THE city’s One-Stop Business Center (OSBC)-Business Permit and Licensing Office received it’s second ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Certification for the the processing and issuance of business permits and licenses. A jubilant Mayor Belen Fernandez was notified about the second certification last Friday after audit process conducted by the Certification of International…
LINGAYEN—Officials of the Pangasinan III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Panelco III) have again been invited by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to appear during its question hour on May 5 to discuss the still unresolved power rate hike implemented by the company in December 2013. There is a pending case filed by…
THANKS but no thanks. This was the response of the Dasol officialdom to a proposal to transform its bay into a prosperous aquaculture field using fish cages. Dasol bay has been identified by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as one of the possible areas for fishery expansion…
ALAMINOS CITY–The Hundred Islands National Park (HINP), the iconic tourism destination in Pangasinan, posted a 66 percent increase of tourist arrival from January to April this year compared to the same period last year. Mayor Arthur Celeste said the increase has been good for the local economy and development projects are…
DAGUPAN BANGUS IN ASEAN MARKET SENATOR Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV sees a bright future for the Dagupan bangus in the world market, especially in the face of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Economic Integration that will be fully implemented next year.
FARMERS in Pangasinan and other parts of Region 1, a major rice-producing area, are benefitting from the record high farm-gate price of P23.00 per kilogram even as harvest for the summer cropping season has reached its peak. Katho Moreno of San Carlos City and Way Ruaboro of Mangatarem said the…
SEVERAL tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) in Pangasinan and neighboring provinces received on April 28 one free motorcycle each from Honda Philippines, Inc. “It’s our way of appreciating the support of our customers,” said Lemuel Buenaflor, advertising section head of the company.
WHEELCHAIR AND NEBULIZER DONATION—Philanthropist and Fil-Indian Community Chamber president Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani (4th from left), turns over his donation of 31 wheelchairs and 31 nebulizers to Mayor Belen Fernandez on the occasion of his birthday for the benefit of persons with disabilities. With the mayor wre City Legal Officer…
PERSONS with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens from different barangays in Dagupan received wheelchairs, nebulizers and blood pressure apparatus from a local philanthropist. VASANDANI Ashok Vasandani, president of the Filipino-Indian Chamber and the More than Conquerors Breakfast Club based in Dagupan, made the donation through the city government of Dagupan…
LINGAYEN—Bishop Marlo Peralta, who hails from San Carlos City, has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Ilocos Sur. In recognition of Peralta’s achievement, the provincial board passed last Monday a resolution congratulating him for “serving as a symbol of hope and inspiration among Pangasinenses.”
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