SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – “Give man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”
Thus said retired Police Deputy Director General Reynaldo V. Velasco as he quoted Chinese philosopher Confucius in formally announcing the staging of the four day Victorey Job Fair from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Bayambang at the Ramos Espanol Building on December 3 and on December 4 to 6 in this city at the PESO Building in cooperation with the Office San Carlos City Julian Resuello and Bayambang Vice Mayor Boy Soriano respectively.
“We want to provide a long-term solution to the vicious cycle of poverty, patronage politics and dependency. This is the reason why we have invited some Japanese friends to employ some of our provincemates in the third district so that they will have chance for a better life if they have stable jobs,” Velasco said even as he thanked the two local leaders in welcoming the job fair in their respective localities. Read more
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The United States may open its market to Philippine mangoes, with that country’s agriculture department funding a survey to find out which mango-producing areas have no incidence of mango seed and pulp weevils.
Provincial Agriculturist Joe Almendares said the project titled enhancing the export competitiveness of the Philippine super mango is being undertaken by the US Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Plant Industry.
“Areas found to be free from the pest will be issued a weevil-free certification and their produce can be accepted to the United States , but these should also be free of banned chemicals like chlorpyrifos and cypermetrin which are used as pesticides,” Almendares said. Read more
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It is back to the basic for corn farmers in this province with the provincial government vigorously pushing for the use of biological control methods to combat pests affecting cornfields.
Governor Victor Agbayani said there was a need implement the Integrated Pest Management, one component of which is biological control method, as a measure to protect the environment and as an alternative for the farmers who cannot afford the expensive commercial pesticides.
Provincial Agriculturist Jose Almendares said his office has been mass producing friendly insect earwigs (Euborellia annulipes) which feeds on all stages (eggs and adults) of corn borers, and which will be sold to corn farmers starting this planting season. Read more
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Marsha
It’s such a queer name. And it’s not because it’s the name of a character in the 70s and 80s hit television show John and Marsha.
It’s not a queer name because it is a feminine name. It is a queer name because it was the name of my dog. And my dog was a male.
Marsha silently died in its sleep on February 9. A day before that, Jenny, the household help, told me he refused to eat. Whatever little he ate, he threw up. I gave him antibiotics and some water with sugar and salt. Then water with hydrite. I forced him to drink milk. As if to please me, he would drink a little then will leave me. I knew he was really weak when he laid down on a wet part of the porch. He hated that, always tried to find dry place. I followed him around, patting him, trying to comfort him. Read more
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It has been a month since we said goodbye to Pluto as the ninth planet in our Solar System. For 76 years, Pluto was the youngest (bunso) in the Sun Family – the farthest and the coldest planet.
But it was not actually a goodbye that happened when the International Astronomical Union decided to demote Pluto from a major to a dwarf planet. The erstwhile planet never actually left for another solar system, or another galaxy. It’s just there, still orbiting around our beloved god sun Ra, albeit encroaching into the orbit of Neptune .
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Time was when Dagupan was called the Queen City of the North — the economic, government and educational center in Region I.
Not anymore, City Mayor Benjamin Lim admitted. The city has been dislodged from its position and at present, there are other equally progressive growth centers in the region and even in the Pangasinan province.
The city government has also gotten the flak after it landed among one of the local government units with the lowest net income in 2005, as reported by the Commission on Audit. Read more
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(This is a press release of the Alaminos City)
British bird watcher Jonathan Hornbuckle surprised everyone in the city in his first visit here last Wednesday but by the end of the day, it is he who was astonished of what he saw.
Hornbuckle, acclaimed as the world’s second top bird watcher was armed with high-tech digital camera, a telescope and a book called A Guide to Philippine Birds when he arrived at Lucap Wharf, the jump-off point to the Hundred Islands.
He was accompanied by Professor Jerry de Villa of the Bird Watchers Association of the Phils., Judge Irma Boncodin of Regional Trial Court Branch 57, Camarines Norte and Engr. Ismael Najera, city general services officer. Read more
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Despite the 20 national laws safeguarding the children in the country and the “excellent response” of the government officials to children issues, the work to protect them is nowhere near done, according to Unicef Representative Nicholas K. Alipui.
During the North Luzon Legislative Summit for Children, Alipui also acknowledged that the Filipino society is nurturing and caring and concerned about the welfare of the children.
But despite the nurturing environment and the laws on protecting children, “an increasing number of children are falling through the cracks because of the deepening poverty and widening deprivation and disparities,” Alipui said. Read more
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Liquefaction (noun) is defined by a dictionary as the process of becoming liquid. A virtually unfamiliar word to city residents before July 16, 1990, it became a household word when an Intensity 7.7 earthquake struck in the city on that day.
It may be a simple word, but it gave a great lesson to the residents who found out that the land they stood on can liquefy and that vehicles, houses, big buildings and everything can just sink on the watery and sandy ground.
At about past four o’clock (Daylight savings time) in the afternoon of that day, the ground furiously shook for almost a minute. Every vehicles and structures and trees violently swayed back and forth while the parts of the ground alternately opened and closed. When the first tremor stopped, water gushed forth from the Earth and almost the entire city was inundated with at least knee-deep water. Read more
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The office of the provincial veterinarian advised consumers not to buy goat meat from vendors whose supply did not pass through slaughterhouses.
Dr. Ben Perez, the provincial veterinarian, said most goats meat sold in public places such as the roadsides, are slaughtered in the backyards and the animal did not go inspection.
“Meat that did not pass through slaughterhouses are considered hot meat and can be confiscated by authorities,” Perez said Read more
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