LINGAYEN–One industry’s loss is another one’s gain. The decline in demand for pork over the last month following the swine flu scare has benefited poultry raisers as consumers have been buying more dressed chicken. Pork prices, however, have remained stable in the market at P150-P160 per kilo.

MANGATAREM–The Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) will start operating a new sub-station here this month to boost the supply of power in the towns of Mangatarem and Aguilar. Cenpelco Director Alma Banaga said the project will stabilize power supply to 220 volts and finally end problems of fluctuating power voltage…

CONSTRUCTION of the Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan will definitely start on July 2 and is targeted for completion within 10 months, according to Dagupan City Agriculturist Emma Molina. “We are on schedule and we are still confident that all that we agreed upon in the final negotiation last January…

DAGUPAN, a city famous for being the bangus capital of the world, also has, unknown to many, a thriving rice producing sector with 16 hectares of land that is irrigated year-round. The city’s areas bordering the town of Calasiao, particularly Tebeng and Mangin, have suitable land for planting palay and…

SISON–A Taiwan-based charitable institution, Aihu Foundation Inc., has sponsored a program to promote computer literacy among adults here on wheels. Some 350 adults had their graduation rites on Tuesday after completing the program “Computer Van Aralan” which Aihu, undertook in cooperation with the Sison municipal government and the Technical Education…

WELCOME TO SISON—Mayor Kimi Cojuangco of Sison welcomes Ambassador Donald C.T. Lee, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), keynote speaker during the graduation of participants of the Computer Van Aralan initiated by the AIHU Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the Sison municipal government and the Technical Education…

URDANETA CITY—Vegetables imported from China continue to flood markets around the country, including those in Pangasinan. Engr. Rosendo So, founder of the partylist Abono and president of the Eastern Pangasinan Filipino-Chamber of Commerce, decried the influx of the imported vegetables as a bane to local farmers.

TO COUNTER SWINE FLU SCARE MANGALDAN–Local officials here, home of one of only three Class AA slaughterhouses in the province, led some 5,000 townsfolk in a shared meal of pork dishes to counter prevailing misconceptions about “swine flu” and the H1N1 virus. “We would like to regain the confidence of…

PANGASINAN’ s bangus industry suffered staggering losses estimated at P491 million from the destruction caused by Typhoon Emong on May 7, particularly in the worst-hit towns of Anda, Bolinao, Sual, and Alaminos City. Combined with the damages in the bangus-producing areas in La Union, total losses are estimated to reach…