THE government’s Economic Team and representatives from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be in Dagupan City on March 17 for another round of economic  briefing. The briefing is being held nationwide. The Economic Team, led by the Department of Finance (DOF) secretary, is composed of the Secretaries of the Department…

BETTER late than never. Help from the provincial government for farmers affected by the current El Niño condition has come a bit too late, but the beneficiaries are nonetheless grateful for the chance to save some of their crops.

ROSALES—Construction of the 88-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) is now underway at the first project site in Barangay Tumana here. The P16.88 billion toll road, intended to enhance economic growth in the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle (NLAQ), is being built through a Build-Operate-Transfer scheme by the Philippine Infrastructure Development Corporation…

URDANETA City, Region 1’s top city in terms of gross and net income 2007 and 2008, has reported a P66 million income from business taxes in 2009. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., in his state of the city address last week, underscored how business tax collections have increased three-fold from P21.2-million in…

THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is offering families who have been illegally occupying GSIS-owned houses an affordable and low-interest purchase deal to give them a chance to own the property. “For as low as P3,500 a month for every P500,000 loan, these families can secure themselves of a good…

URDANETA CITY–Farmers in this city are not quite feeling the pinch of El Niño, thanks to preparations and help extended by the local government. Anticipating the prolonged dry spell that comes with an El Niño situation, the city government purchased in December last year 100 water pumps as a back-up…

DONATIONS for the “Share Your Extras” campaign of SM City Rosales are now being accepted at the entrance near the mall’s transport terminal until March 2. The project is part of SM Foundation’s annual “Share Your Extras” which is now on it’s 11th year.

BINALONAN—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo formally launched on Friday, what she referred to as  “Aeronautical Highway of the North” with Binalonan, the hometown of her mother, the late First Lady Evangelina Macaraeg Macapagal, as the gateway. The launching took place at the private Binalonan Airfield owned by the family of Binalonan…

IT’S not just going to be one big city party. The Bangus Festival this year, as in the past two years, will continue to focus on livelihood development for local entrepreneurs and small-scale businessmen. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, three-time chair of the festival’s organizing committee, said the festival the main…

LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed on Monday a resolution approving the participation of Pangasinan in the monetization program of the League of Native and Burley Tobacco Growing LGUs, Inc. (LNBTG-LGU). The resolution also authorized Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to sign the subscription agreement relating to the monetization program and other related…