West Expressway (PEWEx), a big ticket project seeking to connect the eastern and western boundaries of the province, at no cost at all to the provincial government. This was confirmed by Gov. Ramon Guico III upon…
FANS of the classic Pinoy breakfast pan de sal and eggs are beginning to worry. This, after many bakeries in the province, including Dagupan City, have either increased their retail prices of pan de sal, or have begun making smaller “bite-sized” versions of it. Bread producers are already selling pan…
CHICKEN IN THE MARKET, NOT IN FAST FOOD – A market vendor at the Malimgas public market in Dagupan City shows her stock of dressed chicken belying media reports that the product there is a shortage of chicken, that only fast food outlets are missing them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ILLEGAL FISH PENS IN SAN FABIAN THE crackdown of illegal fish pens in San Fabian town revealed that eighty percent of the illegal fish structures in San Fabian rivers are not owned by residents of the town. This was revealed by the town’s Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO). Johnny Jugo Paraan,…
THE solar power plant in Sta. Barbara will start boosting power generation of Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) once fully operational. This was confirmed by Atty. Randy Castilan, Decorp spokesperson, who said once the solar power plant located at Barangay Erfe in Santa Barbara town is completed, it will result in…
THE employment rate in Ilocos Region has increased by 94.1% as of April 2022, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a forum, PSA Regional Director. Sheila de Guzman said some 2.3 million out of 2.5 million individuals aged 15 and above were in the labor sector. Majority of…
BICYCLE RIDE TO SCHOOL – Two siblings save on tricycle and jeepney fares by riding on his bike to school for their face-to-face classes. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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