(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News)

 Poor families: P2 reduction in rice price not enough 

THE price of rice in public market of Calasiao is lower by two pesos per kilo owing to ample supply brought about by the just recent harvest of second crop rice.

Regular-milled rice was being sold for P50 per kilo and well-milled rice at P54 per kilo. But households say the prevailing price ceiling for rice is still considered high. To this, the Department of Agriculture regional office said the price of rice can still be expected to drop because of higher supply in all markets. (Mathew Pacheco)

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Bangus price in Dagupan down by two pesos 

THE price of Dagupan bangus in all the city’s public markets dropped a few days before the celebration of the Bangus Festival to the satisfaction of consumers but a loss to the producers. From P180 to P200 per kilo, bangus price went down from P140 to P150 per kilo.

Mayor Belen Fernandez said the price dip was temporary and assured that the price of milkfish will go back to normal after the Bangus Festival. She also assured that the supply of bangus will remain steady despite the El Niño phenomenon that dried up some shallow fish ponds. (Mathew Pacheco)

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Watermelons, cantaloupes teeming in Dagupan markets

BECAUSE of the high heat index in Dagupan, more people are buying watermelon and cantaloupe that are teeming in the Dagupan markets nowadays. Watermelons and cantaloupes are rich in anti-oxidants, including electrolytes, potassium and vitamins that are needed to cool the body.

Summer is the harvest season for water melon and cantaloupes in the towns of Bani and Mangaldan. (Joanna de Vera)

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 LTO Office in Dagupan starts issuing plastic license cards

LTO Dagupan chief Romeo Dawaton said his office received 15,000  plastic license  cards from the LTO central office., and 400 replacement plastic license cards were already released.

Dawaton said claimants were given their respective schedules to receive their plastic license cards. He added that based on their schedule, all claimants will have received their replacement cards by the end of this month. (Badz Agtalao)

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HPG: 30 vehicular accidents daily in Region 1 

THERE are an average of 30 vehicular accidents being recorded in Region 1 daily. This was gleaned from statistics provided by PNP Highway Patrol Group and LTO during a committee hearing of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week.

The committee hearing was called by Fourth District Board Member Jerry Agerico Rosario who was alarmed by the rising number of vehicular accidents along many highways in Pangasinan today, Most of the vehicular accidents, according to HPG and LTO, were due to lack of discipline by drivers, riding mostly on motorcycles and tricycles. (Bad Agtalao)

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 Students lament bigger  homework in distance learning 

SOME students in Pangasinan complain about being overburdened by the amount of homework assigned by teachers ever since face-to-face classes were suspended owing to the excessive heat index prevailing during summer. They said their homework almost doubled since F2F was suspended and lamented that it’s a policy adopted by school authorities for learners to make up for lost opportunities because of suspension of F2F.

They said that while F2F classes were suspended because of the excessive heat in their classrooms, they, too, cannot study their modules at home because the temperatures in their homes are not any better than their classrooms. (Mathew Pacheco)

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