FOR its advocacy programs in helping protect the environment, SM City Rosales was awarded the “Best Partner In Industry” in Region 1 by the Likas Yaman Awards for Environmental Excellence during the recent culmination of the celebration of Environment Month 2011.

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) committee on public utilities will conduct another public hearing on Wednesday to help determine if the council should push through with its plan to override the veto of Mayor Benjamin Lim on the city ordinance adjusting tricycle fare rates in Dagupan.

THE Skills Registry System (SRS), intended to address the prevalent mismatch in employment and skills among the employed, has been adopted by Malasiqui, the fourth local government unit in Region 1 to do so.

PROJECTS have been lined up by the Dagupan government to boost the city’s aquaculture after a completing a river clean-up drive that cleared major waterways of illegal fishing structures.

FARMERS in Pangasinan can now expect more help from the government as the National Convergence Initiative (NCI), which aims to develop and operationalize a common framework for sustainable rural development, goes full speed.

ALAMINOS CITY–Certified rice seed subsidy provided by the city government is now available to farmers here in time for the planting season. At least 6,000 bags of seeds are on offer at P600 each, half its cost of P1,200 per bag. Half the price will be covered by the local…

NIGHTLIFE in Dagupan City is envisioned to get more exciting with the opening in July of the Metro Plaza complex in front of the city hall. Mayor Benjamin Lim, speaking at the KBP Forum on Thursday, said the complex will house mostly food stalls and restaurants.

TWO vocational-technical training centers operating in the province were recently exposed as “fly-by-night” establishments by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) The two “mobile” training centers deemed operating illegally are Mobile Power, reportedly operating in Binalonan, and IAC with a still undetermined exact location. Both are not registered…

CONTRACTUAL employees hired by local government units (LGUs) in the province now receive the same Pag-IBIG fund benefits enjoyed by regular employees. Twenty-six municipalities and three cities have already began sending remittances for the corresponding contribution to the Pag-IBIG Home Development Mutual Fund-Dagupan Branch for 4,399 job contractual employees.