NEWS BRIEFS
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News)
Transport groups did not join strike, but ask consolidation deadline extension
MEMBERS of the transport sector in Pangasinan confirmed they did not join the nationwide transport strike staged by PISTON and Manibela.
Bernard Tuliao, president of AUTOPro, said Wednesday, only a small percentage of modernized jeepneys were commuting passengers. He appealed to DOTr and the LTFRB to extend the deadline for consolidation of traditional jeepneys on December 31 this year, to allow members to prepare for the phase out of their units. LTFRB assured that traditional jeepneys will not be phased out as long as the owners of the same will consolidate and their units must pass the standard of road-worthiness set by the Land Transportation Office but DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said the December 31 deadline for consolidation is non-negotiable. (Badz Agtalao)
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Housewives thank DTI for Christmas shopping list
BECAUSE of the tight money situation, housewives in Dagupan City are visibly busy making a list of the food items that they need to buy for their noche buena.
They thanked the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for coming up with the approved Suggested Retail Price (SRP) for all consumer products. They are helped in budgeting their limited money for the household. They said that the SRP helps prevent profiteering and price manipulation by unscrupulous grocery store owners. (Joana de Vera)
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Traffic snarls expected in Dagupan throughout Christmas
EXPECT traffic to further worsen in Dagupan City as the Dagupan City Fiesta, which falls during the entire Christmas season.
To date, there is growing congestion in Dagupan’s downtown area as residents and visitors are beginning to stay longer at the “Baratillo” on Galvan Street and Food Strip on Zamora Street diners even at night. Traffic along the main thoroughfare A.B. Fernandez Avenue is also not expected to improve not only because of the ongoing construction at the eastern portion of the avenue and along Arellano Street, but also because more people have started to flock to Dagupan to buy goods. (Johanna de Vera)
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Price increase of agri products expected – SINAG
THE Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) considers the price increase of agricultural products such as rice, meat and vegetables in Pangasinan and throughout the country is expected because of higher demand.
SINAG Chairman Engr. Rosendo So said the high price of rice is principally due to the prevailing high farm gate price of the commodity. Price of onion is down as compared to its market price last year while the price of egg is expected to increase. (Roma Racca)
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All buses asked to install CCTVs after NE bus killing
FOLLOWING a shooting incident inside a Victory Liner bus in Caranglang, Nueva Ecija two weeks ago that killed a couple sitting near the doorway, provincial board members of Pangasinan urged all bus companies to adopt strict security measures to protect their passengers from such kind of violence.
The SP, in a resolution, urged all bus companies to install CCTVs inside all their units whose footages can be secured whenever such violent incident will happen again. Modernized jeepneys have five CCTVs in each of their unit monitoring the movements of passengers.
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P50, P60 per kilo, lowest price of rice in Pangasinan
THERE is no let up in the continuing surge in the price of rice in Pangasinan as the lowest price of the staple is now P50 and P60 per kilo for two qualities.
A rice vendor, Liza Sarmiento, told IFM Dagupan that for the past two weeks, the price of rice kept soaring, adding that it is rather strange because the province is still in the middle of the rice harvesting season.
But she learned that the main reason for the continuing rice price increase is that owing to past farmers are trying to recover their losses during the typhoons and floods. (John Caranto )
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