STAKEHOLDERS in Dagupan City’s rivers will meet on September 28-29 for the Aquaculture Practitioners Symposium, a multi-sectoral gathering initiated by the city government. Representatives from the academe, financing institutions, government agencies, and those whose livelihood depend on marine products and dock and river services are expected to attend.

IS Dagupan City opening its doors to SM, the biggest chain of malls in the country? Mayor Benjamin Lim has confirmed that he has had talks with SM retail group president and director Hans T. Sy, who expressed interest in locating in Barangay Tambac here.

THE labor sector in the Ilocos Region does not seem keen on a wage hike. While workers in several other regions around the country have been recently granted their request for a wage increase recently, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 1 has yet to receive…

THE local government of Mangaldan, home to a Class AA slaughterhouse, which supplies meat to Dagupan City and nearby towns, is closely monitoring the distribution of imported frozen meat in the town to protect its local industry. The municipal council passed a resolution last December regulating the sale of imported…

ALAMINOS City–TeaM Energy Corporation, operator of the Sual coal-fired power station, awarded grants to four people organizations (POs) in the First District for the 2010 Kompetisyon sa Kaunlaran (Paligsahan para sa Pag-unald ng Pamayanan).

THE Dagupan City Council is considering to issue 300 more tricycle franchises in Dagupan after a big number of interested applicants failed to get theirs last week. The council, through the committee on public utilities, processed on August 24-26 the remaining 381 franchises available under the city’s 2,500 quota as…

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is calling on the public to help catch tax evaders. BIR Assistant Regional Director Ernesto de Vota said informants of suspected tax evaders will get 10 percent of the amount to be collected as their reward.

LINGAYEN–When the modern Rice Processing Complex (RPC) in Sta. Barbara opens in November, the province will be ready to operate and manage it. This was confirmed after a delegation led by Governor Amado Espino Jr. recently completed a week-long training in South Korea, which is funding the construction of the…