FOOD supply should be no problem in the province with sufficient harvests of high-value crops, including corn, vegetables, and mango. Edmundo Quinit, Region 1 chief of the Agricultural Extension Program Division of the Department of Agriculture (DA), said farmers in Pangasinan planted enough high-value crops last year to meet local…

OWNERS of sole proprietorship businesses, existing and new, can now register online with the launching of the Sole Proprietorship New Registration (SPNR) under the Philippine Business Registry System (PBRS). Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the new system is intended to expedite all…

CALASIAO–Anchored on the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) national slogan “I Love Philippines, I Pay Taxes”, the BIR regional office is taking the campaign to another level, this time in sync with the country’s tourism come-on: “It’s more fun to pay taxes in Region 1”. During the kick-off program for…

WITH RED TIDE ALERT THE City Agriculture Office is now requiring fish and shellfish traders to present auxiliary invoices first before unloading their cargo in Dagupan’s fish markets. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina said the directive, which took effect last February 24, was issued pursuant to the bulletin from the Bureau…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned the public, especially business establishment owners, against individuals posing as DTI personnel and collecting or soliciting money in the form of advertisements. DTI Provincial Director Peter Mangabat issued the warning in the wake of reports about the impostors preying on local…

AN Agew na Propesyonal is scheduled on March 8 at the Urdaneta City University Gym in Urdaneta City from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office, in coordination with the provincial government, will provide the following services:

WITH neap tide expected on February 26-28 – aggravated by the current presence of the Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB), commonly known as red tide – in some parts of western Pangasinan, the fishing communities here are in danger of suffering another fishkill. At risk are the coastal towns Bani and…

THE Dagupan government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with salt-manufacturing giant Salinas Foods Incorporated on Tuesday for the city’s Community Health Team (CHT) project. Mayor Benjamin Lim and Johnny Khonghun, president of Salinas Foods Inc. , signed the partnership agreement to support of the city’s CHT initiative that will…

DAGUPAN was adjudged first runner-up in the city category’s Search for the Most Outstanding Local Government Unit Coastal Resource Management (LGU CRM) Implementer for 2011 by the Regional Development Council of Region 1. Mayor Benjamin Lim received the award in recognition of the city’s “exemplary performance and commitment in coastal…