SHELLFISH from the coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Wawa in Bani and Alaminos City continue to be free from red tide and perfectly safe for consumption, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 12 dated May 28, BFAR Region 1…
THE Lucao-Bonuan corridor will be developed as a new growth center in Dagupan to make the city competitive with fast-rising cities in Northern Luzon for the next three years. Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez made this promise as she said this is long overdue given the construction of the modern Jose R. de Venecia Sr. Expressway…
Lucao-Bonuan corridor seen as new growth center
TAXES collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Region 1 was up by 19% from P2.2 billion from January-April 2012 to P2.7 billion in the same period this year. Revenue District office (RDO) 4 based in Calasiao registered the biggest increase in tax collection among the seven RDOs in…
BIR R1 tax collection up 19% in Q1
TEN cooperatives in the province will receive equipment from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the Shared Service Facility (SSF) program intended to improve the quality and productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). The first seven beneficiaries who will receive the machinery assistance this week are…
DTI distributes equipment to 10 coops
SUBMISSION of entries for the 2013 Regional Inventions Contest And Exhibits (RICE) under the Department of Science And Technology Region 1 (DOST 1) has been extended to June 14, 5:00 p.m. Guidelines for the contest and entry forms are available at the DOST 1 website, http://region1.dost.gov.ph.
Deadline extended for DOST tilt for inventors, researchers
COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR PROVINCIAL SCHOLARS—Acting Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. (2nd from left) turns over a facsimile cheque to incoming college freshman Ferren M. Velasco who topped the exams among successful examinees who are now among the 100 new scholars under the Provincial Scholarship Fund Board (PSFB) of the…
COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR PROVINCIAL SCHOLARS
LINGAYEN–Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr., currently acting-governor while Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. is on leave, led the distribution of scholarship worth P8,000 each to 100 incoming first year college students who made in this year’s new rooster of Provincial School Fund Board (PSFB) Scholarship Program.
Prov’l gov’t awards P800,000 to new batch of academic scholars
ROSALES—A welder who thought selling illegal drugs would be a good sideline now regrets picking up the sideline. Joint elements of the Balungao Police Station, Provincial Public Safety Company and the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (PAIDSOTG) seized illegal drugs during a raid at a house in Barangay San Joaquin, Balungao in…
Lawmen conduct drug raid in Balungao
SAN CARLOS CITY—A man might have successfully ended a heated argument with his wife by shooting her only to find out that he will have to continue arguing but this time before a judge who will decide how many years he will have to spend in jail. A housewife was hospitalized…
Wife shot by husband during spat
BAYAMBANG– A man was arrested by citizens after he stole not just four ordinary goats but pregnant goats in Barangay Tamaro here in broad daylight on June 6. The suspect was identified as Rey Eden, 31, a resident of Barangay Pugaro, Mapandan, who was caught in the act of stealing four pregnant goats owned by Alladin Paragas.