P2-M DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE PANGASINENSES involved in the fishing industry are called to register at the agriculture office in their area to avail of national funds allocated for the development of the aquaculture industry. Zenaida Ugaban, supervising agriculturist at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, said the registration is part…
FULL OPERATIONS—The Seafood Processing Complex in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan is busy in the first week of November as it goes full blast on its operations. Dr. Wesley Rosario, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center and appointed manager of the plant, said they are…
FULL OPERATIONS
ABONO RAISES ALARM POZORRUBIO—Pangasinan farmers scored a bumper harvest of rice in this last quarter of the year but supply for local consumption could end up deficient by next year if the purchase by outsiders remains unchecked. The Abono partylist expressed alarm over reports that traders from Isabela and Nueva…
Outside traders cornering Pangasinan rice
POZORRUBIO—An interest-free loan program for corn farmers being implemented in Pangasinan since 2011 has become a model for a program set to be replicated nationwide. The project, a joint initiative of the Pangasinan provincial government and the partylist Abono, caught the attention of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, it being a successful first-of-its-kind financing…
DA set to replicate Pangasinan’s 0%-interest loan program
PROJECT BELEN EFFORTS to make home-staying mothers in the city’s barangays to become productive and help earn for their families are underway. The mothers in Bacayao Sur – known for its guava production, a major source of livelihood for most of the barangay residents next to making bocayo – are…
Livelihood for home-stay mothers taught
MANDATORY PAG-IBIG REGISTRATION BUSINESS employers in the city will soon be required to register all their employees under the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) as a prerequisite to securing a mayor’s permit to operate a business. The city government of Urdaneta will ink a Memorandum of Agreement with Pag-IBIG…
Urdaneta sets new requirement for employers
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will conduct job fairs for local and overseas employment in the following dates and venues: November 15-Infanta; November 18-Mangatarem; November 26-Balungao; November 29-Mangaldan. Meanwhile, the provincial government recently teamed up with various national government agencies to battle illegal recruitment and human trafficking in…
DOLE lines up job fairs; boosts campaign vs. illegal recruitment
LINGAYEN—There is a standing invitation for investors to evaluate the potential of the province’s mineral resources. The invitation was extended by Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. during a forum on responsible mining policies conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) on October 30 at…
Responsible mining in Pangasinan stressed
LINGAYEN–Hundreds of livestock inspectors and swine raisers from different municipalities and cities in the province joined the swine diseases management seminar held at the Provincial Training and Development Center on November 6, 2013. The seminar was held in line with livestock development program and livelihood program of the Office of…
Capitol holds swine diseases management seminar
2013 MEGA JOBS FAIRs LINGAYEN— Here’s a tip for high school graduates seeking higher education so that they can plan on careers that will pay off quickly. There were 3,000 job opportunities made available to Pangasinanenses during the mega jobs fair organized by the Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO)…




