THE training of displaced workers in this time of pandemic, numbering around 400,000, including returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), are the target priorities of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). This was bared by TESDA Deputy Director General Anecito “John” Bertiz III in a talk to newsmen during…
FARMERS TAKE A BREAK – The tree provides cool shade for the rice farmers in Bugallon town taking a lunch break after planting from early morning till noon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE chairman of a farm industry group Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (Sinag) is urging President Duterte to direct the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allot P36-billion to subsidize the P14 per kilo, farm gate price of palay. Sinag Chair Rosendo So brought to the attention of the President “the dire…
PAMANANG Yaman, Produktong Pangasinan, a series of rolling store marketing activity to help restart the local economy was launched at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen on October 9 to promote marketing efforts of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs as an activity of Abig Pangasinan Recovery Program of the provincial government….
DEMAND FOR GADGETS UP BY 200% THE demand for traditional school supplies in the region has dropped by more than 50-percent because of the blended learning instructions introduced by the Department of Education. According to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 1 Director Grace Baluyan, the demand for ballpens,…
GAWA’D PANGASINAN – A shopper at the SM Center Dagupan walks through the ‘Gawa’d Pangasinan Trade Fair and Exhibit’ that features products of local manufacturers – micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province. The trade fair ends on October 31. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) received a boost amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the staging of the Gawa’d Pangasinan, a trade fair and exhibit being held at the SM Center in Dagupan City, that showcases the products of local manufacturers in the province. Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten of…
SCHOLARS of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) from Dagupan and Pangasinan may now enroll at the newly opened Skills Solution Training and Assessment Center in Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City. The TESDA-accredited center was officially launched Thursday in a program graced by TESDA Deputy Director General Anecito “John”…
CONTRABAND ‘ALIEN’ FISH INTERCEPTED – Market marshals confiscate some 700 kilograms of assorted fish collected from dynamite fishing reportedly in La Union, being transported to the Magsaysay Market in Dagupan City without a local transport permit from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVID-19 CONTAGION FOUR more big companies operating in n Sta. Barbara were urged by the local government to conduct mass testing of their employees after 113 essential service workers of a big plant tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Joel Delos Santos said that coordination is ongoing with these companies whose…
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