SOME 50,000 hectares of forest lands in the western part of the province are being considered for planting jathropa in support of the government’s program for bio-diesel production. The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Alaminos City has already identified areas in the towns of Infanta and Mabini…

More bangus fry were distributed to farm operators in Dagupan, Labrador and Calasiao on July 31 as part of the efforts to rehabilitate the bangus industry which suffered greatly from the fury of Typhoon Cosme. Earlier, more than two million bangus fry were distributed to fisherfolk in Lingayen, Bugallon, Sual,…

MEDIATORS WANTED THE Philippine Mediation Center Office (PMCO) under the Supreme Court will open its units in Dagupan and in other parts of the province to resolve small cases that can be settled amicably outside the court. Atty. Danilo Fernandez, clerk of court of the Regional Trial Courts in Dagupan…

THE province will soon have a pool of new tour guides. Fifty-seven young college graduates are attending a 10-day Professional Tour Guiding seminar at the newly refurbished Capitol Resort Hotel (formerly Lingayen Resort Hotel) from July 21 to August 1. Presently, there is only one licensed tour guide in Pangasinan.

The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), is set to distribute some 1.5 million bangus fry to fish farmers in Dagupan affected by Typhoon Cosme.

NESCAFE 3-in-1 ushers the new school year with a television commercial that all freshmen can identify with – starting new bonds. “This TVC is very relevant for students who are starting the school year. Its message resonates to other people who are entering a new environment,” explains Nescafe consumer marketing…

BEAR BRAND, the country’s leading milk brand, has introduced Bear Brand Busog Lusog, a healthy beverage that helps address a child’s nutritional requirements at a very affordable value. “Bear Brand Busog Lusog was launched to provide the market not only with an affordable filling product, but a nutritious one at…

Various products from Pangasinan were showcased at the five-day 3rd OTOP (One Town, One Product) Luzon Island Fair held at the Megatrade Halls of SM Megamall in Metro Manila from July 9 to 13. Natalie Dalaten, chief of the business development division of the Pangasinan office of the Department of…

PRICES of some basic commodities are on the rise but if it’s any consolation, the prices of most goods remain stable. This observation was made based on the latest monitoring of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office. It noted that the cost of some basic necessities such…

STA. BARBARA–Intent on marking Sta. Barbara a “Brick-Town”, Mayor Reynaldo Velasco has ordered that all new buildings here to be constructed with public funds shall have a brick component. In an interview with The PUNCH, Velasco said since he assumed office last year, 80 classrooms have so far been built…