ANOTHER batch of dynamited galunggong weighing one ton with an estimated value of P90,000 was seized by the police manning a checkpoint in Barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City at 11:00 p.m. on June 17. The 25 boxes of fish, registered to one Rany Quitliong of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, originated from…
STA. BARBARA—Agriculture has in recent years become a focal industry for development given growing global concern over food security. And since Pangasinan’s provincial government envisions to remain a mainly agricultural province for at least the next decade, Governor Amado Espino Jr. continues to local farmers to the farmers to pursue…
Bringing back pride in farming
DAGUPAN CITY – Some 200 college students have been given the opportunity to pursue their ambitions and aspirations in life as scholars of the Dagupan City government. City Social Welfare and Development Officer-In-Charge Leah L. Aquino said the city’s scholars are enrolled in four-year courses at Colegio De Dagupan, University…
MBTF Scholarship program benefit 200 college students
FISH processors in Dagupan City were hosted in an orientation seminar on seafood processing in order not only to improve their capabilities but to understand how they could expand their business activities in tune with Mayor Belen Fernandez’s economic thrust. The orientation focused on various activities like corporate planning, meeting…
Fish processors undergo orientation on seafood program
MARKET collections in Dagupan scored a turnaround from January to May this year, increasing by 39 per cent compared to the same period last year. Net income receipts in the first five months of the year totalled P24.1 million, up from P17.4 million in 2013, according to a report by Aguedo…
Dagupan market collections up 39%
THE National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) regional office conducted a seminar on hygienic meat handling for meat vendors in Dagupan on June 9, 2014. The activity, led by the city veterinary officer Dr. Geoffrey Custodio, aims to promote and ensure the safety and quality of various kinds of meat sold…
NMIS holds seminar on proper meat handling
THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) conferred on PhilHealth Regional Office-I (PRO-1) Based in Dagupan City the Citizen’s Satisfaction Center Seal of Excellence for its exceptional public service in 2013. The award, which comes with a cash incentive of P100,000, was based on the CSC Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) Report Card…
PhilHealth gets CSC Seal of Excellence
THE Regional and Municipal Trial Courts in Pangasinan, Dagupan City are inviting interested bidders to the sale of “unserviceable properties and equipment”. Up for bidding are various brands of typewriters, electric fans, four dry seals , CPUs, computer monitors, mouse, keyboards, staplers, one bundy clock, air-conditioning units, steel cabinets, and…
Courts to bid out old office equipment
IT’S final. The leasing of the public land in Malasiqui to Magic Group of Companies is illegal. The Third Division of the Supreme Court has resolved to deny with finality the petition for review on certiorari filed by the Magic Group of Companies on the lease of a portion of…
SC denies Magic-Malasiqui petition
THE Philippine National Bank posted a net income of P1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2014. Last year’s first quarter performance was 53% higher, which was mainly brought about by substantial gains in trading and investment securities but the net interest income, which accounted for 68% of the total…




