IMPORT commodity clearance (ICC) will now be issued to importers and traders within three working days from filing to expedite business activity. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pangasinan said a new Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 15-01, entitled “Measures to Facilitate the Issuance of ICC,” delists some…

ALAMINOS CITY– Local farmers will likely have more advantage about new technology over their counterparts in other areas when they complete the course offered by the Farmers’ Field School (FFS) in this city. Launched last July 3 in Barangay Tawin-Tawin, the field school on sustainable rice production is a program…

AMENDING DAGUPAN’S FISHERIES ORDINANCE THE proposed ordinance now pending before the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), prohibiting fish pens in all the waters of city sailed on rough waters during a pubic hearing last week. The proposal prohibiting the establishment of fish pens and further amending parts of Ordinance No. 1768-2003…

ALAMINOS CITY— The development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Alaminos City and in the neighboring towns gets a boost with the opening of the first Negosyo Center in the entire Region here. The center, located at the ground floor of the Alaminos City Hall, will cater to…

RACHELLE Mercado, 24 years old, has more reasons to smile these days. First, out of 122 interns deployed in Pangasinan’s 1st and 2nd districts in 2014, she is among the 39 reported to have been retained by their employers. Second, she never had to be unemployed after graduation because of the…

STA. BARBARA— Some 1,851 agricultural extension workers and farmers in Pangasinan graduated from their school-on-the-air (SOA) course at the Agricultural Training Institute –Regional Training Center 1 (ATI-RTC1) here on June 30, 2015. The recent SOA course or “Sanayang Pangradyo sa Agrikultura” on sustainable goat production with emphasis on organic agriculture ran…

HISTORY IN THE MAKING BUGALLON– The far-flung village in this town called Hacienda will yet soon make history, reclaiming the title as the source of abundant Ilang-ilang (cananga odorata) in the world. Thus claimed businessman Fred Reyes, owner of the Fragrance Factory, who noted that in the 18th century, Manila produced…

URDANETA CITY– With the expected completion of the Agno River Integrated Irrigation System Extension  (ARISEP) in 2017, with a budget of P2.6 billion approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Pangasinan is confident it can retake its position as the rice granary of the Philippines. Already the third…

LINGAYEN—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with the provincial government of Pangasinan, will employ 10 youths under its new program, government internship program (GIP). The six-month internship program will provide employment to young, indigent but deserving high school or technical vocational course graduates and unemployed college graduates…

LINGAYEN– A pre-feasibility study on the plan to put up a government center and an information technology (IT)/business processing outsource (BPO) in Pangasinan will soon be underway. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Governor Amado Espino Jr. last week to enter into and sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MTD Philippines,…