A TOTAL of 110 hectares of the 592 hectares of land planted with tobacco this year in Alcala and another 50 hectares in San Fabian were affected by drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. This was confirmed by Roger Madriaga, manager of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) in Pangasinan,…
GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE PROPERTY? – The two conflicting signboards were installed by DENR-CENRO claiming “THIS AREA IS CLASSIFIED AS FORESHORE/PUBLIC DOMAIN “and not for sale, and the other signboard beside it is installed by “Rael Kitz Corporation” claiming ownership of the same area. To date, there appears no resolution or settlement of who really owns the…
FOR REJECTING ALL SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS SINCE 2022 ALL seven members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod are liable to be charged administratively for disapproving the submitted supplemental budgets since 2022 and deliberate delay in the passage of the city’s 2023 and 2024 annual budgets. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle…
BINMALEY-LINGAYEN BAYWALK AREA SECOND District Rep. Mark Cojuangco delivered a privilege speech at the Lower House on May 6, calling for a House inquiry into the worsening problem of unclassified lands and informal settlements under his jurisdiction, particularly, along the Lingayen-Binmaley Baywalk area. He wants the Department of Environment and…
EXPECT LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORMS TILL JUNE THE worst is over in Pangasinan for the daily sizzling and gut-wrenching high heat index, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Gener Quitlong, PAGASA weather specialist, said the province will gradually cool down as the peak of the warm dry…
THE Social Security System (SSS) is urging employers to settle their employees’ contributions promptly to avoid penalties and ensure their workers’ social security benefits. Republic Act No. 11199, or the Social Security Act of 2018, mandates employers to report all employees for SSS coverage within 30 days of employment, ensuring…
THE STREET PARTY BEGINS – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and the city government’s special guests led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Sen. Lito Lapid, Bam Aquino, Rep. Lanie Mercado (wife of Sen. Bong Revilla), Chel Diokno, Elle Cruz (representing Sen. Imee Marcos) and Mark Lapid of TIEZA lead the ceremonial lighting of barbecue grills…
ENTERTAINED by top music icons of the country, an estimated 500,000 people from Dagupan and the neighboring towns and provinces went sleepless when they joined the 2024 Dagupan Bangus Festival’s Bangusan Street Party along Jose de Venecia Expressway all night of April 30. The partying was backed by some 20,000…
ILOCOS REGION ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HOST Laoag City rallied in the last two days to overtake and dethrone defending champion Pangasinan II and won its first crown ever in the Ilocos Region Athletic Association Meet that ended April 27 at the Marcos Stadium in Laoag. The new champion amassed 79 gold, 53…
THREE jeepney drivers in Pangasinan already died after suffering from heat stroke. This was confirmed by One Pangasinan Transport Federation (OPTF) president Bernard Tuliao in an interview last Tuesday, April 30. Tuliao did not identify the drivers but said the three felt they had no choice but to be on…
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