URDANETA’S economy is expected to continue to grow further this year with its scheduled construction of infrastructure projects. City Administrator Ramil San Juan told the PUNCH last week that projects for the first quarter this year include the continuation of the concreting of the roads in the city.
ALAMINOS CITY–Officials here are optimistic that dolphin-watching will soon become another eco-tourism activity in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP), in addition to kayaking, bird-watching, snorkeling, diving, nature photography and island- hopping. Dr. Lemuel Aragones, associate professor of the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology of the University of the Philippines,…
DAGUPAN City employees cheered when Mayor Benjamin Lim formally announced a bonus for all regular employees as well as emergency and volunteer workers during the Employee’s Night last December 17 at the city plaza. Regular employees will receive P10,000; emergency workers, P5,000; and volunteers, P1,000.
IRRIGATION PROJECT IN BANI–Jeremias Gonzales, green technology consultant of the municipal government of Bani, shows newsmen the spillway of the P396-million Masidem Small Reservoir Irrigation Project which is being built by the National Irrigation Administration in the tri-boundaries of Barangay Arwas, Ranao and Calibeng, due to be finished in February…
BANI–The country’s pioneer wind-solar plant project, to be built here by mid-2011 by a Filipino-Japanese consortium, may yet be the country’s alternative response to anticipated years of power deficit in the years ahead. Mayor Marcelo Navarro Jr. said the success of the wind-solar power plant expected to generate five megawatts…
AFTER a test-run for several days, the P110-million Korea-Philippines Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan has temporarily stopped operations until the operational manual is completed. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center under the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and appointed as interim manager of…
THERE is an easy way to learn how to tap into the growing number of Internet users, including SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) that are using social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, etc.) to connect with customers, friends and loved ones. The short seminar “Using Social Media to Promote your…
ONION SMUGGLING–Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala (right) and Governor Amado Espino, Jr. (left) exchange thoughts on the rampant smuggling of onions during the Farmers’ Forum at the Pangasinan State University in Sta. Maria last November 29. Sec. Alcala assured the Gov. Espino that he will have the reported smuggling investigated.(PIO) Back…
PANGASINAN farmers can look forward to higher revenues with the introduction of another new technology. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and GrainPro, Inc. signed a cooperation agreement on December 9 to promote the adoption and dissemination of rice storage technologies in the Philippines.
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has extended the deadline of granting provisional accreditation to hospitals until the end of this year. In Region I, there are currently 109 PhilHealth accredited hospitals and four more with pending applications. PhilHealth previously issued new requirements for hospitals to be among the accredited…
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