SOON A HACCAP ACCREDITATION—The Seafood Processing Plant in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City is now a beehive of activities, catering to small bangus exporters shipping their products to the United States, China and other Asian countries. The facility is set to get Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCAP) accreditation from the…
THE Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan, now operating in almost full capacity, is optimistic it will earn its Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACPP) accreditation this year. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) which was tapped by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic…
LINGAYEN–In time for the upcoming celebration of the Corn Festival in the town of Sto. Tomas, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on March 18 Resolution No. 1791-2013 endorsing the Corn Road Map for Calendar Year 2011-2016 of the province. The Corn Road Map is a guide and framework in carrying…
P500-M PER REGION AFTER completing the first phase of his listening tour that included Dagupan City, Senator Alan Cayetano is now proposing an P8 billion allocation from the government budget to address the country’s problems of “mataas na presyo, kawalan ng trabaho, at kakulangan ng kita.” Cayetano presented his PTK…
BETTER PALAY PRODUCTION—This new harvester-thresher machine, now undergoing a trial run and serving farmers in Villasis for free, will soon be put on full operation alongside the new palay drying facility located in the town’s Barangay Unzad. The machine and the facility will also be made available to farmers in…
VILLASIS—This town, dubbed as the eggplant capital of Pangasinan, is now positioning to be the province’s rice barn as well with its new harvester-thresher machine and palay drying facility that will soon be fully operational. The multimillion-peso-drying facility will help farmers boost their production because it will provide a permanent…
THE Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA), a training center for fishery technicians supervised by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) in Dagupan, is now an accredited institution of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
SHIFT FROM AGRI TO MANUFACTURING BAUANG, La Union—The Regional Development Council (RDC) is aiming to attract more direct investments in Region 1 by shifting from an agriculture-based economy to an expanded manufacturing industry. RDC chairman Juan Ngalob, also Region 1 director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), said…
VARIOUS farmers’ groups have joined hands and brought the Board of Investments (BOI) to court over tax incentives given to a Thai company involved in the production of aqua feeds, hogs and chickens. In a case filed before the Supreme Court on March 7, the petitioners have accused BOI Executive…
URDANETA CITY—The Abono Party-list, which represents the agricultural sector, has thrown its support to the stand of Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante Delima that the National Food Authority (NFA) should not be abolished. However, the party, through its chairman Rosendo So, disagrees with Delima on plan to extend the…
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