MALIMGAS Market will soon get a makeover to give Dagupan City a more organized and customer-friendly public market. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez recently consulted vendors at the first floor of the market on the plan and it was agreed that renovation work will start in January 2013 in consideration of…

MARGINAL fishermen in Barangay Pugaro in Dagupan are the first in Region 1 to benefit from the Payao Program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) with the installation last November 29 of the device that will help them catch fish easier without endangering the marine resources. A…

LINGAYEN—Employment in Pangasinan registered an increase so far this year as more Pangasinenses found job placements through job fairs and other related activities initiated by the provincial government. Based on the 2013 Labor Force Survey of the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO), the employment rate in July this year stood…

CALASIAO–Victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas who want to relocate in Pangasinan are welcome and can be given employment opportunities by several local businesses. This was bared by the region’s Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at tits recent jobs fair last December 6. Some 100 vacancies were immmediately…

AGUINALDO IN BRONZE—A 7.2-foot bronze statue of President Emilio Aguinaldo is unveiled by local officials of Bayambang town, Pangasinan, and Kawit, Cavite on Friday in front of the Bayambang municipal hall as part of the town’s activities leading to its quadricentennial celebration. Aguinaldo declared Bayambang  as the 5th capital of the Republic during the…

TAYUG–The tiny black bugs that threatened the rice fields here have now invaded homes and shopping malls, sending alarm bells throughout the town. Franklin Nera, municipal agricultural officer, said the black bug about the size of the end of a man’s little finger, initially attacked rice fields in 21 barangays…

FOLLOWING the complaint of several sari-sari store owners of being threatened by a business tax-mapping team from the office of the city treasurer, Mayor Belen Fernandez called on local government employees to be “more courteous” in collecting taxes and make Dagupan a more business-friendly city. The complainants, owners of small-scale…

PRICES of basic commodities should remain at current levels around the country as the Department of Trade and Industry is currently enforcing a price freeze in light of the declaration of State of National Calamity following Typhoon Yolanda that hit central Philippines. DTI Director Peter Mangabat said the price freeze…

FOR HIGH QUALITY STANDARD FIFTY residents from among the poorest in Dagupan City have been given employment and are currently being trained at the Seafood Processing Plant managed by the National Integrated Fisheries and Development Center (NIFTDC). The NIFTDC started training the new employees last Wednesday in a three -day…