OVERSTOCKING, UNREGULATED PENS BLAMED ANDA— Calamity struck the fishing industry when the intense summer heat and sudden intermittent rains in the afternoon took its toll on the bangus industry here. Estimated loss due to the fish kill is about P86,111,689 worth of bangus stocks. Elizabeth Tomas, municipal agriculturist, said Friday that the estimate was based…
ONLY TWO BARANGAYS NOT CLEARED THE Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADAC) in the region have reported that 99.93 percent of drug-affected barangays in Region 1 have already been cleared. This was confirmed by P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula who said last week that out of 2,901 affected barangays, 2,899 have been cleared…
LAST MINUTE ENROLMENT– Parents rush to West Central I Elementary School in Dagupan City to enroll their children in school while other parents who have finished their children’s enrolment are busy helping out in Brigada Eskwela’ in preparation of the class opening on June 4. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
MANGALDAN—Region 1 is ready to welcome the more than one million students in elementary and secondary in public schools for the school opening on June 4, Department of Education Regional Director Alma Ruby Torio has declared. “There will definitely be no classes under the tree in Region 1,” Torio added…
BRIGADA ESKWELA – A teacher tediously scrubs the floor of dried mud and dust inside her assigned classroom at West Central I Elementary School in Dagupan City in preparation of the class opening on June 4. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
POZORRUBIO—The town mayor is back after serving nine months suspension ordered by the Ombudsman for signing the marriage certificates of two couples but did not officiate their wedding rites. Speaking at the Monday flag raising ceremony, Mayor Artemio Chan, who re-assumed his post on May 28, told municipal employees, town…
END OF SUMMER COLORS — A young boy checks out the different colorful floaters on display at San Fabian beach that he will likely no longer see until the rainy season is over. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SUAL—The new coal-fired power plant proposed to be built by a Korean company in Baquioen Bay, Sual is not a welcome development for the government of adjacent Labrador town. This was gleaned from the SB Resolution No. 015-2018 adopted during the regular session of the 9th Sangguniang Bayan of Labrador last…
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER – Young boys enjoy the cool water of Bonuan Blue Beach and last days of summer vacation at Tondaligan in Dagupan City before the classes start on June 4. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
JUNE 4 OPENING DAY MANGALDAN—There will be no collection of fees in public schools as a requirement for enrolment for the school opening on June 4, according to a schools division superintendent in Pangasinan. Dr. Donato Balderas of Pangasinan 2 Division said, however, there are authorized fees that can be paid…
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