AGRICULTURE Sec. Proceso Alcala will address the country’s fishery industry leaders on Monday, May 18 at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. Hosted by the provincial government, the 3-day event will look into modern methods for maximizing production and enlarging the market of marine products worldwide, Eduardo Maramba, president of the…

TF BANTAY ILOG UPDATE THE dismantling and demolition of the remaining 11 illegal fish pens in Dagupan City will continue until June at which time the grace period extended to these shall have lapsed. A schedule for the dismantling of the fish pens was released by the City Agriculture Office…

NEW FARMING TECHNOLOGY — The 117 farmers that completed the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers Training Program at Pozorrubio get together before parting ways. SM Foundation’s KSK-FT taught farmers more effective ways of producing and yielding vegetables with a 12-step program that teaches farmers seed culture and propagation, irrigation and fertilizer application using…

ANOTHER POTENTIAL BIG INVESTOR A BIG international conglomerate, Kampac Corporation of Dubai, is negotiating to build a multi-billion dollar petro-chemical complex in Sual, that includes an oil refinery, international seaport, a ship building facility and either a coal-fired or gas power plant. Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue told newsmen in Dagupan…

LINGAYEN—As more tourist destinations and festivals in the province are becoming more popular, the growth of the hotel industry is not coping. This was the assessment of provincial tourism officer, Malu Eduayan noting how the province has failed to cope with the growing tourism industry. She encouraged the private sector…

WERE the province and the town of Sual promised special privileges as hosts of Sual Coal-fired Power Plant ? This ws the question that prompted Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue to formally ask the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to revisit the agreement entered into by the provincial government, the municipality of Sual…

NEW TOURIST DESTINATION LINGAYEN– After initiating the Lingayen Baywalk project, 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil is eyeing another cultural-tourism project. This time it’s for the establishment of the Limahong Tourist Center in this capital town. “We want to put Lingayen in the map of the world by way of putting…

FISH KILL ALERT SEVEN truckloads of milkfish that died from the fishkill in Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan were intercepted and denied entry into the Dagupan Fish Market in the early morning of April 27, after a round-the-clock alert was raised by the City Agriculture Office. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina said the…

WHEN Filipinos take full advantage of opportunities, properly utilize available resources, access to little capital brings about meaningful changes in their lives. This is the life lesson that Mrs. Carmelita Razo or Aling Lita, a market vendor- beneficiary of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s PTK (Presyo-Trabaho-Kita) lending program. Aling Lita, a…

LINGAYEN– Some 120 students and out-of-school youths have been tapped for 20-day summer jobs at the Capitol under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) chief Alex Ferrer said they will be paid more than P400 allowance each day- 60 percent of the…