MBTF MANAGEMENT STYLE DAGUPAN City is unlike other local government units in the province. It has adopted corporate management policies as an added tool for its fiscal management. This was revealed by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez during the induction ceremony of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Pangasinan…
EARLY MORNING CATCH—Fishermen in Lingayen race to push their motorized banca out to the Lingayen Gulf early morning to cast their net for the day’s catch. Every minute counts for fishermen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
MANGALDAN—Despite protest rally and a letter for deferment from the market vendors, the approval of the proposed additional P40 million loan by the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) appears imminent. The majority of the SB members voted last week to adopt the committee report that supports the construction of the second phase…
BRIEFING ON BANGUS BRANDING—-Mayor Belen T. Fernandez stresses the importance of producing quality products for export to bangus stakeholders that attended the orientation on bangus branding organized by the city government together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Region 1 headed by of Director Nestor D….
DAGUPAN CITY— The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is eyeing another potential moneymaker for fisherfolks. – sea cucumber. Initial results of the experiment on the sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra) culture in hatchery show that a commercial size for this high-value species is possible. Today, the sea cucumber’s population…
TO help empower persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Dagupan City, a PWD Summit was held to educate the community on PWDs’ rights established by the “Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities.” The main discussion during the summit held in observance of the 36th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week (NDPRW) from July…
ALAMINOS CITY—Encouraged by the increasing number of tourists to the Hundred Islands, the city council passed an ordinance last week authorizing its mayor to borrow P175-million from the Land Bank of the Philippines to fund more improvements in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) and the redevelopment of Lucap Wharf.
LINGAYEN –Things are looking up for the fifteen Pangasinan exporters who are busy preparing for their participation in the US Diversity Business Exposition on October 3-4 in California, USA. This early, their export products are already featured on the website of the California-based Pangasinan-USA Brotherhood Association (PUBA) to give prospective importers a…
LINGAYEN- The provincial government is on a roll. It has been cited for the second consecutive year as the “Most Outstanding Local Government Unit in support of the Credit Surety Fund.” After all, the Pangasinan Credit Surety Fund (PCSF) has a trust fund worth P22.6-million pooled from the contributions of…
FOR OVERSEAS, LOCAL EMPLOYMENT This was what the Espino administration promised more than a hundred of applicants for overseas jobs after qualifying for final interview for job placements in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. To support the hopeful Pangasinenses, the provincial government provided one of its buses to ferry the selected applicants…
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