FORMER House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said the recently-concluded ASEAN Summit hosted by the Philippines has provided the impetus for an Asia-wide support for President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign in the Philippines. De Venecia told local newsmen on April 30 (during the Bangus Festival’s Kalutan ed Dalan) in Dagupan City that the drug…
The Philippines has become a target country for people in search of good and profitable business opportunities. That is why the number of companies there is growing, which translates into a very prosper business environment. What is favoring the country’s market and business development? Current potential for business development…
FOUR hundred scholars completed the Special Training and Employment Program (STEP) of Technical Education Skills and Development (TESDA) last April 30 at CSI Stadia, Dagupan City. The graduates have undergone six-months special skills training in dressmaking, welding, cookery and electrical installation. TESDA Provincial Director Manuel Wong credited the local governments…
THE noted increasing mismatch of workers’ skills and available jobs continued to be apparent in the last job fairs in the region. Some 1,712 jobseekers have applied during the grand job fair of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 1 in observance of the Labor Day last May…
OWNING a paraw presents two opportunities for livelihood for 50 fishermen in Alaminos City who were beneficiaries of the Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program from the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment. Such is the situation today for fifty-year-old Danilo Palecpec, Sr. who is thrilled by…
THE economy of Region I accelerated by 8.4 percent in 2016 from 5.4 percent in 2015. The faster performance of the region’s economy in 2016 was due to the accelerated growths in the Industry and Services sectors. Services contributed the largest share in the region’s output in 2016 at 51.2…
STA. BARBARA — Farmers associations in 35 towns received farm mechanization equipment from the Department of Agriculture and the provincial government to boost their farm production. Gov. Amado Espino III and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr. led the distribution of 177 shallow tube wells and four tractors to the farmers groups…
SAND SCULPTING FOR PISTA’Y DAYAT– A team of sculptors participating in the sand sculpting competition rush their work of art “Legleway Karakelan” in this year’s edition of the Pista’y Dayat in Lingayen last April 30. It won the contest. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LINGAYEN – Labrador’s nineteen-year-old Anie Uson was crowned Limgas na Pangasinan 2017. Uson also won other minor awards ‘Darling of the Press’, ‘Miss Sunscreen Placenta’, ‘Miss Robinson’s Choice’, and ‘Miss Millennial” which made her the province’s representative to the pageant, one of the segment’s of the popular noontime show Eat…
ASEAN TO BANGUS FESTIVAL. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) float, the logo “ASEAN 50 PHILIPPINES, Partnering for Change, Engaging the World” and bedecked with flowers and balloons, joins the Festivals of the North parade to create further awareness on the hosting of the ASEAN Summit by Philippines….
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