POZORRUBIO—An interest-free loan program for corn farmers being implemented in Pangasinan since 2011 has become a model for a program set to be replicated nationwide. The project, a joint initiative of the Pangasinan provincial government and the partylist Abono, caught the attention of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, it being a successful first-of-its-kind financing…
PROJECT BELEN EFFORTS to make home-staying mothers in the city’s barangays to become productive and help earn for their families are underway. The mothers in Bacayao Sur – known for its guava production, a major source of livelihood for most of the barangay residents next to making bocayo – are…
MANDATORY PAG-IBIG REGISTRATION BUSINESS employers in the city will soon be required to register all their employees under the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) as a prerequisite to securing a mayor’s permit to operate a business. The city government of Urdaneta will ink a Memorandum of Agreement with Pag-IBIG…
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will conduct job fairs for local and overseas employment in the following dates and venues: November 15-Infanta; November 18-Mangatarem; November 26-Balungao; November 29-Mangaldan. Meanwhile, the provincial government recently teamed up with various national government agencies to battle illegal recruitment and human trafficking in…
LINGAYEN—There is a standing invitation for investors to evaluate the potential of the province’s mineral resources. The invitation was extended by Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. during a forum on responsible mining policies conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) on October 30 at…
LINGAYEN–Hundreds of livestock inspectors and swine raisers from different municipalities and cities in the province joined the swine diseases management seminar held at the Provincial Training and Development Center on November 6, 2013. The seminar was held in line with livestock development program and livelihood program of the Office of…
ARCHDIOCESE 50TH ANNIVERSARY MORE than 100 priests and deacons of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese will be joined by 45 nuns, other seminarians and lay youth for a musical concert entitled FADZ GOLD on Nov. 12 at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan as part of the celebration of the archdiocese’s 50th year…
NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK SAN CARLOS CITY—Inmates at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) here took part in the Miss Gay–Bakulaw contest in the spirit of fun as part of the celebration of the National Correctional Consciousness Week on October 21 to 26. City Jail Warden Kenneth A. Bid-Ing…
SPECIAL MA-TREE-MONY— Gregorio Caridad, 24 marries Fatima Andrada, 21, on November 8 in a special wedding ceremony administered by Laoac Municipal Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr. who gave the couple seedlings of Bitaog from his own nursery as a gift. The newlyweds planted one tree in a designated area near the municipal…
LINGAYEN–Three young Pangasinan women are representing Region I in the search for Miss Philippines on Wheels, Signs and Visions, a search celebrating the empowerment of women with disabilities. Vying for titles are: Arjhessa T. Espiritu (vision category) of Bautista, Ma. Divina O. Quinsay (deaf category) of Urdaneta City, and Julie…
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