DAGUPAN CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry-Pangasinan provincial office was cited as Outstanding Partner for Report on Regional Economic Developments in Region I by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The award is in recognition of DTI’s consistent provision of vital economic indicators to the BSP deemed…

THOUSANDS of sari-sari storeowners in the northern Luzon area will once again flock to the CSI Stadia in Lucao, Dagupan City for the 7th Sari-Sari Store Fair that will run from October 17 until the 20th. This year’s theme “Tulay Pangkabuhayan Para sa Mamamayan” highlights the contributions of the small…

A UNIFIED agriculture information system will soon be established in Pangasinan to give farmers and local governments easy access to data that can help improve productivity as well as broaden market access. The provincial government will enter into a partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the implementation of…

IN BINMALEY SOON BINMALEY—Restaurants and eateries here will soon be required to offer just half a cup of rice – instead of the usual one cup or even unlimited rice servings now popular in the Philippines – as the town makes a bid towards minimizing wastage and contribute to the…

NO need to panic. There is sufficient domestic produce to meet the rice demand in the country and market prices should now remain steady, according to Engr. Rosendo So, chairman of the Abono party-list.

URDANETA CITY—With barely three months left in the year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue District (BIR) Office 6, under its new leadership, is counting on a massive information campaign among business establishments to reach its P1.24 billion collection target by the end of the year.

FISH pond owners and consignacions in Dagupan, getting regular pounding by the influx of bangus from other parts of Luzon, is getting help from the city government to boost the price of locally-grown bangus which is considered of higher quality.

FARMERS can now sell their harvest from the main cropping season to the National Food Authority (NFA) Western Pangasinan Branch. NFA has set up four buying stations and trucks will be deployed to pick up the palay of farmers and cooperatives in the remote areas.

LINGAYEN—Farmers are the key to food security, but they could be a vanishing class. Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 3’s technical director, Chris Bautista, said the current generation of farmers in northern Luzon are on average already in their 50s and added that there is visibly a waning interest in…