THE Lucao-Bonuan corridor will be developed as a new growth center in Dagupan to make the city competitive with fast-rising cities in Northern Luzon for the next three years. Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez made this promise as she said this is long overdue given the construction of the modern Jose R. de Venecia Sr. Expressway…
TAXES collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Region 1 was up by 19% from P2.2 billion from January-April 2012 to P2.7 billion in the same period this year. Revenue District office (RDO) 4 based in Calasiao registered the biggest increase in tax collection among the seven RDOs in…
BIR R1 tax collection up 19% in Q1
TEN cooperatives in the province will receive equipment from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the Shared Service Facility (SSF) program intended to improve the quality and productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). The first seven beneficiaries who will receive the machinery assistance this week are…
DTI distributes equipment to 10 coops
LINGAYEN—The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) of the Technical Skills Education Development Agency (TESDA) in now in full swing in Pangasinan with 87 percent of the slots for beneficiaries already filled up. “As of now, 1,510 of the 1,734 Cash for Training Program or 87% of the recipients are now…
TESDA fills 87% of C4TP beneficiaries
RIGHT DISTANCE AND ALIGNMENT—Fish cages in Sual, Pangasinan are properly aligned and distanced, which is one of the keys why this bangus-producing town never experienced any fish kill incident. (Photos courtesy of BFAR-Dagupan) Back to Homepage
RIGHT DISTANCE AND ALIGNMENT
SUAL, Pangasinan—Definitely, the “strictly no fish pens policy” here is paving the way for the boost in bangus (milkfish) industry in this coastal municipality which has not experienced even a single fish kill occurrence over the years. Enough distance from one cage to another, proper feeding management, correct stocking density,…
Sual is home to model bangus fish cages
THE changing of the guard in Dagupan City is considered a boon to the Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant, which was the subject of a long ownership row between the city government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development…
More viable Seafood Processing Plant seen
LINGAYEN—It was a busy week for the government’s employment departments with three job fairs held on May 22-24. The Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) organized last May 22 a special recruitment activity at the PESO office here for a company based at the Clark special economic zone looking for factory…
PESO holds 3 job fairs
LINGAYEN—Thousands of swine, chicken, and goat raisers in the province had fun learning new livestock raising practices at the Pilmico Poultry and Livestock Expo held at the LRO Compound in the Provincial Capitol on May 23-24. The second in a series being held nationwide and organized in cooperation with the…
Poultry and Livestock Expo aids 5,000 raisers
OWNERS of Suzuki automobiles and motorcycles in Pangasinan were treated to free check-up services for their vehicles as Suzuki Philippines, Inc. brought its “Suzuki @ Work” program last May 24-25 at the Suzuki Auto Pangasinan dealership in San Miguel, Calasiao.




