THE Dagupan-based FarmOut Central Intouch and Training Center has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Rural Bank of Mangaldan Inc. providing loans to students wanting to enroll in call center training. The first of its kind in the country, the MOA is a ‘study now, pay later plan’ for…
The city council has given Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. the green light to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KICA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for the construction of the proposed Bangus Processing Plant in Dagupan City. KICA is giving a…
City council OKs MOA for Bangus Processing Plant
FOR the Dagupan City government, it will just be another real estate deal with just a minimal amount in fees in revenues for the city when it rents out the third floor of the Malimgas Public Market to call centers, but the downstream benefit that it will give to the…
More call centers in city will stimulate economy
A total of P1.1 million has been realized by the provincial government from quarry fees during the month of July, or 64% higher than the P670,000 collection of the previous provincial administration during the same period last year. The increase is a result of the set of reforms introduced during…
Hike in quarry fees noted
NO CHA-CHA THIS TIME It was a night of unforgettable dancing but no cha-cha music was played. House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and wife Gina hosted a big party Sunday night at the newly-built Jimmy Fernandez Stadia in Dagupan to thank his supporters for his victory in the May…
JdV, Gina and supporters dance the night away
TO PROTECT DAGUPAN BANGUS INDUSTRY “Aliens” watch out! Fish traders in Dagupan City, known as the Bangus Capital of the World, will soon be putting a label on the city’s produce to protect the industry from so-called “alien” bangus that come from other provinces. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. told local…
Traders to introduce bangus brand labeling
THE Dagupan City council unanimously passed a resolution conveying its congratulations to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, a Dagupeno, for topping the list of cabinet officials untainted with corruption. Councilor Jesus Canto proposed the resolution after reading newspaper reports citing Duque being on top of the members of President Gloria…
City Council hails Duque’s untainted record
COLEGIO de Dagupan (CdD) registered the highest passing percentage all over Pangasinan in the recently released Nursing Licensure Examination results. The successful examinees, the first batch of nursing graduates from the school, posted a 64% passing percentage, higher than the national passing percentage of 48%. CdD president Dr. Voltaire Arzadon…
CdD tops province’s nursing passing percentage
FORMER RP team member Ericson Obosa, who continues to make waves in Pangasinan bicycle road racing, ruled the 2007 PD Cycling Challenge last Sunday. The sprint-specialist Obosa, 28, from Manaoag, nosed out his two breakaway partners in a mad-dash fashion finish in the last 250 meters to pocket the P20,000…
Obosa wins Nerez bikefest
DCNHS INSPECTION— Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (right) takes time out to inspect the facilities at the Dagupan City National High School, after she addressed the students and faculty during the observance of the “Linggo ng Wika” in that school. She is shown accompanied by Principal Teodora Nabor.