LEGACY ON FOOTPRINTS — Dr. Michael A. Rice, Initiator of good sanitary quality oyster farming in the Philippines and Atty. Malcolm L. Sarmiento Jr, prime mover and implementor of mariculture parks in the Philippines, are assisted by BFAR-NIFTDC center chief Westly Rosario and Joebert Toledo of Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. at the…
TWO outstanding aquaculturists, one is a Filipino and the other an American, were honored on Nov. 22 at the Asian Fisheries Academy by the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. and Philippine Aquaculture Society (PAS) for outstanding leadership and service for the advancement of aquaculture in the country….
BEACH CLEAN-UP – Volunteers join the Operation Ligtas-Dayat, launched by 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia at the White Beach in Barangay Nibaliw Vidal in San Fabian. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan City government is poised to boost some of its continuing projects after realigning savings sourced from operations of various projects and offices through an ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on November 19. The city realized total of P9,861,594 in savings, bulk of which came from projects under…
CALASIAO–The Department of Science and Technology Region 1 (DOST-1) in collaboration with the Office of Deputy Speaker Rose Marie Arenas, awarded STARBOOKS, ‘virtual libraries’ to six recipient-schools in the Third District. DOST’s STARBOOKS is a stand-alone information kiosk that contains thousands of digitized science and technology resources in various formats…
THE state of the economy, particularly the soaring prices of commodities, will be on top of the many issues that will be raised in the coming mid-term election next year against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. This was stressed by former Quezon Province Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III in a talk…
ALAMINOS CITY—Mangroves’ propagation to protect marine biodiversity in this coastal city, the home of the famous Hundred Islands National Park, is in full swing with already about 50 hectares planted with these trees. Arceli Talania, city agriculturist, said mangrove plantations have been undertaken in nine coastal barangays, based on latest…
HALL OF FAME FOR CORN – Corn farmers in San Nicolas town fill up sacks of milled quality corn that earned for Pangasinan the Hall of Fame Award of the National Quality Achievers Award. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
QUALITY CORN ACHIEVERS AWARD THE provincial government led by Governor Amado I. Espino, III received the Hall of Fame award from the Department of Agriculture in recognition of its feat winning the Quality Corn Achievers Award for three consecutive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The event, keynoted by Senator…
TRAY METHOD PIONEER AN American university professor, married to a Filipina from Baguio City who was involved in oyster research in Dagupan in the early 1980s, advised local oyster farmers to innovate their production method by raising their oysters in trays in order to harvest more and consequently earn more. Dr….
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