MAYOR Benjamin Lim is inclined to veto the proposed ordinance granting tax exemption to private educational institutions, which has passed second reading at the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Lim said the idea is “a bad precedent” as similar institutions may ask for the same exemption in the future.

A WATER supply distribution system in Bolinao has been cited as one of the ‘Outstanding Development Projects’ by the Association of Development Financing Institution in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) under the Infrastructure Development Awards Category for 2010.

THE New Generation Philippine Banknotes (NGPB) was formally launched in Dagupan City on May 3 in a meeting called by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) branch and attended by bankers, pawnshop owners, traders, members of the transport cooperatives and the media.

ALAMINOS CITY–Several new aquaculture facilities were opened last week in Barangay Lucap here by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to encourage fish farmers expand their operations to more diversified aquatic species.

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has started receiving claims from depositors of Banco Filipino with account balances above P10,000 last week. Depositors from Pangasinan can check the PDIC’s website or the bank branch in Dagupan for the schedule as claims are being received based on alphabetical order of depositors’…

LINGAYEN–Digital Communications of the Philippines (Digitel) has paid P13 million to the provincial government for its franchise tax from the time it started operations in Pangasinan in 1993. The payment came after the province of Pangasinan agreed to a settlement in its case against Digitel which has reached all the…

DEPOSITORS of closed Banco Filipino in Pangasinan with account balances above P10,000, and with P10,000 and below but with outstanding loans and incomplete addresses in the bank records are advised to file their claim forms with the Philippines Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) between April 28 and May 13.

IF you think the Dagupan City is swarming with too many tricycles, that’s because colorum operators continue to ply the city’s streets. This has prompted legitimate tricycle operators in Dagupan to seek the city government’s help in getting rid of colorum operators and those who continue to operate even with…

THE CSI La Union in San Fernando City, the biggest shopping mall in the province, whose appliance and furniture departments caught fire last April 15, is set to resume operations soon. This assurance was made by Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, president of the CSI Group of Companies that operate malls…