VILLASIS–Farmers and irrigators associations here were among the latest batch of beneficiaries of the micro-financing program of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. The groups received P100,000 each last February 21 from Cayetano during simple a simple turn-over event at the Villasis Municipal Hall.
FULFILLING A PROMISE—Sen Alan Peter Cayetano gestures as he engages members of the Lucao Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association, led by Panting Busel, in a dialogue on how their daily earnings can increase with the group’s own micro-financing project. The senator, who was in Dagupan during the 2013 campaign, turned…
ROSALES—A diversionary tactic. This was how the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) described the recent increase in the retail prices of rice, pointing to rice smugglers and unscrupulous traders as those behind the scheme. SINAG chair Rosendo So, also the congressional representative of the Abono partylist, said the farm gate…
AFTER being sidelined for two weeks due to the crackdown launched since Feb. 17 by the city government, owners of colorum tricycles trooped to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Feb. 24 and appealed that they be issued a franchise by the city to operate only at night. Headed by Pol…
THE Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) of the Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City, issued three months ago, was upgraded further following the recent visit and inspection of the plant by the HACCP accrediting team. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim manager of the seafood plant, said the “D” classification of…
HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK ALAMINOS CITY—With work almost done at the Quezon Island, next in line for development is the Governor’s Island at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Pangasinan.
JOBs abound in the information technology and business process outsourcing sector (IT-BPO) and Pangasinenses should be looking at these opportunities as more applicants are needed by the growing industry. Representatives of two IT-BPO companies, speaking before 70 managers of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in Region 1 last week, said…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia has challenged her ally, Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez, to make the planned city fishport world-class like the Tsukiji Fish Market and Port in Tokyo, Japan. De Venecia said on a visit to that fish market and port, she was impressed with the facility which, aside from…
BANKS in Dagupan have been asked to secure their Automated Teller Machines (ATM) at night following reports of robberies committed against those withdrawing cash in the evening. Bank executives were invited last week by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to a committee hearing on a proposed legislation seeking to require banks here…
FRESH WATER FARMING DEMAND for fresh water fish such as mudfish, catfish, gurami and fresh water tilapia called pla-pla remains higher than the available supply within Pangasinan, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
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