CHOOSING A BANK—DAGUPAN Bankers’ past president Shirley Ortega of LBC Bank (2nd from left) gives a lecture to the public on how to choose a bank and explained the differences between a rural bank and a savings and commercial bank. Also present during the forum were (L-R) Pioneer Life branch…
CALASIAO–Pay up or be padlocked. This was the strong warning issued by Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Sixto Esquivias IV to businessmen when it launched Oplan Kandado program, which aims to close down establishments found to be declaring and paying incorrect taxes.
URDANETA CITY–An P800 million budget has been allocated for irrigation projects in Pangasinan this year, according to Engr. John Celeste, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) regional director. Some 3,000 hectares of land in need of irrigation will be restored and Governor Amado Espino has requested that priority be given to areas…
SAN CARLOS CITY— A City Cooperative Development Council (CCDC) will soon be organized by the local government here to promote and enhance cooperatives. Mayor Julier Resuello is pushing for the formation of the CCDC even as he ordered the City Cooperative Office (CCO) headed by Arlaine de Vera to harness…
STA. BARBARA–Full-grown marijuana plants cultivated along a riverbank in Barangay Poblacion here have been uprooted by police and anti-illegal drugs agents last week following a tip from a member of the community. Superintendent Eric Noble, the town police chief, said the discovery was part of a buy bust operation conducted…
URDANETA CITY–Anticipating the impact of the global financial crisis this year on the local economy, the city government has appropriated a 2009 budget of P539 million, which is 3.79 percent lower than last year’s allocation. Nonetheless, Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the city will remain financially stable and economically progressive…
CALASIAO–The Region 1 office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is on a campaign against unauthorized cash register machines as part of efforts to improve the government’s tax collection. Under the campaign dubbed ‘Oplan Silip’, the regional office based here will check on businesses in the Ilocos provinces that…
LINGAYEN—Twelve municipal police stations have received a new patrol car each for increased mobility and a better patrolling system. The recipients of either a Toyota Hi-Lux or Toyota Innova unit are the police stations in Natividad, Mabini, Sta. Maria, Urbiztondo, Tayug, Burgos, Sta. Barbara, Rosales, Manaoag, Anda, Infanta and Dasol.
BUSINESSES servicing the dead will soon be subjected to stricter environmental requirements. Engr. Lourdes Tugade, senior environmental management specialist of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) based in Dagupan, said their office is just waiting to receive an official copy of a memo requiring crematoria, cemeteries, and funeral…
DESPITE a limited agricultural area, Dagupan can has a high production of rice and corn, according to City Agriculturalist Emma Molina. Molina said at least 16 hectares of land in Barangay Mangin alone has now been planted to inbred and hybrid rice. Technologists from the regional office of the Department…
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