THE Department of Labor and Employment has announced the opening of the application for the Special Program for the Employment for Students (SPES) this summer. Engracio Bailon, chief of DOLE-Central Pangasinan, said the SPES is open to students aged 15-25 years old who are willing to work during summer. Interested…

BUSINESS establishments in Pangasinan were asked to set up consumer welfare desks (CWDs) to handle consumer complaints to maintain a business-friendly environment essential for stability and growth. Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of DTI-Pangasinan said CWDs are significant venues where consumers can complain about defective products and services. Mangabat said that…

ACT OF ECONOMIC SABOTAGE LINGAYEN—The farmers in the country stand to benefit greatly once the House bill declaring large-scale agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage becomes law. This was the reaction of Engr. Rosendo So of the Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) and founding chair of Abono partylist to the latest…

THERE is still no confirmation of some poultry farms in Pangasinan being affected by the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 1 said. Dr. Constancia Diaz, chief of DA’s Regional Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory, said during the KBP Forum Thursday here that the only confirmed…

LINGAYEN— The local government of Sta. Barbara received a total of P5.767 million for its bottom-up-budgeting (BUB) projects from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA). However, according to DTI Region 1 director Florante Leal, the town’s BUB projects will be implemented by the…

NEWCASTLE VIRUS LINGAYEN –Poultry owners in the province were asked to adopt biosecurity in their farms to prevent their fowls from getting infected with Newcastle disease virus that rages in many poultry houses all over Luzon. The call was made by Rosendo So, chair of the partylist Abono and head…

LAOAC–The protest over the idle dairy farm here heated up anew when some 50 farmers staged a protest rally at the abandoned complex in Barangay Maraboc Wednesday afternoon. The protesters, led by Pluto Cabalteja, condemned the mismanagement of the dairy farm that was built in 2004 by government but later stopped operation and laid off its…

FARMERS in Pangasinan are being urged to make their own organic fertilizer instead of using expensive chemical-based fertilizer not only to cut down their production costs by 80 per cent but also to increase their harvest by 100 per cent. Former Third District Rep. Eric Acuna made the call as he stressed…

MORE infrastructure projects will be built by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the province in partnership with the local government units (LGU) to further boost agricultural production. This was bared by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, accompanied by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and DA Regional Director Valentin Perdido, in a forum attended by some 3,000 farmers…