THE Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) Dagupan Branch announced the suspension of the loyalty card enrollment starting February 15 until the third quarter of 2018. Noreen Zamuco, head of marketing and sales division of Pag-IBIG Fund Dagupan Branch, said the suspension of loyalty card enrollment aims to enhance the…
SAVING WHAT’S LEFT — The sight of a family rushing to pack newly harvested onions was common in Bautista town last week after armyworms attacked their farms. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SAVING WHAT’S LEFT
SAN CARLOS CITY’S OTOP SAN CARLOS CITY—Mango growers in the mango capital of Pangasinan and Region 1 are beset anew only by cecid fly that infest the Filipinos’ favorite summer fruit that result in ‘kurikong’ but by bad practices of growers themselves as well. This was pointed out by City…
Mango industry threatened by cecid flies, bad practices
JEEEPNEY MODERNIZATION PLAN DEPARTMENT of Transportation Undersecretary Thomas Orbos has assured officials of the transport group AUTOPro that they will be assisted in acquiring their e-jeepneys if they organize themselves for purposes of securing bank loans. “We will consider them (AUTOPro) as pilot cooperative that will be the first one to own new vehicles…
DOTr assures jeepney operators assistance
DELINQUENT EMPLOYERS WARNED THE Social Security System (SSS) is set to impose additional modes of collection starting April thru Warrants of Distraint, Levy and Garnishment (WDLG) against about 60,000 delinquent employers nationwide. The warrants will cause the seizure and acquisition of personal and real properties and garnishment of bank accounts…
SSS to levy, seize and garnish properties
LAOAC—The suekos/bakya-making (wooden slippers) industry in the town may be facing its sunset years but some continue to use them in spite of flooding of rubber slippers/sandals in the market. Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr said there were four barangays that produced suekos during the industry’s heydays. Today, there is only…
Laoac’s vanishing ‘suekos’ industry
THE Provincial Employment and Service Office (PESO) is set to conduct a job fair on February 27 to help the displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s) from Kuwait to land a job. Alex Ferrer, PESO provincial manager, said OFWs who availed of the repatriation and amnesty program will have priority in…
Help for displaced OFW’s from Kuwait set
NEW PNP HALL BREAKS GROUND — Second District REP. Leopoldo Bataoil and Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) Director Ronald Lee lead the groundbreaking and time capsule laying for the new Multi-Purpose Hall of the Camp Gov. Antonio U. Sison in Lingayen town. (PIA photo by Roland Naoe)
NEW PNP HALL BREAKS GROUND
THE Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)-Pangasinan Chapter, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Pangasinan Chapter, held a blood donation drive on February 24 at the CSI City Mall in Dagupan City. Mark Gemson Espinosa, KBP-Pangasinan chairman, said the “Brodkaster ka na, Lifesaver ka pa” blood donation activity,…
KBP-Pangasinan holds blood donation drive
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS THE city of Dagupan represented by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Pangasinenses of America, Inc. (UPAI) represented by its president Mario C. Panoringan on February 14 in a brief ceremony at the city museum. The agreement, which shall remain valid…