Sugpo or hipong puti? By Roberto Garcia SHRIMP culture is one of the cornerstones of the fishpond industry in Pangasinan. But which is the best or preferred species? Penaeus monodon or the giant tiger prawn, locally known as sugpo, has been the traditional species cultured in brackish water fishponds. Some…
Watching Pangasinan bloom By Beatrice Marie Basi “Our destiny as a province and our future as a people depend not upon one single person, much less the governor, even with all the powers in his hands.” — Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. I HAVE lived near Pangasinan’s Capitol all…
HOPE FOR THE PROCESSING PLANT–Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (second from right), announces a possible major decision on the operations of the idle Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan by March 1. Back to Homepage
PRIVATIZATION EYED THE fate of the idle P100-million Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan, built through a grant from the Korean government, will finally be announced on March 1. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Asis Perez will be in the city this week to formally announce a decision…
FIVE FOR PANGASINAN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. (center) proudly shows off the five major awards and two Hall of Famer awards, won by Pangasinan in the Regional Development Council Performance Award for 2011 during a press conference held after the awards ceremony in San Fernando City, La Union. With the governor…
LINGAYEN–This is a vindication for all of us. This is how Gov. Amado Espino Jr., proud and delighted, presented the five of seven awards won by the province in the annual Regional Development Council Performance Awards conferred February 22 in San Fernando, La Union. “It was a vindication after we…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia is not impressed by the proposal of the Dagupan City government to build a “Tsunami Hill” in the island barangay of Pugaro to serve as a refuge in case a tsunami strikes. In an interview, De Venecia dubbed the plan as “whimsical” and opined…
SUPPORT FOR ECO-TOURISM PROJECT—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) rallies behind Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. in pushing thru with his various government developmental programs, including the ongoing construction of the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen, by approving Provincial Resolution No. 1161-2012, authored by Board Member Alfonso Bince (standing at the rostrum), that…
“WIN-WIN” SOLUTION PROPOSED SIXTH District Provincial Board Member Ranjit Ramos Shahani has proposed what he called a “win-win solution” to the ongoing controversy in the construction of a golf course in the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen. In a privilege speech before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last February 21, Shahani said the planned 18-hole…
LNU VS. DAGUPAN TWO months into the trial, the Lyceum Northwestern University, represented by its president Atty. Gonzalo Duque, has asked the court to decide on the case it filed against the Dagupan City government, Mayor Benjamin Lim, and City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara over the collection of business taxes. The…
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