'PAILAW' PROJECT. Ilocos Police Regional Office director Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta (second from left) leads the ribbon-cutting for the solar lights turned over to a community in Umingan town, Pangasinan on Oct. 6, 2021. The activity was part of the Patubig, Pailaw, Pantawag, Pabahay, at Palikuran ni Juana (5Ps) project of the police. (Photo courtesy of PRO-1's Facebook page) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 3,634 Pangasinenses from high-risk geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) are expected to benefit from the community projects of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). PPPO acting director Col. Richmond Tadina said Tuesday the Patubig, Pailaw, Pabahay, Pantawag, at Palikuran ni Juana (5Ps) project is in support of Executive Order 70 seeking to institutionalize the whole-of-nation approach to combat the terrorist-communist groups and their influences. Tadina said seven barangays under GIDAs have already received jetmatic water pumps to address the
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 3,056 displaced or disadvantaged workers in Pangasinan have benefitted from the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for them from Sept. 1 to 21. In a phone interview on Wednesday, DOLE Ilocos information officer Justin Paul Marbella said DOLE has released a total of PHP13.5 million for the wages of workers who were tapped for cash-for-work services under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay Para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program. "The workers labored for sanitation and disinfection services in their home barangays. To protect them in their discharge of duties, the workers were also given personal protective equipment and micro-insurance," he said. In partnership with the local government units, the program also aims to help in alleviating the threats of the coronavirus disease 2019 in Pangasinan. Sta. Maria town has 257 workers, with each worker earnin