THE stage is finally set for a series of suits and counter-suits on the business tax issue after acting city legal officer Roy Laforteza affirmed the city’s refusal to meet a demand by a university for refund of taxes it paid in the past.
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THIRD District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas has exposed what she called the racket of “items for sale” in the Department of Education (DepEd).
Arenas exposes ‘Items for Sale’ at DepEd
AMERICAN DAGUPENOS WELCOME —Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (third from right), with Councilor Jeslito Seen standing next to her, are welcomed by Dagupenos (from L-R) Pressy Dimapilis, president of the Dagupan City Association of Southern California, Maravilla Estrella, Ben Dimapilis and Boots Arenas during their short trip to the United States….
AMERICAN DAGUPENOS WELCOME
THE 2011 budget of Dagupan was not approved and returned to the city government by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for its failure to incorporate, among other things, the city’s Gender-Responsive Medium-Term Plan and the Annual Gender and Development (GAD) Plan for the year.
DBM rejects Dagupan 2011 budget
NATIVIDAD—Those who want to enjoy the thrill of a zipline ride can trek to Natividad town, a small agricultural town on the eastern side of Pangasinan, sitting at the foot of the Caraballo Mountains.
Have an eco-friendly adventure in Natividad
ROSALES–Some P300 million worth of flood control projects have been completed under the post-“Ondoy” and “Pepeng” Rehabilitation Project.
P300M dike rehab projects completed
BANI–The Regional Development Council (RDC) has endorsed an integrated biomass project here proposed by a Spanish company as a regional project under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme being promoted by the national government.
Biomass project in Bani gets RDC endorsement
ECO-FRIENDLY BAGS—The Tribu Pandan Street Dancers of Mapandan town stage an environmental-awareness dance routine to launch the new SM Eco Bag at the SM City Rosales on August 24. The SM Eco Bag, a reusable shopping bag, is one of the projects of the SM Supermalls in reducing the amount…
ECO-FRIENDLY BAGS
BANGUS producers who are already using or intend to use the seafood processing plant in Dagupan want the facility to remain under the management of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) or expand it into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.
Producers prefer BFAR as seafood plant manager
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who chairs the city council, supported the bangus producers’ position to retain the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as manager of the seafood processing facility in Dagupan.
