OPLAN KALINISAN—The city government of Dagupan, in partnership with the Office of the City Veterinarian and Univet Nutrition and Animal Healthcare Company (UNAHCO), conduct a “Oplan Kalinisan” inside Malimgas Market on December 11 to promote clean environment and food safety using Major D, a 3-in-1 disinfectant, detergent and degreaser. Joining…
IT will take six more years before Dagupan City finally stops paying its amortization on the P282 million loan it secured in 2005 from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for the construction of the three-storey Malimgas Public Market. The market, built under the administration of former Mayor Benjamin Lim, continues…
DAGUPAN Electric Corporation (Decorp) is the number one business taxpayer in Dagupan for the year 2013. City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara said Decorp paid P9.1 million in business taxes for the year, the deadline for payment of which was Oct. 20.
BRAILLE ALTERNATIVE—Crisanta Marcelino, a visually impaired Information Technology student in Dagupan City, demonstrates the use of a screen reader software called Job Access with Speech (Jaws), which allows the computer to talk so blind persons can surf the internet for research instead of using thick braille books. The software was…
ROSALES—Eighteen-year old Crisanta Marcelino from Barangay Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City, a visually-impaired person (VIP), has been using a special software that allows a computer to read out content thus allowing the blind to listen to what they could not see. “All that can be done by a sighted person in…
LINGAYEN—Two more job recruitment events have been set by the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) on December 18 and 19 as demand for workers in local companies increased with the onset of the Christmas season. PESO Manager Alex Ferrer said Shaso Int’l Manpower Services, Inc. will hold recruitment for skilled…
AGUILAR—Aside from the monthly cash distribution, livelihood and employment initiatives have been strengthened for beneficiaries of the national government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region 1 (DSWD-1) has so far paid out P26…
BFAR SCHOOL-ON-THE-AIR— Some 81 graduates who completed the School-on-the-Air Program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) attended the closing ceremony of held on December 5 at the President’s Hotel in Lingayen. The School-on-the-Air is a free educational program where new technology on fisheries and other fisheries-related topics…
THE mayor’s office has submitted a proposed ordinance to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) seeking to add more teeth to the Revenue Code of Dagupan (Ordinance No. 1855-2005), particularly to give the city treasurer authority to close establishments that operate without a business permit or mayor’s permit . The proposed ordinance says that…
LINGAYEN—Proponents of the controversial biotech (Bt) eggplant want Pangasinan to be a site for research and development and has asked the provincial board for support. In a presentation before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members on December 2, a representative of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB)-Institute of Plant…
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