WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE IS NO. 1 MAPANDAN—Seven housewives whose aim was simply to augment their husbands’ income for their families have found themselves making a difference in the lives of not only 32 women at first but subsequently hundreds more. Their journey started when the group they initially joined that promised…

FOR ENCROACHING SALVAGE ZONE LESSONS from the Boracay closure have prompted both the San Fabian municipal government and the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to start assessing boundaries of areas occupied by beach sheds, restaurants, hotels and inns along the town’s coastal area. CENRO chief Celso Salazar said…

WATCH out for the New Generation Currency (NGC) coin series. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) branch office in Dagupan City that services all banks in Pangasinan has started releasing the new coins here. Ma. Lourdes Manaois, in-charge of BSP Dagupan’s Economic and Financial Learning Center, said their branch office…

MOBILE SKILLS TRAINING  LINGAYEN—Forty-five residents of Calasiao town have completed the Mobile Skills Training Program (MSTP), courtesy of the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO). Now on its fourth leg, the MSTP, a pet project of of Gov. Amado Espino III, brings skills training to remote barangays in the province. Held…

HERE’S a chance for Dagupeño workers to get employed in Japan. Andre Abalos, president of the Pangasinan Alliance for Private Technical and Vocational Schools (PATVS) and of the Pangasinan Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said Japan needs 500 welders a month. Representatives of a Japanese company based in Hokkaido and Nagasaki were…

ISUZU Philippines Corp. (IPC) recently displayed its latest line-up of Blue Power trucks at its 2018 Isuzu Truck Fest during the Manila International Auto Show. Held at the SMX Convention Center Pasay, Isuzu’s annual truck display on April 6-8 aimed to attract truck buyers to its full truck line-up in…

ADDED LIVELIHOOD FOR FISHERFOLK FISHING in the open sea for 38 long years has been the main source of livelihood for 71-year-old Lazaro Cabrera of Dagupan City to support his family. Mang Aroy from Barangay Pugaro, said fishing has been his only source of income to cover the costs of…

ALAMINOS CITY—Things are looking up for the Hundred Islands National Park! Tourist arrivals here have been increasing steadily even with Boracay still open until April 26. The visitors tally in the month of March alone almost doubled, data from the City Tourism Office showed. Last month, there were 74,176 registered…

BANI- Thirsty? Try quench your thirst with the juiciest watermelon from the best pakwan– producing town of Pangasinan – Bani. And if you think pakwan in Bani is only round-shaped, think again. Bani’s pakwan comes in oval and square shapes, and in various colors too – red and yellow. For…