NOT A BUSINESS VENTURE IT’S FOR research studies for the aquaculture industry development. This, said Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia, is the original intent for the Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant as envisioned and proposed by her husband, then Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., who sought funding for the project from…

A THREE-day seminar on basket weaving was conducted in San Jacinto last week for livelihood development and as part of the town’s waste management program. The Bayong and Corn Husk Development Project provided skills training on production, costing and marketing of baskets made from cornhusks, which is abundant in the…

THE 21st North Luzon Business Area Conference, organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), set on September 6-7 in Dagupan aims to attract investors to the northern Luzon area. Vicky Gaetos, area vice president for PCCI north Luzon, said one of the things that will be highlighted…

RETAILERS who sell fuel oil and other oils in recycled bottles have been warned by the Department of Energy (DOE) to stop their business because of the risks they posed to the economy, people’s health and safety. Zenaida Y. Monsada, director for DOE-Oil Industry Management Bureau, said the department has…

A PROVINCE-wide seminar on livestock technology production was held at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center in Lingayen last August 30, organized by the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO). About 200 provincial employees from various departments and offices, veterinarians and livestock inspectors and raisers from various local government units, and members…

THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office will hold an Agew na Propesyonal in Pangasinan in three different venues and dates starting this week. The set dates with the corresponding venues are:

SOME 450 kilos of “hot meat” were seized by the City Veterinarian Office in Dagupan City on August 18 from five stall owners at the Malimgas Public Market. Dr. Michael Maramba, city veterinarian, led the confiscation after the meat vendors failed to comply with the law on frozen meat. Maramba…

DESPITE the battering of the Ilocos Region by typhoons in the past weeks, there is a steady supply of rice and enough stock for the lean months, according to the National Food Authority Region 1 office. Moreover, NFA Region I Director Piolito C. Santos said rice prices remain stable based…

VILLASIS—A palay-drying facility, built partly using the tobacco excise tax share of this town, will soon be completed and is set to start operations by October. The P70-milllion Villasis Paddy Drying Plant, located in Barangay Unzad, is expected to boost farmers’ income with better quality produce. Mayor Dita Abrenica said…