LINGAYEN—Pangasinan products will be among those on display at the Diversity Business Exposition in California, USA scheduled on October 4, an exposure that is aimed at boosting the province’s exports. Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. led a provincial government team that left for California last May 6 to meet…
BETTER products, more exports. This is the battlecry of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the province, noting that Pangasinan has a lot of raw materials that can be developed and marketed to the international market. “Kailangan ma-develop ang exports at ‘yan nga ang tinututukan ng DTI, kase…
DTI pushes for export of Pangasinan goods
AT least 354 applicants were hired on the spot during the Labor Day Jobs Fair in Pangasinan organized by the Department of Labor and Employment. Engracio Bailon, head of DOLE-Central Pangasinan, said the job fairs held in Rosales town on May 1 and Urdaneta City on May 2 offered 26,000 job…
More hired at Labor Day job fairs
TO address unemployment, underemployment and the prevalence of job mismatch in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is holding career guidance for students and coaching for parents. Engracio Bailon, head of DOLE-Central Pangasinan, said the guidance and coaching helps inform students and their parents on what courses…
DOLE conducts career and employment coaching
LINGAYEN—Officials of the Pangasinan III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Panelco III) have again been invited by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to appear during its question hour on May 5 to discuss the still unresolved power rate hike implemented by the company in December 2013. There is a pending case filed by…
SP wants Panelco to issue rebates to customers
THANKS but no thanks. This was the response of the Dasol officialdom to a proposal to transform its bay into a prosperous aquaculture field using fish cages. Dasol bay has been identified by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as one of the possible areas for fishery expansion…
Dasol town sticks to good ol’ salt-making
ALAMINOS CITY–The Hundred Islands National Park (HINP), the iconic tourism destination in Pangasinan, posted a 66 percent increase of tourist arrival from January to April this year compared to the same period last year. Mayor Arthur Celeste said the increase has been good for the local economy and development projects are…
100 Islands posts 66 % increase in tourist arrival
DAGUPAN BANGUS IN ASEAN MARKET SENATOR Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV sees a bright future for the Dagupan bangus in the world market, especially in the face of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Economic Integration that will be fully implemented next year.
It can be a top commodity–-Bam Aquino
FARMERS in Pangasinan and other parts of Region 1, a major rice-producing area, are benefitting from the record high farm-gate price of P23.00 per kilogram even as harvest for the summer cropping season has reached its peak. Katho Moreno of San Carlos City and Way Ruaboro of Mangatarem said the…
Farmers pleased with palay buying price
SEVERAL tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) in Pangasinan and neighboring provinces received on April 28 one free motorcycle each from Honda Philippines, Inc. “It’s our way of appreciating the support of our customers,” said Lemuel Buenaflor, advertising section head of the company.




