ALAMINOS CITY—With funding for the construction of the airport in Alaminos already included in the Annual General Appropriations Act starting this year, city officials are optimistic that the facility will be able to start operations before the end of President Benigno Aquino III’s term in 2016.
SHELLFISH from Wawa, Bani is now free from the Harmful Algal Blood (HAB) or red tide and is safe again for consumption. According to Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the BFAR-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center based in Dagupan, the laboratory tests on shellfish samples from Wawa, Bani turned out…
NEW BUSINESSES SMALL-SCALE and micro trading topped the number of business registrations in the province in 2011 and early this year, based on records of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Manufacturing, however, dropped.
PANGASINAN congressmen are backing the position of the Northern Luzon Alliance (NLA) for a moderate increase in the tax of tobacco products. The province’s six representatives Jesus Celeste, Leopoldo Bataoil, Rachel Arenas, Gina de Venecia, Kimi Cojuangco, and Marlyn Primicias Agabas as well as Abono partylist Rep. Robert Estrella Jr….
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has deferred the increase in premium contribution rates for its overseas Filipino worker (OFW)-members. PhilHealth Regional Information Officer Irene Martinez said the deferment is contained in PhilHealth Circular 07, series of 2012, which amended an earlier issuance prescribing the new contribution rates for the…
AKSYON TRABAHO NI ESPINO—Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) Chief Alex Ferrer (standing right) briefs the 250 applicants for deployment to electronic firms Sumiden Corporation based in Cabuyao and Sunpower Philippines Manufacturing in Batangas. The applicants, recruited by PESO through the “Aksyon Trabaho ni Espino” program of Gov. Amado T….
SAN MANUEL—Pangasinan will have a new eco-tourism attraction with the inauguration on Monday of a ferry service across the giant reservoir of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project (SRMP) the 11th biggest earthen dam in the world. Former President Fidel V. Ramos, considered as the father of the San Roque Dam, will…
THE Economics Society of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) Lingayen campus, in cooperation with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), recently held an information campaign on the security features of the new peso bills to help protect people from fake money. The new generation currency (NGC) – in denominations of…
PROMOTING TUPIG—Residents and balikbayans participate in the Tupig cooking and eating contest held in Laoac, one of the highlights in this year’s Laoac Town Fiesta. Earlier, the municipality led by Mayor and Mrs. Silverio Alarcio sponsored a Tupig Festival at SM City Rosales to promote the town’s native product to mall goers and tourists….
UNPAID P211 M LOCAL TAX THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a private firm with a 25- year concession to operate the country’s power grid, is battling in court with the municipality of Labrador over the National Transmission Corporation’s (TransCo) unpaid P222 million in local taxes. NGCP, asserting…
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