MAYBANK, which has branches in the Pangasinan cities of Alaminos, Dagupan and Urdaneta, recently, celebrated a global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) day with simultaneous activities across the world. The global activities held on November 20 were part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Maybank, a financial institution headquartered in Malaysia.

STA. MARIA–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has called on Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to stop the importation of frozen meat and the rampant smuggling of onions, which have since flooded markets in Pangasinan. Espino made the appeal when he welcomed Alcala here during a Farmers’ Forum held at the Pangasinan State…

DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin Lim has ordered the closure of 34 business establishments inside the Malimgas Public Market and Magsaysay Fish Section for non-renewal of their Mayor’s Permit and non-payment of their business tax to the city in violation of Section 117(a) of City Ordinance No. 1855-2005.

CALASIAO–Makers of puto, considered as the “white gold” of this town, are hurting from the recent increase in the price of sugar, a main ingredient in making the popular rice cake. Calasiao Puto Producers and Vendors Association president Rudy Dela Cruz said sugar price has increased from P2,800 per sack…

BARANGAY and Sangguniang Kabataan officials who were elected during the October polls were sworn in during a ceremony administered by Mayor Benjamin Lim on November 24 at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome. All the 496 elected officials were present in the mass oath taking.

DSPP INAUGURATION ON NOV. 29 THE PHL-Korea Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City finally went on a test run last Friday, three days before its scheduled inauguration on Monday. Funded by a more than P100 million grant provided last year by the Korean government through the Korean International Cooperation…

UMINGAN–Brand new heavy equipment worth P13.8 million was recently procured by this town for rehabilitating farm-to-market roads and for the use of the Municipal Risk Reduction Management Council (MRRMC) during calamities. The equipment, consisting of three dump trucks, two garbage trucks, two L-300 vans, one loader, one grader, one road…

“IT is not demolition, it is reconstruction”. Calasiao Municipal Administrator Vivencio Vallo made this clarification as stall owners, other vendors and tricycle drivers raised their opposition against what they thought to be the planned demolition of the Calasiao Public Market.

A PUBLIC hearing on the wage increase in the region will be conducted by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) on December 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan to determine initially if there is a need to increase wages in the…

THE Pangasinan Medical Center (PMC) and the CSI Group of Companies are joining hands to increase awareness among local residents about proper health care. Dr. Chito Salazar, president of PHINMA, which owns PMC, said the hospital wants to help educate the people about health and wellness, and change the perception…