THIRTY-five locals in Sual received their certificates of completion of Mobile Skills Training Project (MSTP) of the provincial government at the Sual Training Center last week. The graduates completed their 15-day training in basic electrical installation and maintenance and basic carpentry. Sual Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Analyn T….

GOVERNMENT employees, especially public school teachers, with debts from private lending institutions (PLI) may now breathe easy, as the Government Security Insurance System (GSIS) is extending a Financial Assistance Loan (FAL) to its members. Frederick Parajas of GSIS Dagupan Branch, said that employees may apply for a loan up to…

MORE livelihood and job generation opportunities were pledged by Gov. Amado Espino III to members of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Family Federation, Inc. during a meeting on September 24 at the Urduja House, Capitol Complex, Lingayen. “You have to become proactive in generating income. We will give you opportunities…

SHOULD I BE A FARMER? – A teenaged son of a rice farmer watches relatives harvest palay from the highway, wondering perhaps if being a farmer is the life for him. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)  

LINGAYEN – The National Food Authority (NFA) – Western Pangasinan reiterated the offer of NFA to buy farmers’ palay after rice traders refuse to buy them at regular farmgate price Ramon Cuaresma, NFAWP provincial manager, said the agency is set to buy palay at P19 per kilogram without incentives. “The…

PRICE of Dagupan bangus has risen due to the rains brought forth by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). Bangus price is sold now at PHP 135 – PHP 140, from PHP 100 per kilo last week. City Agriculturist Emma Molina, in an interview, said the increase is not due to shortage…

LINGAYEN–The provincial government will help the municipal government of San Nicolas develop its upland barangay of Malicu as the second summer capital of the Philippines, after Baguio. This was bared by Luisa A. Elduayan, chief of the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office, noting the determination of San Nicolas Mayor Alicia…

LINGAYEN – This capital town of Pangasinan always has something more to offer with its best town product – bagoong! There’s now Lechon-Bagoong! Mang Emilio Mari, a lechon maker from Barangay Libsong West here, and the owner of Emil’s Lechon Haus, said his breakthrough came after a successful experiment combining…

LINGAYEN – Over two thousand job seekers attended the very first jobs fair organized by the Lingayen government in cooperation with the PESO Pangasinan held at the town’s Evacuation Center. Eighteen local and two overseas companies interviewed applicants, namely: AGPM Enterprises, CSI Lingayen RPR Promotions, Farmout Central Intouch Inc., Guanzon…

IN response to the decreasing supply of blood units and high demand for blood by dengue patients, Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc. launched a Blood Drive and a Basic First Aid Training Seminar recently at the CSI City Mall Atrium in Dagupan City. Stronghold’s Northern Luzon Regional Office led the activity,…