STA. BARBARA–An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has expressed disappointment over the apparent growing disinterest of the young in farming. Wilfredo Pal-laya, officer in charge of the Department of Agriculture Ilocos Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ILLARC) Satellite Station III, said this is reflected in the drop in the…
MILK DRINKING ADVOCATE—Miss International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman, an advocate for milk drinking, speaks before mothers who attended the launching of the “ Bear Brand Laki sa Gatas” at the West Central Elementary School on Friday. Back to Homepage
DIALOGUE WITH FARMERS— Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. (upper photo) holds a dialogue with farmers from the first to third districts of the province to address their irrigation problems during the “Irrigators Forum” at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) last August 28. He assured the farmers that the…
STA. BARBARA–The country’s first municipal-level Mamang Pulis store that sells goods at prices 15% lower than prevailing market rates to policemen and their dependents, was opened here on Monday. The store is a project of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Service Store System (SSS) as part of the benefits of…
“TOKYO Tokyo”, a popular Japanese fast food chain, is expanding in Northern Luzon with two branches set to open in Dagupan and one in La Union within the year. Joy de Asis, licensing officer of Tokyo Tokyo, led the groundbreaking rites last week of the Tokyo Tokyo store at the…
DRUGSTORE chains, private and public hospitals in Region 1 are fully complying with the new Cheaper Medicine Law. Renato Padilla, food and drugs supervisor of the Department of Health-Bureau of Food and Drugs in Ilocos, said that drugstores and hospitals in Dagupan City, Laoag City, Batac and Vigan have brought…
CALASIAO–Puto vendors in Calasiao can soon heave a sigh of relief and expect more brisk sales as the often-flooded road fronting their row of stalls is now being raised by one meter. The project, estimated to cost P19 million for both the road upgrade and drainage system improvement, will be…
LINGAYEN—Following a bumper harvest this year, there is now an oversupply of corn in the province and farmers are losing from the low price offered by private buyers. But Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has assured local farmers that their produce will be purchased by the government at P10 per kilo,…
TURNING JAPANESE —Tokyo Tokyo, a popular fast food chain specializing in Japanese food, will soon have three branches in the Ilocos Region, two of which will be located in Dagupan. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Tokyo Tokyo branch at CSI the City Mall is led by Buddy Policar, the franchise…
CORN CRISIS—Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap (inset) engages farmers in a dialogue last Thursday at the Narciso Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen, pro-mising that the government will purchase their bumper harvest of corn from them at P10 per kilo, higher than the prevailing market price of P6-P7/kilo. (PIO) Back to…
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