LINGAYEN—Governor Amado Espino Jr. has ordered personnel of the Provincial Agriculturist and the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVET) to go to the field and provide hands-on technology to the farmers.
He said in this time when there is pressing need to produce more food on the dining table, transfer of technology to farmers, fishermen and animal raisers should be re-intensified. Read the rest of this entry »
SAN FERNANDO CITY—Not much change in prices of commodities was noted in the province of La Union during the past week, the Department of Trade and Industry regional office said.
The DTI, in a report to the Philippine Information Agency regional office said this was based on the inspection conducted in the wet market of San Fernando City, 11 supermarkets and groceries, nine lumber and hardware stores, eight flour retailers, and seven bakeshops, all in San Fernando. Read the rest of this entry »
LINGAYEN—The provincial board will look into the safety measures for both planes and residential neighborhoods in the Lingayen Airport following the crash-landing of a trainer plane at the airport runway.
Provincial Board Member Nestor Reyes said he will seek an inquiry in aid of legislation to allay fears of possible major mishaps from planes using the airport. Read the rest of this entry »
THE National Food Authority (NFA) has been asked to allocate more rice to its outlets in Dagupan City as the present volume arriving was observed to be too low, compared to the actual demands for cheaper government rice.
The call was made by people who queued up before two NFA Bigasang Bayan here on Wednesday, Some of them failed to buy any rice as the outlets had only a quota of 30 bags each.
In less than hours, the 30 bags each allocated to the NFA retailers were sold. Read the rest of this entry »
AT least 36 agreements on agriculture and fisheries between the Philippines and China have been suspended.
The agreements have been suspended by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap while consultations are being held with the affected sectors, Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo Puyat told the House of Representatives agriculture committee chaired by Palawan Rep. Abaraham Mitra on April 29.
The agreements include those on setting aside 1 million hectares for hybrid rice and corn, additional 200,000 hectares in Northern Luzon for agri-business projects, 40,000 hectares for sugar cane and cassava for renewable fuels, and 5,000 hectares for tropical fruits. Read the rest of this entry »
CAMP OSCAR M. FLORENDO—Eighty-three police officers from Region I finally got their cherished baccalaureate degrees while in the service under the ‘Balik Eskwela’ program.
All graduated from the Bachelor of Science in Criminology course in ceremonies held last Wednesday morning at the Police Regional Office grounds in Camp Oscar Florendo, San Fernando City. Read the rest of this entry »
URDANETA CITY—A businessman was charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions before the City Prosecutors Office following a raid by the police in his house early Tuesday in barangay Pedro Orata here.
Seized by lawmen from the house of the suspect, Patrocinio de Luna, 63, were a Thompson sub-machine gun, cal. 45 automatic pistol, one magazine assembly for Thompson, 15 live ammunition for Cal. 45, one Caliber 38 revolver and 10 live ammunitions for Caliber. 38.
The raiders were armed with the search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 51. Read the rest of this entry »
CALASIAO—Legal drag racing came to Pangasinan with the holding of the first Vice Mayor Ramon Guico III Invitational Open Drag Race recently at the Binalonan Airfield in Binalonan town.
Guico, a licensed pilot and a captain, owns the Binalonan Airfield.
The invitational drag race participated in by some 200 car and motorcycle drivers, was sponsored by the Autolimits Pangasinan Auto Group Inc. headed by Rafael de Vera with Patrick Catama as race director.
De Vera said the drag race is a kind of motor sports that involves the contest on acceleration, held in various parts of the country, especially Cebu, Batangas, Subic and Clark. Read the rest of this entry »
UMINGAN—Three persons were killed and five others seriously injured when a mini-bus bumped an overloaded motorized tricycle from behind at about 4:45 a.m. on Sunday along the national highway in barangay Gonzales, this town.
The fatalities were identified as Carlito Cariaso, 37, driver of the tricycle; and two of his passengers identified as Anthony Feliciano, 16, and Alberto Esteban, 54, all of barangay San Juan, San Jose, Nueva Ecija. Read the rest of this entry »
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