STA.BARBARA—The P200 million modern Korea-Philippines Rice Processing Complex here is now operational following its inauguration on September 5.

A FOUR-DAY work week scheme, if applied to government offices, will not be beneficial to the public because the delivery of services will be affected. This is the initial reaction of the Pangasinan Human Resources Management and Development Office (HRMDO) to the proposal now pending in the House of Representatives.

TWO months into operation, the River Cruise in Dagupan, designed to boost tourism and generate income for the city, has yet to earn a single centavo. The city administration has kept the service free because it still could not make up its mind how much to charge.

VILLASIS—After being acclaimed as the nation’s eggplant capital, the town is now eyeing to become the rice granary of Pangasinan with the construction of a P40 million Agro-Industrial Warehouse.

STARTING September 1, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has adopted the “case rate method” to pay for selected medical and surgical cases.

IMPROVISED tractors known as kuligligs are definitely one of a Filipino farmer’s best friends.

BANI–The Regional Development Council (RDC) has endorsed an integrated biomass project here proposed by a Spanish company as a regional project under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme being promoted by the national government.

BANGUS producers who are already using or intend to use the seafood processing plant in Dagupan want the facility to remain under the management of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) or expand it into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.