PRESYO-TRABAHO-KITA LINGAYEN– Five tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODA) in Lingayen and Urdaneta City received startup funds for their respective microfinance programs under the auspices of the Presyo, Trabaho, Kita (PTK) Kontra 5-6 project of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano said the program seeks to provide transport groups, market cooperatives, small businesses and other similar…
STA. Lucia Land Development Corporation, one of the country’s largest real estate companies, reaffirmed its intention to invest and develop a subdivision in Dagupan City during a recent courtesy call at the city hall. SLLDC’s president and chief executive officer Exequiel D. Robles said the company is firm with its decision…
WHILE the jeepney and bus transport groups in Metro Manila have been ordered to reduce their fares by P1, the Alliance of United Transport Organizations Province-Wide, Association of Concerned Transport Organizations (AUTOPRO-ACTO) Pangasinan chapter , however, agreed to a fare reduction by P.50 only. Benny Aquino, chapter president of the AUTOPRO-ACTO,…
BACK TO THE SEA—-A 22.5-kilogram Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is released to the sea after fully recovering from an injury by BFAR officials and members of Lions Club International from the Philippines and South Korea from the Clave Island at the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City. The…
THE Dagupan bangus (milkfish), whether fresh or processed, will soon carry the seal “Dagupan Certified”, the mark of good quality product produced from the fish farms of Dagupan. This after the city government decided to finally implement the branding of the Dagupan bangus (milkfish) to distinguish it from other bangus products produced in other…
LINGAYEN– The Pasalubong Center at the Capitol Complex needs more entrepreneurs. Provincial tourism officer Malu Elduayan urged local entrepreneurs to produce small creative handicrafts to fill the growing demand for souvenir items, particularly with “I love Pangasinan” message.
CALASIAO—The Bureau of Internal Revenue District Office IV (RDO4) posted P2.6 billion collection last year, exceeding 2013 collection by 339.2 million. Charmaine Dela Torre, assistant revenue district officer, however, said the improvement was still not enough to reach P1.7 billion target. “We have a deficit of P155 million but we…
LINGAYEN– The Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) here recorded a significant decrease in the number of illegal recruitment including human trafficking cases in the province. PESO chief Alex Ferrer said the cases in the year 2014 is lower by more than 50% compared to 2013. In 2013, he said,…
LIGAYEN –The United Pangasinan Tropical Fruits Multi-Purpose Cooperative, composed mainly of mango and fruit growers, has been qualified to implement a rural business enterprise program to be funded by a loan grant from the World Bank. The World Bank-assisted project is a six-year (2013-2019) program seeks to establish the government platform…
LINGAYEN—The new president of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) is bent on reviving the dying ceramics industry in the province yet the course in PSU presently only has nine students enrolled, to promote Pangasinan culture and heritage. Dr. Dexter Buted, who assumed his post last Dec. 9, said ceramics-making as…
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