DAGUPAN City added another feather to its cap when its official entry to the ‘Gulayan sa Paaralan’ was adjudged the best implementer in Region 1. The entry, Bonuan Boquig Elementary School, won first place while the Dagupan City National High School was adjudged third in the secondary level during the awarding ceremony last…
URDANETA CITY – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) allocated P3.2-billion its scholarship fund to help provide knowledge, skills and employment for Filipinos. Secretary Joel Villanueva, who visited Pangasinan for a series of technical -vocational activities, said TESDA has allotted a P170 million budget for its scholarship program…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) is pioneering in developing renewable source of energy in the region. The company is partnering with a Manila-based company to build solar panel fields in its areas of operation that could generate at least 20 megawatts of power and reduce the power that the electric firm is buying from power…
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Ilocos Region, in coordination with Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs), employers, academe and other agencies, has doubled the holding of job fairs to bring employment opportunities closer to jobseekers, particularly the new graduates. Job fair schedules for March and April are…
FUTURE CHEFS—Graduates of TESDA training in Villasis proudly show their certificates to Sec. Villanueva of TESDA during the Grand Gulay Cook-Off Challenge held at the town auditorium organized by TESDA, Department of Education and the Villasis local government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
SOME 300 residents of Barangay Bonuan Gueset will likely need the services of accountants when they meet officials of a lending company in their second meeting at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office on March 30. This was bared by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, who is representing the group in their complaint…
EXTREMELY LOW PRICE FOR ONIONS LINGAYEN—Bayambang and Bautista onion farmers are hardest hit the most by the huge importation of onions to the country whose produce fetch prices much lower than their costs. Gov. Amado Espino Jr., whose family is into onion-farming as well, sympathized with the plight of the…
ROSALES–The days of selling frozen meat in public markets are numbered. This was hinted by the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) after its officials met with Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to discuss the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on food safety. Engr. Rosendo So, SINAG president whose group is composed…
NATIONAL FISH CONGRESS LINGAYEN –The province will host a 3-day national congress for fish producers aimed at enhancing production at the Sison Auditorium here on April 27-29, this year. Eduardo Maramba, president of the Philippine Fish Producers Association, Inc., said “innovative aquaculture practices that will contribute to the economic wealth…
NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION MANGALDAN—The Angalacan River dike here will soon become a tourist attraction once the Eco Park with a bike trail is fully developed. Mayor Bonafe Parayno said the project, initiated by the Mangaldan police station and the Mangaldan government, seeks to protect and preserve the Angalacan River system…
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