SOME 359 marginalized fisherfolk in all the coastal barangays of Dagupan will benefit from the P2.1 million fund allocated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 1 under the Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) program. The amount was received by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, accompanied by City Treasurer Romelita F. Alcantara and City…
LINGAYEN –The Pangasinan Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) is confident that by end of 2016, there will be more job applicants this year that shall have found work compared to last year’s 2,311. This optimism was expressed by PESO manager Alex Ferrer after his office organized a job fair in…
BROWNISH WATER FROM UPSTREAM BROWNISH water coming from the upstream forced massive harvesting of high-value fish, including bangus, being raised in captivity in Dagupan during the onslaught of Typhoon Karen last Oct. 16 and which continued when Typhoon Lawin hit the city on Oct. 19 and 20. City Agriculturist Emma Molina described it as…
THIS year, 129 business establishments in Pangasinan earned the Bagwis Seal of Excellence awards of the Department of Trade and Industry. The awards program is a recognition of business establishments’ commitment to provide quality products and services to consumers. The Gold Bagwis Awardees are: Pandayan Bookshop branches in Malasiqui, Alaminos…
MANGALDAN – If a consumer receives a defective product and the store retailer refuses to replace it, there is hope for the consumer. If a complaint is filed with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), DTI calls on the retailers to replace the defective items. If the retailers refuse…
THE regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment distributed P1.2 million in total livelihood assistance to 110 ambulant and market vendors in Alaminos City. Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena turned over the equipment and carts to Mayor Arthur Celeste for 40 ambulant vendors, Alaminos Suki Market Vendors Association,…
SOME 100 retailers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Pangasinan attended the Product Quality and Safety Forum conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Saturday at the City De Luxe Restaurant here. The DTI, in partnership with the Solane Gas Corporation, organized the forum as part of…
STARTUP PANGASINAN — The Socially Digital Symposium held last October 7 and organized by Metro Dagupan ICT led by the President Ed Casulla (left) and by Department of ICT thru Director Cheryl Ortega of Luzon Cluster 2, ended on a high note with the organization of the Startup Pangasinan team. The…
LET’S GO LOKAL! — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) led by Secretary Ramon Lopez (left), recently partnered with the Robinsons Corporation, led by its President and Chief Operating Officer Robina Gokongwei (right) to showcase in its major malls, among them the Robinsons Place in Calasiao, to promote Go Lokal!…
FORMERLY unproductive crab and prawn farms in the province may finally become profitable once new exotic Philippine charru mussel, Mytella charruana, is introduced widely. This was confirmed by a study that showed the specie has the capacity to spread rapidly through Philippine waters for being salinity tolerant and is seen as…
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