SAN JACINTO – Recovery of the 30-hectare land bought by the Dagupan City government in barangay Awai, San Jacinto in 2002 but which was taken over by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) is vital to the Dagupan government.

Reginaldo Ubando, chief of Dagupan City’s waste management office, said the city would need at least 10 hectares of that land for sanitary landfill and another 10 hectares to be converted into a tree park as Dagupan’s contribution in the fight against climate change and global warming.
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VIGAN CITY – A research study participated in by the United States government has declared the four provinces of the Ilocos region free from the dreaded mango pulp and seed weevils insect pests.

This was gleaned from the result of a 10-month random survey conducted by researchers from the United States’ Department of Agrarian and the Bureau of Plant and Industry.

The agency certified that Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union and Pangasinan were found negative of the two dreaded insect pests which are usually found on mango fruits.
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