LINGAYEN–Despite the controversies surrounding him, Victoriano Estira succeeded in his bid for a second four-year term as president of the government-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU). The university’s Board of Regents met at the Commission on Higher Education in Manila on June 13 and approved Estira’s reappointment, with eight members giving…

IN her first year in Congress, 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia filed 68 bills, including the one seeking the expansion of the Region 1 Medical Center from 300 to a 600-bed capacity and another on expanded crop insurance. De Venecia said the bill on R1MC has already been endorsed…

CAREER SERVICE EXAMS HIGH school graduates and college degree undergraduates can take the Career Service Professional examination, a requirement for those who want to work in government offices. Provincial Director Rogelio del Rosario of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said this policy has been in effect since 2002 but many are…

THE CSI Group of Companies, owner of a chain of shopping malls and supermarkets in Pangasinan and other parts of the Ilocos Region, is set to go ‘green’ with the introduction of its own environment-friendly shopping bag by the end of this month. Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, president and chairman of…

CLIENTS of closed Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank (BF) branch in Dagupan with deposits of P10,000 and below but do not receive check payments by June 20 will have to file their deposit insurance claims. The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) reported last week that it has already released…

DON’T ask me. This was the reply to Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), to frequent public statements of Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim that the seafood processing plant be turned over to the city government.

THE issue raised over the legitimacy of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) campus in Alaminos City may now be settled as the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has confirmed it has given permission for the school’s operation. The legitimacy of the operations of PSU Alaminos was earlier questioned by Ruben Morante,…

A TELECOMMUNICATIONS trader based in Urdaneta City has been charged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for tax evasion amounting to P162.7 million.

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), operator of the Philippine-Korea Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City, is reaching out to small fish processors to help them penetrate the international market.

GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr. urged farmers to form groups so they can avail of the provincial government’s livelihood program such as hog and goat raising to supplement their income.