REPRESENTATIVES of government agencies and the private sector sat down last Friday during the 18th Fisheries Industry Stakeholders Summit here to finally agree on a plan for the branding of Dagupan bangus as the best milkfish for the local and international markets. “I almost lost hope. It’s so unfair that…

THE maximum housing loan from the Home Development Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG Fund, will be increased from P3 million to P6 million effective July 2. Susan de Vera of the Pag-IBIG Fund Dagupan City said only Pag-IBIG members who have at least 24 months contribution can qualify for the loan. New…

INTERNET service product Tattoo@Home broadband of Globe Telecoms, Inc. has come out with packages that include freebies, discounts and downloads that cater to the varying interests of the different members of the family. “We have carefully selected partner-merchants to create exciting packages for families with different passions spread across beauty…

AN SM Foundation, Inc.-sponsored training program to improve productivity has benefitted 96 farmers from Urdaneta City and neighboring Tarlac province. The three-month Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) training, held in SM City Rosales, covered planting varieties of vegetables, crop shifting, farming techniques, commercial production, and product marketing.

FOR RELIEF OPERATIONS LINGAYEN—Local government units (LGUs) can now buy on credit rice for relief operations and rehabilitation from the National Food Authority-Western Pangasinan branch under the agency’s Rice Loan program. NFA Provincial Manager Beverlyn Peralta said under the program, LGUs will have to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA)…

THE House Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will conduct a public hearing on June 27 at the Emerald Hall of the Stadia in Dagupan City to seek input from Pangasinan’s entrepreneurs on a proposed bill. An amendatory bill…

AS payouts to some depositors of closed Export & Industry Bank (EIB) is underway, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has engaged the services of Alba Romeo & Co. as financial auditor to determine the financial condition of the bank. The payout operations for EIB depositors with account balances of…

THE Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB), which has two branches in Pangasinan and three ATM sites, has reported it is in the pink of financial health with an audited net income of P519.07 million in 2011, maintaining the same level as the net income of P519.59 million the previous year. In his…

THERE is much more to Dagupan than just the tastiest bangus. As the city celebrated its 65th Agew na Dagupan, the spotlight was turned to other products such as pastillas, pastry, bibingka, organic egg, “dirty” ice cream, ham, lechon, malunggay muffin, cassava cake, soya milk and the first-in-the-world sunflower seeds…