THE national president of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers (PAFP) has called on the government to investigate the expensive imported commercial feeds being sold in the market that he suspects contain fake ingredients. Eduardo Maramba, PAFP president, raised his concern to the attention of vice presidential candidate Senator Alan Cayetano…

LINGAYEN— Fifteen more farmers’ associations in the province received livelihood assistance from the provincial government. A total of P2.31 million were distributed for a supervised credit program to the farmers and irrigators in the towns of Bautista, Laoac, San Manuel, Tayug, Natividad, Rosales, Basista, Bayambang, Sual, Mabini, Bolinao, Asingan, and…

LINGAYEN— To help mitigate the impact of El Niño, the Espino administration provided 100 organizations of farmers and irrigators in the province with water pumps and engine sets. Gov. Amado Espino Jr., Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., and Board Member Amado Espino III led the distribution of the farming…

MANGALDAN—Two farmers here successfully combined two varieties of rice to form new crossbred varieties named Bona 1 and Bona 2. Dionisio Frianeza and Samuel Gorospe, farmer breeders named their newly developed crossbred varieties of rice after the incumbent mayor of the town, Bonafe Parayno. Frianeza successfully combined Jasmin and National…

FINALLY NUISANCE CONTROLLED THANKS to El Niño, the invasion of oysters’ territory by blue mussels has stopped enabling fish cage operators in western Pangasinan to finally heave a sigh of relief. The blue mussels that proliferated inside their fish cages and left no room for oysters to grow on suddenly…

PHILIPPINE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LINGAYEN– The provincial government, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA), will soon implement the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) and its sub-projects for the benefit of the agricultural and fishery sector. Last February 15, 2016, the provincial board passed a resolution authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr….

BANI – Twenty-seven persons with disabilities (PWDs) in this town received their business cart package under the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Nego-Kart (Negosyo sa Kariton) project for marginal workers. DOLE Regional Director Grace Ursua said the latest beneficiaries of the Nego-Kart project are already engaged in banana chips…

FEARING that Dagupan may soon be overtaken by its neighbors in the economic field, Mayor Belen Fernandez again called on the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to finally approve the city’s proposed new Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). Fernandez revealed that a number of investors who initially wanted to set up their businesses…

LINGAYEN— The plan to finally establish a commercial airport in Pangasinan may happen by 2019. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. revealed this in his State of the Province Address (SOPA) last Wednesday February 10, 2016 citing the last letter from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) that indicated the…

DISPERSAL PROGRAM MALASIQUI—Some 20 upgraded breed of goats were distributed to members of non-government organizations, persons with disabilities (PWDs), barangay service point officer (BSPO) and cyclist farmers last Tuesday. Jovelito Alamar, municipal agriculturist said the goats were in addition to the 48 cows distributed to the members of the same…