SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan – Two persons were wounded when a 32-year-old man allegedly fired his gun to welcome the New Year in Barangay Longos Central, this town, before dawn on Monday, January 1. MAP of San Fabian, Pangasinan. The suspect was identified as Keempee Serran Marcella of Barangay...
GT Capital Holdings Inc., the Ty family conglomerate, reported that its consolidated net income rose 54 percent to P23.09 billion in the first nine months of 2023 from the P14.95 billion earned in the same period last year, boosted by its banking and automotive businesses. In a disclosure to the...
Driven by its bank and automotive units, GT Capital Holdings Inc., the Ty family’s investment arm, doubled its net earnings in the first half of the year to P16.58 billion from P8.3 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said core net...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a road project that is expected to boost agriculture and tourism in Pangasinan. DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the 916-meter road project in Barangay Bolaoen in San Fabian town will provide a quick and safe route from the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Pangasinan Second District Engineering Office has completed a P10-million farm-to-market road in Barangay Bolaoen, San Fabian, Pangasinan. District Engineer Edita Manuel said the 0.916-kilometer road will benefit hundreds of farmers and residents...
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) reported that its net income surged 95 percent to P7.6 billion in the second quarter of the year, boosting first half earnings by 33 percent to P15.6 billion year-on-year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said it almost...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will open a calamity assistance package starting November this year to help typhoon Fabian-stricken members and pensioners in Calapan and Naujan in Oriental Mindoro, Malabon City, and all other affected areas. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
A grade 10 student has been hailed as a hero for saving a dog that fell into a river during the onslaught of Typhoon Fabian. (Screenshot via Animal Kingdom Foundation) The Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF) recognized student Angelo Diolata Flores for his "bravery and compassion" after he saved a dog...
The recent rains – Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Fabian – have already brought damage and losses of nearly P700 million to the country’s farm sector, affecting thousands of farmers. Based on the latest report of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The torrential southwest monsoon rains that the country experienced the past week has caused a whopping P1.17 billion worth of damage to infrastructure, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Busa Bridge along Baguio-Bontoc Road in Sabangan, Mt. Province (Photo courtesy of the...
More than 10,000 individuals or over 2,600 families displaced by southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon “Fabian remained in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Sunday, August 1. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The DSWD’s Disaster Response...
(KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The government has been urged to provide assistance to small fishers and farmers in Central Luzon, whose livelihoods have been affected by the recent typhoon and heavy monsoon rains. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya)...
