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Preview of the week's
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Meat vendors protest entry of cheap
imported meat
THE Department of Trade and Industry has
advised the Dagupan City government to
call a dialogue among all stakeholders
to discuss the implications of entry of
frozen imported meat sold at cheaper
prices, which have recently been coming
in large quantities into the city’s
market.
DTI Regional Director Florante Leal
said the dialogue must be attended by
local meat vendors and representatives
of the consuming public who are buying
the frozen imported meat.
Banned China-made beauty products seized
ALAMINOS CITY--Cosmetic products from
China believed to contain heavy metal
mercury were confiscated last week in
the cities of Alaminos and Dagupan.
Elements of the Food and Drugs
Administration (FDA) regional office,
with the help of sanitary inspectors,
seized about 171 boxes of the
health-risk products from beauty and
health shops, and bazaars.
GSIS gives free insurance to AAOs
THE Government Service Insurance System
(GSIS) is giving agency authorized
officers (AAOs) free personal accident
insurance in recognition of their
crucial role in the pension fund’s
processing of members’ loan
applications.
Among those entitled to this free
program, which started this year, are
principal AAOs and their alternates.
They will remain entitled to such as
long they remain legitimate AAOs of
their respective agencies and registered
with the GSIS. The card is renewable
every year.
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El Niño good for
mango industry but…
LINGAYEN—The El Niño weather is not
entirely bad news.
This prolonged dry spell, which
will have a negative effect on the production of rice,
corn and vegetables, is on the other hand conducive for
cultivating mangoes.
Angel Padilla, coordinator of
high-yield commercial crops sector of the Department of
Agriculture (DA), said the El Niño is advantageous for
mango growers, especially after the industry was
affected by the series of typhoons in the last two
years.
Mango congress seeks
to save P400M wastage
LINGAYEN—Minimizing losses from wastage
is at the top of the agenda for the 12th National Mango
Congress on February 24-26 at the Narciso Ramos Sports
and Civic Center here.
The mango industry in
Pangasinan, contributing about one third of total
production in the country, loses about P400 million a
year due to lack of processing and storage facilities,
according to Virginia dela Fuente, president of the
Philippine Mango Industry Foundation, Inc.
LBC is now one-stop-payment center
LBC branches are now one-stop payment
centers for bills on telecom, water, cable, bank and
financial services, and insurance, among others.
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