URDANETA CITY—Ambassador Amadeo Perez Jr., a former mayor of this city and now chief of the Manila Economic Overseas Office (MECO) in Taiwan, said Taiwanese businessmen are keen on investing in the province but will not do so until the announced major infrastructure projects are completed.

PANGASINAN’s new poster fish, the Red Pacu (Collusom bidens), is now available for stocking in the province’s fresh water streams and lakes through the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC). Dr. Westly Rosario, NIFTDC chief, said local government units can ask the agency for Red Pacu fingerlings if they…

THE Pangasinan Tourism Council (PTC) has been revived and reorganized by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to draw up and implement a coordinated tourism program around the province. Espino said the reorganization, undertaken by virtue of the governor’s Executive Order No.0143-2011, is necessary after most of the council’s members have vacated…

OWNERS of small-scale and big business establishments are required to secure a clearance from the Social Security System (SSS) before they can renew their local business licenses and permits to ensure the registration of their employees. “Gusto nating i-seguro na nabebenipisyuhan ng tama ang mga empleyado,” said Engr.  Primitvo Verania, section…

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said all employees are entitled to 13th month pay under the law regardless of status or the method by which their wages are paid. Emmanuel Hagad, head of DOLE Pangasinan provincial field office, made the clarification in a radio interview last week as…

PRICE of rice should remain stable as there is enough supply in the province, according to the National Food Authority (NFA). Dr. Beverlyn Peralta, NFA Western Pangasinan provincial manager, said the NFA has 60,000 bags of rice in their storehouses and 860,000 bags of palay that could be milled and…

TAYUG–Mayor Carlos Trese Mapili called for a door-to-door information campaign to drum up collection of Real Property Tax (RPT) among the town’s residents. He made the call during a meeting of the Local School Board that set its 2012 budget at P1.3 million, the funding of which comes from part…

LINGAYEN– Tourism in Region 1 is booming based on visitor arrival records from the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office. As of the end of the third quarter this year, tourist arrivals in Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte have already surpassed the 2010 arrivals estimated at 490,000.

DON’T throw away your old newspapers. One can recycle these into various personal and home items or even make curios that can be sold for good prices in tourist shops.

EXPECT the retail price of bangus to rise in December because of the cold weather. With the prevailing drop in temperature, bangus supply is expected to decrease and will expectedly result in higher retail price.