URBIZTONDO– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office recently turned over P400,000 check to the local government of Urbiztondo, signaling a new partnership on the government’s Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB). DOLE-1 Regional Director Grace Ursua said the assistance will be used to purchase tools and equipment in order to…

LINGAYEN– The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Regional Consular Office (RCO) in Calasiao will be able to process 250 applications a day initially once it opens its windows. Jennifer Catherine Gapuz, officer-in-charge of the DFA office located at the second floor of Robinsons Place in Calasiao, told the provincial board…

NOT to worry, there is no fake rice being sold or distributed in the province. This was that assurance made by George Terrado, economist of NFA-Western Pangasinan, pointing out that the alleged “fake rice” reported in Davao City was an isolated case of chemical contamination. The “fake rice” tested positive…

THE Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)-Dagupan branch offers calamity loan to its members living in areas declared under state of calamity. Member Services Officer Becker Van Ramos said Fund members from the municipalities of Bani and Calasiao can avail of the calamity loan as these communities were proclaimed under…

LINGAYEN– The provincial board here, through an approved resolution, protested the decision of the Social Security System (SSS) to transfer the towns of Aguilar, Basista, Mangatarem, and Urbiztondo under the jurisdiction of the Camiling Tarlac SSS branch. In its Resolution no. 1462-2015, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan took exception “to the transfer of…

AN apprenticeship program similar to the system popularly used by industries in Germany, was launched during an apprenticeship summit on August 5 in Dagupan City that coincided with a jobs fair joined by some 30 industries. Sponsored by the National Youth Commission (NYC), under the Office of the President, the “Pinoy Apprentice” program…

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is out to intensify and sustain the production of shellfish in the country by putting more science into the existing technology to reduce poverty and generate economic transformation for fishermen. BFAR Director Asis Perez, said in a PUNCH interview last week “There…

DAGUPAN CITY – To protect and maintain good quality of rice stocks in state agency’s warehouses, the National Food Authority (NFA) has encouraged its ‘bodegeros’ (warehouse supervisors) to developed effective measures for treating stored stocks against pests. NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay said personnel of the state grain agency are encouraged…

CALASIAO—About 400 warehouses of the National Food Authority (NFA) are being evaluated to ensure these could withstand 350 kilometers per hour wind and intensity 8 earthquake. NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay told local newsmen here Friday during his warehouses inspection in Pangasinan, market tour and dialogue with employees, that there is a new…