SAN CARLOS CITY—The city’s residents are looking forward to more employment opportunities next year when three shopping malls being constructed simultaneously in the city today finally open for business. In his first 100 days report on Oct. 10, Mayor Joseres Resuello cited the ongoing construction of San Carlos Town Center…
LINGAYEN – Governor Amado Espino III confirmed that the Kampac Group, a Dubai-based oil and gas company, has already firmed its proposal to pursue and build its planned Energy City in Sual town. The project was one of the developments the governor reported in his First 100 Days report before…
Kampac Group set to invest multi-billion project in Sual
THE cooperatives in Region I renewed their call to oppose the proposed bills on the Rationalization of Fiscal Investment Incentives pending at the House of Representatives and the Senate. The repeal of Articles 60 and 61 of Republic Act 9520 or the Cooperative Code of the Philippines will result in…
Cooperatives oppose repeal of tax exempt privileges
Here are the updated fast facts on cooperatives in Region 1: There are now 1,536 cooperatives operating but only 878 are compliant, religiously submitting documents to the CDA regional office. At least 714 coops have updated their reports. Pangasinan has the most number with 383 covering 24 towns; La Union…
Region I’s cooperatives on the upswing
SAN FERNANDO CITY — Workers in the Ilocos Region have a reason to celebrate. The Regional Wage and Board 1 has increased their daily take home pay effective Oct. 2 to P20.70 The increase in pay range from P12 to 27 per day following the effectivity of Wage Order No. RB1-18 that took…
Region 1 workers get daily wage hike
BAYAMBANG – A new business hub was established at Bayambang ‘s municipal hall by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last week. The Negosyo Center, the sixth in Pangasinan, is pursuant to the Go Negosyo Act that provides for the creation of Negosyo Centers across the country to help…
DTI opens Negosyo Center in Bayambang
URDANETA CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) recently inked a memorandum of agreement with irrigators and a local government unit to sustain the farm production level. The MOA was among the NIA, the San Fabian government and the Federation of Irrigators Association of the said town. Engr. John Celeste, NIA regional…
NIA commits support to San Fabian farmers
URDANETA CITY – Some 12,000 hectares of farmlands, benefitting 10,000 farmers, will still be irrigated by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in 2017. This was the timetable presented by Engr. Ceferino Sta. Ana, assistant project manager of the Agno River Irrigation System Extension Project (ARISEP) in an updates on the P2.6…
P2.6-B irrigation project operational in 2017
Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers Training Program on Sustainable Livelihood participants show their produce. SAN FABIAN—The 115 farmers, 44 of whom are Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, who completed the 12-week Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan farmers’ training program received their certificates issued by SM Foundation Inc., Harbest Agribusiness Corp., Department of…
4Ps farmers complete organic farming training
PANGASINAN’S NEW TOURIST DESTINATIONS LINGAYEN – Two new destinations in the province are ready for promotion after the immersion tours for tourism stakeholders were organized. To highlight the ‘must-see’ natural wonders and valued industries in the western part of the province, immersion tours in the Burgos–Dasol and Bani–Anda destination were…




