MISSION FROM TAIWAN–Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (left) and Taiwan Senator Hsuen-Chang Lu (center) exchange pleasantries during a courtesy call at the Governor’s Office last July 22. The Taiwan officials invited Espino to visit Taiwan in September to meet with their Minister of Agriculture while the investors expressed interest to…
LINGAYEN–Construction work for the Sual International Shipping Port, which was set back by the May 10 election activities, is finally set to start this month. Sual Mayor John Rodney Arcinue, speaking at the Enkwentro Forum of the Pangasinan Press Club last week, announced that Phase 1 of the project, funded…
BANI is your average rural municipality in the Philippines — ranked a second-class town with fishing and agriculture as the main livelihood of its more or less 50,000 population living in a land area of 180 square kilometers. But Bani, located on the western coast of Pangasinan, is aiming to…
THINGS are not looking too good for the Dagupan City Seafood Processing Plant. The new Secretary of Agriculture, Proceso Alcala, has reportedly declined to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granting administrative control and supervision to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) .
GOVERNOR Amado Espino, Jr. has assured Korean investors of the province’s full cooperation into their planned business ventures in Pangasinan. The governor made the assurance to representatives of the JJGPK Co. Ltd., a Korean investment company headed by Kang Hee Jung, which plans to invest on a variety of projects in Pangasinan.
A NEW rice seed variety, TH-82 Hybrid Rice, has been showing significant increase in yields for farmers who have started to use it since last year. Bobet Littaua, product manager for the seed variety developed by US Agriseeds and is distributed in the country by Jardine Distribution, Inc. (JDI), TH-83…
HOLDERS of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) eCard now get a 20 percent discount on top of the prevailing promo fares of Superferry, Supercat, and Cebu Ferries. GSIS, the state-run pension fund for government employees, recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Aboitiz Transport System Corporation (ATSC), for…
PARTNERSHIP–TeaM Sual Corporation VP Operations and Sual Station Manager Ruben Licerio (L) and Atty. Ma. Brenda Villafuerte, DOLE-BWC Director IV, sign the Memorandum of Understanding formally launching the 1st KAPATIRAN WISE TAV Program and Partnership in Region 1. Joining them are Dir. John Henry Jalbuena and Engracio Q. Bailon, DOLE Region 1 Director…
LINGAYEN–Another batch of 421 welders from Pangasinan will soon start working at the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, Inc. (HHCI) in Subic, Zambales. The welders were hired through the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) that organized the recruitment held June 18. Provincial Employment Services Officer Alex Ferrer said…
A FIVE-YEAR transition period is all that is needed to make the newly completed RP/Dagupan-Korean Seafood Processing Plant in Bonuan Binloc sustainable. This was the assessment of Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Dagupan-based National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), who hailed a resolution of the Dagupan Sangguniagn Panglunsod…
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