REGIONAL AGRI-FISHERY TRADE FAIR—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez checks out some of the products on exhibit during the Regional Agri-Fisheries Trade Fair held at the City Mall in Lucao, Dagupan City from February 6 to 8 as she mulls the possibility of selling the products from around Region 1 in all…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan farmers may soon have the opportunity to go to Japan as overseas Filipino workers and to learn modern farming technologies that can be adopted in their own fields here. A member of the governing board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Alexander Edades Asuncion, visited the province last…
KEEPING up with the national economic growth numbers, capital investments in Pangasinan last year went up by 4 percent to P1.77 billion from 7,028 new businesses registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). “Many of the new businesses are still in retailing or buy and sell and some…
THE Philippines will not only be self-sufficient with rice beginning this year, it will also be ready to export the product again, the first time since the 1970s. A Department of Agriculture (DA) official made the announcement Tuesday last week in Dagupan during the opening of the three-day Regional Agri-Fishery…
THE Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are jointly mapping local and international job markets to help find employment opportunities even for those who have no college diploma. TESDA-Region 1 Director Cenon Querubin, dismissing recent statistics of limited job openings even for…
A MULTI-purpose cooperative founded in Pangasinan has expanded nationwide to promote its advocacy for increased mushroom production. Buenaventura Abalos, chairman of the board of the Balikatan Multi-purpose Cooperative headquartered in Barangay San Angel, Rosales, said his group has branched out in other parts of the country.
ROSALES—The Tarlac-Pangasinan- La Union Expressway (TPLEX), currently under construction, is expected to further boost this growing municipality’s economy after one of its interchanges is finally completed. The interchange, which will improve access to this once sleepy agricultural town, was recently relocated from its original location in consideration of a proposal…
THE Dagupan government, led by Mayor Benjamin Lim, opened last week the Dagupan Wellness Center, the first and perhaps only spa in the country owned by a local government. Lim, who led the inauguration of the shop, said the wellness center is “in preparation for the expected arrival of tourists…
THE coastal areas in western Pangasinan remain free from red tide, maintaining its clear status for more than a month now. Advisory from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as of January 23 indicate that the coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos City and Wawa in Bani are…
THE first phase of the Sual Shipping Port in Pangasinan, covering the 180-meter wharf along the Baquioen Bay where ships will dock, is now complete, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) announced. Silverio Mangaoang, PPA manager, said phase 1 cost P100 million and was bankrolled from PPA’s financial share of the…
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