RELIEF FOR JEEPNEY DRIVERS – LTFRB personnel distribute some of the 3,000 “Pantawid Pasada” cards to jeepney drivers (some are represented by their wives) in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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FOR MALIMGAS STALLHOLDERS THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has agreed in principle to pass an ordinance providing for a 15-day ‘rent holiday’ for all stallholders at the Malimgas Public Market whose businesses were affected by the series of flooding in the city, particularly caused by Super Typhoon “Ompong” in September. The agreement…
SP set to grant 15-day ‘rental holiday’
FOR SECOND CROPPING AFTER completing their assessment of the damage to irrigation systems in the province caused by monsoon rains and typhoons, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is set to repair all damaged irrigation canals for the second cropping of the farmers. NIA Pangasinan Project Manager, Engineer Dennis de Vera,…
NIA set to repair damaged irrigation systems
THE House Committee on Tourism has started the deliberation of the H.B. 6682 seeking to declare Limahong Channel in Sitio Bantayan, Pangapisan Norte in Lingayen as a tourist spot and appropriating a budget for it. Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, author of the bill, said Limahong Channel, located along Agno…
Limahong Channel as tourism destination proposed
SOCIAL Security System (SSS) members in Pangasinan with outstanding loans welcome the announcement of Social SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel F. Dooc to extend the Loan Restructuring Program (LRP) with penalty condonation, for another six months or until April 1, 2019. The extension was made to allow more…
SSS extends LRP with penalty condonation until April 1, 2019
FOR the benefit of patients in Pangasinan, the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (DDVMH) has announced that it has installed a Smart MRI Superconductive 1.5 Tesla. MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan is a painless and non-invasive radiology procedure that uses powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulse and a computer to…
DDVMH acquires high-tech MRI imaging scan
ARCHITECTS’ CLEAN UP DAY – Members of the United Architects of the Philippines Pangasinan-Dagupan chapter gather at the Lingayen Beach to collect trash and debris last October 2 in observance of the World Coastal Clean-up Day. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
ARCHITECTS’ CLEAN UP DAY
A FAMILY in Mapandan was chosen one of two Model OFW Family of the Year awardees in Region 1’s search by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI). The family of Mrs. Virginia Fernandez – Vega from Mapandan was selected for the land-based category. The other…
OFW family in Mapandan is region’s model family awardee
UNKNOWN perhaps to many, Mrs. Arlene Poyaoan-Galvez, the Mrs. Universe Philippines’ Finest Women 2018, is from Barangay Tarectec, San Carlos City. And the provincial board passed a resolution congratulating her for her achievement and cited her advocacy for livelihood literacy and anti-depression. “Mrs. Arlene Poyaoan-Galvez is not only considered as…
Mrs. World Philippines is a Pangasinense
THE SM Malls in Pangasinan provided school new school shoes for some 2,000 pupils of public schools in Urdaneta City and Rosales on Monday, October 1. There were 52 volunteers from SM City Urdaneta Central and SM City Rosales to be part of this great cause which is a part…
