NATIVIDAD–“Sirok ti Mangga”, Ilocano for under the mango tree, is a new nature resort located in the foothills of the Caraballo Mountains in this small, quiet town which is hoping to boost its tourism industry. Situated in the middle of a 10-hectare mango plantation owned by the municipal government, the…

THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) office in Pangasinan has intensified its technical-vocational education campaign through the Pangasinan Association of Private-Tech-Voc Institutions (PAPTVI). The initial dialogue was held during the association’s induction of its officers in Lingayen town that was attended by more than 100 school heads and…

SOME 5,000 hectares of land in Region 1are set to be planted with forest and fruit-bearing trees this year as the region’s share to the newly-launched National Greening Program (NGP). Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Executive Director Samuel Peñafiel said the 5,000 hectares comprise denuded lands and mountain…

LINGAYEN–Farmers and cooperatives are being called on to revalidate their passbooks in time for the coming harvest season for the second crop rice so that they can avail of the government support price for palay. Ramon Cuaresma, provincial manager of the National Food Authority (NFA) in western Pangasinan, issued the…

SINGAPORE-based Pangasinenses who are there as overseas workers can acquire entrepreneurial skills for free through the non-government organization ASKI Global Ltd. ASKI Global was recently established in Singapore by the Luzon-based Alalay Sa Kaunlaran Inc. to help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there make sound investments from their earnings.

THE local government of Bugallon and the German government donated 30,000 fingerlings to fisherfolks in three barangays in the town that were affected by typhoon Juan in 2010. Sixteen fisherfolks from barangays Magtaking, Salasa, and Asinan received the donated fingerlings on March 1.

ANOTHER small town is making its mark in domestic tourism with the celebration of its first Tupig Festival last week. Laoac, a rural town in the eastern side of Pangasinan and the youngest municipality in the province having been created only in 1980, had a unique launch of its festival…

ALAMINOS CITY–Tourists out for fun and adventure can soon enjoy a zipline ride across the islands in the Hundred Islands National Park (HNIP). Mayor Hernani Braganza, who led a team of local officials who recently trained on how to operate a zipline facility at the Outland Adventure Resort in Davao…

SPOUSES of deceased pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can now receive the survivorship pension even if they are gainfully employed or receiving income from other sources. The GSIS recently approved and started implementing a new policy which qualifies surviving spouses to receive the usual half of the…

PANGASINAN farmers have endorsed a bill filed by Rep. Jack Enrile seeking to establish a Food Requirement Plan for Filipinos before local produce before can be considered for export. “The feedback is good,” said Enrile who met farmers from the province and their leaders in a day-long consultation in Dagupan City on Friday,…