FOR INCREASED TRADE INVESTMENTS BAYAMBANG – The establishment of an export economic zone in the town is in the works to encourage foreign trade investments. Mayor Cezar Quiambao, an entrepreneur himself, said the interests expressed by foreign investors augur well for his priority to uplift people from poverty through education…

YOU can now check prevailing prices of basic and prime commodities from your smartphone. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pangasinan launched this week the e-Presyo application. “The e-Presyo system not only shows the suggested retail prices and prevailing prices of the basic necessities and prime commodities but…

STO. TOMAS—This quiet town finally had its Tindaan Ti Umili (public market), a history here, inaugurated on June 30. Mayor Timoteo Villar III said the project was jointly funded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the municipal government under the Bottom-Up-Budgeting scheme. The public market (phase…

LAOAC – The local government of Laoac recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Ilocos to use the “Listahanan” database as a basis for targeting the beneficiaries of their social protection services and programs. The “Listahanan” lists poor households, including the Special…

THE Social Security System (SSS) warns the public against text scams that offer faster processing of Unified Multipurpose Identification System (UMID) card in exchange for money. The SSS regional office said it does not rush the application for UMID cards nor does it collect fees for such purposes as card applications are processed…

A CHECK worth P1.7 Million was recently released to San Fabian Mayor Constante B. Agbayani to fund the BuB project that will upgrade its existing Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS). Meanwhile, a P1 Million check was also released to the San Fabian PWDs Consumers Cooperative to implement its Yaman Pinoy BuB 2015 project. The project fund will provide livelihood opportunities…

THE Sta. Barbara municipal government’s processing system received an upgrade through the Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) in 2012 through the joint efforts of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The system is a Unified Form for Business Permit Application that simplified and…

AQUACULTURE industry stakeholders will converge in Dagupan City on July 7 and 8 for the 1st National Aquaculture Summit. According to Remely Lachica, planning officer of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 1, the summit will discuss current trends and innovations, craft strategies to position Philippine fisheries to…

LINGAYEN—Several road and bridge projects are simultaneously ongoing including the resumption of work on the Phase II of the Mangiranday Bridge between Dagupan City and San Fabian has finally resumed. Pangasinan Second Engineering District Chief Rodolfo Dion said P49 million has been released by his head office to complete the bridge project till…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged young designers in Pangasinan to join the Red Box, a platform for discovering young talents with strong potential in creating innovative products for furniture, home accents, apparel and fashioned accessories, initiated by DTI-Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) in 2015….