THE Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant co-owned by the Dagupan City government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has finally obtained its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) accreditation.
CONSUMER WELFARE MONTH VARIOUS consumer awareness seminars will be held this month by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Pangasinan to increase consumer vigilance in exercising their rights as specified under Republic Act 7394, the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
DTI sets consumer rights awareness seminars
IT remains safe to eat shellfish gathered from the coastal waters on the western side of Pangasinan, including Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos City and Wawa, Bani, as these have been certified to be red tide free.
Shellfish from western Pangasinan free from red tide
WITH help from the Pangasinan Brotherhood-United States of America, Inc. (PB-USA), a wider range of Pangasinan products can find a ready market in the United States. This was conveyed by the group’s president, Eddie Ferrer, during a trade seminar for local entrepreneurs organized by PB-USA organized last September 21 in Dagupan City.
PB-USA helps market “Pangasinan’s Best” products
JOBSEEKERS in Dagupan City will soon expectedly have an easier time landing jobs for their skills. This can be made possible after the Dagupan City government partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region I for the implementation of the Skills Registry System (SRS) program that matches…
Dagupan partners with DOLE for employment opportunities
MICRO, small and medium entrepreneurs can now avail of the bangus processing facility provided by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to Dagupan City under the Shared Services Facility (SSF) program. The facility, located at the Magsaysay Fish Market, is composed of different fish processing equipment including stove, smoking…
DTI turns over bangus processing facility to Dagupan
MANGALDAN—This town’s popular carabeef tapa (Filipino-style dried meat), locally know as pindang, and other processed meat products will soon reach more places with the processing equipment donated to the municipality under the Shared Services Facility (SSF) program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The equipment worth almost P1…
Mangaldan gets Tapa processing equipment
LET’S grab the opportunity. This is what the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aims to do as it launches its re-engineered thrust towards intensive culture of Penaeus vannamei for the international market. The BFAR’s re-engineered program will start in Dagupan where a hatchery for vannamei was set up…
BFAR sets sights on reviving shrimp industry
LINGAYEN—Organic rice and vegetables anyone? Advocates and practitioners rallied for the implementation of organic agriculture (OA) in the entire province by local farmers during the 1st Pangasinan OA convention held on September 24-25, 2013 at the Provincial Training and Development Center here. Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. described the…
It’s back to basics: Organic Agriculture
LINGAYEN—A company undertaking sand and gravel quarrying in Bayambang town has been ordered to cease and desist operations by the provincial government following a protest rally by residents in the area. Last Monday, residents of Barangay San Gabriel I, site of the quarrying operations, and nearby barangays held a rally…




