THE Technical Education Skills Training and Development Administration (TESDA) recently launched training for new job opportunities during the Business and Opportunities Summit held at Purok Marcela in Lingayen town. A memorandum of agreement was signed by TESDA Deputy Director General Aniceto ‘John’ Bertis with the provincial government to provide employment…

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) hailed an ordinance passed by the Barangay Council of Bonuan Binloc mandating all residential unit owners to register their leases in the barangay. The committees on laws, ordinances and judiciary and the committee on barangay affairs headed by Councilors Jose Netu Tamayo and Lino Fernandez, respectively, commended the ordinance during…

IMPACT OF COVID-19 IF there is one popular tourist destination in Pangasinan that can indicate how bad the tourism sector fared amid the COVID-19 pandemic, that would be the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City. The HINP finally opened its doors to visitors last month and it recorded…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently distributed livelihood starter Negosyo kits to 88 beneficiaries in Pangasinan for their micro to small enterprises affected by the economic crisis. Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten of DTI-Pangasinan said the Negosyo kits are part of DTI’s “Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa” and “Negosyo…

MORE than 2,000 workers in the services and transportation sector have lost their jobs in the region due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Nathaniel Lacambra, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment. Lacambra said most of those who lost their jobs are those who are in hotel…

SMALL Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) applicants from Pangasinan underwent an Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Validation online last August 4 and 5, 2020 under the auspices of the DOST 1 Regional Program Management Office, in collaboration with DOST Pangasinan S&T Center Satellite Office. Due to the restrictions posed by the…

CONVERSION of agricultural lands to residential or commercial in Dagupan City continues. Approved to be reclassified from agricultural to residential in an ordinance passed during the August 4, 2020 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod is a 3,713 square meter property located beside the De Venecia Highway in Barangay Lucao. The approved Draft Ordinance No. 0-768…

FOR MODULAR LEARNING THE Liga ng mga Barangay of Dagupan City and the Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) inked a partnership to support the needs of students for the implementation of the modular learning. The memorandum of agreement was sought by the Parents-Teachers Association for DCNHS led by its president…