THE National Food Authority (NFA) in Western Pangasinan has announced it is ready to embark on palay procurement operations as the rice harvest season for the main crop is now in full swing in the province. NFA Region 1 Director Jaime Hadlocon said the government support price for clean and dry palay…
ANOTHER Dagupeña who suffered physical abuse in the hands of her employers in Saudi Arabia has been repatriated by the the city government, through the Public Employment and Services Office (PESO). Arlyn (family name withheld), a 28-year old resident of Barangay Pantal, was just seven months working as a housekeeper in…
“ONE of the principles in budgeting is that no government funds should be spent for any religious activity.” This was underscored by Dagupan City Budget Officer Luz de Guzman in response to the query of Councilor Redford Erfe Mejia during the November 5 session of the city council that tackled…
SAN JACINTO—The ancestral house of a former mayor here was razed to the ground on Nov. 1 in Barangay Capaoay this town. F/Superintendent Eddie Jucutan, provincial fire marshal, said the fire broke out at 4:00 p.m. in the two-story residential house of former Mayor Jose Abarcar. Firefighters declared fire out…
THE local government of Binalonan will strictly implement the national laws on anti-littering, vagrancy, sanitation and pollution with its own anti-“dugyot” ordinance”, to maintain cleanliness and orderliness in the town. And for the stricter campaign, the local government is crafting an ordinance, the Anti-Dugyot Ordinance that will prescribe penalties. Mayor…
LINGAYEN— The provincial board recently unanimously approved the Provincial Governance Reform Roadmap (PGRR) of Pangasinan for calendar years 2019 to 2022. Provincial Resolution No. 1956-2018 authored by SP Member Napoleon Fontellera and co-authored by SPM Liberato Z. Villegas, Jr., the PGRR as endorsed by the Provincial Development Council through Execom…
FARE HIKE OR REDUCTION? – Jeepney operators and drivers await LTFRB’S decision on their petition to increase minimum fares from P8 to P12 but hope for it has dimmed since fuel prices are dropping. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO increase in jeepney fares in Region 1 expected soon. This was assured by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to commuters. “Right now there is no order yet from the LTFRB for a fare hike for the PUJ (public utility jeepneys) in Region 1,” the agency’s post on…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is now hearing the consolidated petitions of all jeepney associations in the region seeking P12 minimum fare for the first four kilometers and P1.50 per every succeeding kilometer. Atty. Annabele Marzan Nullar, OIC of the Transportation Department Office of LTFRB Region 1, told…
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