THE Regional Tripartite and Wage Productivity Board (RTWPB) urged private companies to provide productivity incentives to their employees following the new two-tiered wage system. Under the new system, employees will be receiving two kinds of remuneration: the basic pay and the productivity incentive. Currently, the provision of additional incentive is…
TEAM Energy, operator of the largest coal-fired thermal power station in the Philippines based in Sual town, was again awarded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its program on occupational safety and health in the workplace. Team Energy, also known as Team Sual Corporation (TSC), received for…
LINGAYEN—The opening of a CSI branch here, the 16th of the CSI Group of Companies, was welcomed by the capital town, recognizing its potential economic contribution. Mayor Ernesto Castañeda Jr. said CSI, a popular supermarket and consumer goods retailer and wholesaler, will generate employment opportunities, contribute taxes and prompt other…
ONE of the Philippines’ leading skin, hair, and spa centers, Dermcare, now maintains seven branches in Pangasinan offering various treatments for beauty and wellness. Among its services are therapeutic facials, massage, body scrubs and signature skin and body treatments. Cosmetic skin services and other dermatological treatments as well as specialized…
SAN MANUEL—A one-kilometer stretch of street here will soon have lights, to be funded by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a power transmission provider and system operator. The local government, represented by Mayor Alain Jerico S. Perez, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with NGCP, represented by…
SAN MANUEL–The San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC), which has been giving focus to education as part of its corporate social responsibility thrust, continues to bolster its program through infrastructure building and book distribution. Last December 12, more than 9,000 workbooks on Reading, Math and Science, were distributed to Grades 1…
THE tourism office of Dagupan plans to conduct a study that will identify the culture of every community in the city. “If there is one project that I want to do next year, it is the cultural mapping of every barangay in the city,” City Tourism Officer Mary Rose Teng…
TRANSACTION CENTER—Dagupan, given its strategic location, has the potential to be a “transaction center” despite being flood-prone, according to a study undertaken by the World Wide Fund-Philippines and the Bank of the Philippine Islands Foundation which was presented last week by Jose Lorenzo Tan, the vice-chair and COE of WWF….
LINGAYEN—More than 50 sacks of shellfish suspected to have originated from the coastal towns of Bolinao and Anda, where a red tide alert is currently in place, were confiscated by the police at a checkpoint in Barangay Tara, Bolinao evening of December 2. Seized were sacks of mussels and oysters,…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim is keen on the idea of annexing the municipality of San Fabian to the city saying it will prompt economic development in both areas. “There is a need to enlarge the city. We are looking at San Fabian to be part of Metropolitan Dagupan… It…
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