LINGAYEN—Thirty-nine towns are set to receive small irrigation systems in the next 60 days. Thus was disclosed by Governor Amado Espino Jr., during the meeting with 60 OPAG technical personnel, during the Institutional Development Officers (IDOs) Meeting of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) last Sep 24. He said…
IT’S now business without borders. This was the message imparted to local businessmen during the seminar organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last week to prepare them for economic trade with the onset of the ASEAN integration. Senen Briones, senior trade and industry specialist of the DTI’s…
BAYAMBANG—Some 7, 448 members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) here are set to undergo sustainable livelihood training program to be conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation (KKSBF) this October. Levin Uy, municipal councilor and executive director of KKSBF…
LINGAYEN— The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), through its Lingayen Branch here, will soon provide the provincial government and its employees additional banking services. Last September 28, the provincial board approved provincial resolution no. 1582-2015 authorizing the Governor Amado Espino Jr., to enter into and sign said MOA with…
THE Department of Science and Technology-Information Communication Technology Office (DOST-ICTO), together with the local government units in Pangasinan, will soon establish a knowledge hub in rural areas to open opportunities to the most vulnerable sectors of society. DOST-ICTO Information Officer Roy Espiritu, who represented Undersecretary Louis Napoleon Casambre, said the…
TO ensure uninterrupted service to communities, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has appealed for public support to stop thieves in stealing transmission line hardware and materials. “We are requesting the host communities of our substations to guard and protect the transmission line facilities against thieves” said Engr….
2ND LOAN DRAWDOWN LINGAYEN— To accelerate the implementation of the priority infrastructure and socio-development projects it listed in the province’s Local Development Plan and Public Investment Program for 2014/2015, the Espino administration will begin to purchase various heavy construction equipment through its loan agreement with the Land Bank of the…
ILLEGAL FISH PENS ARE BACK—Illegal fish pens have began proliferating at the barangay islands of Pugaro and Suit in Dagupan Ctiy after the Fernandez administration vowed to ban illegal fish pens after demolishing the last structures six months ago. Residents continue to wonder who gave the authority to allow the…
THE presence of blue mussels is not limited to Dagupan City after all. Following the discovery of the blue mussel species in the waters of Dagupan City a month ago, more of this kind was detected in the coastal towns of Anda and Boinao. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the…
BROWN MUSSELS THE mussels have become boon and a bane to fish farmers in Anda town, depending on their color. The large quantities of brown mussels surfacing in the town’s river has alarmed fish farmers while marine scientists are probing the market value of the newly discovered blue mussels. …
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