URDANETA CITY- The personnel and officers assigned to the revenue district office (RDO) 6 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have a reason to crow. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) rated their office as “excellent” for its customer service by and ranked number one in the entire region for…
ONLY EXACT CHANGE, PLEASE ROSALES—Here’s a warning from the regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to stores that give candies instead of exact change. Erring establishments, depending on their level, would be fined a minimum of P5,000. Regional director Florante Leal warned that it is an…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned the public of proliferation of pyramiding scams purporting to be a networking organization. Director Peter Mangabat of DTI-Pangasinan explained that networking is a legitimate multi-level marketing approach designed to generate business volume and income, while pyramiding is an illegal recruitment racket…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez has temporarily lifted the exclusive two-day market schedule for selling the Dagupan bangus after almost a year of implementation following her dialogue with consignacion operators and market inspectors last Aug. 5 at the City Museum. The mayor made the move after noting the difficulty of some consignacion operators to comply with the…
ECONOMIC SABOTAGE THE Abono party-list has filed a bill in the House of Representatives to effectively combat smuggling of agricultural products and declare the illegal activity a form of economic sabotage. Rosendo So, Abono chair and Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) president said that House Bill No. 4767, otherwise known as…
PLUSES AND MINUSES PANGASINAN is still among the favorite destinations of tourists and excursionists in the region and it can attract more if facilities are improved and expanded. This was bared by Martin Valera, regional director of the Department of Tourism during the KBP Forum last Thursday. Valera said that…
ALAMINOS CITY– The gross revenue from the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) located in this city, is projected to reach P15-million this year. Speaking before his constituents in his State of the City Address (SOCA) last August 5, city mayor Arthur Celeste disclosed the big leap in the income of…
CALASIAO—The P75 million loan of the local government unit (LGU) here from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has been finalized with the signing of a loan agreement between Mayor Mark Roy Macanlalay and LBP officials last week. The loan according to the ordinance no. 01-2014 of the Sangguniang…
POST-ILLEGAL FISH PENS THE demolition of illegal fish pens in Dagupan City is beginning to pay off. Fisherfolks in Salapingao and Pugaro experienced bountiful harvests of high-value fish cultured in fish cages distributed under the ‘One Barangay, One Fish’ livelihood program of the city government. The first harvests in the…
LINGAYEN- This capital town’s economy is expected to improve further once the new wet market and slaughterhouse funded by an P11million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines are occupied and operational before the end of the year. According to municipal administrator Lydia Pioquinto, the construction of both the…
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