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Muhtar Kent, president, chief operating officer and chief executive officer-elect of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), is on a visit to the Philippines for a series of meetings to receive updates about the company’s business operations in the country. Calasiao Coca Cola Plant Manager August Cuison said Kent is also in…
A new building of the Asian Fisheries Academy, a training facility of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) built for aquaculture development in the province, was inaugurated February 23 and marked the graduation of its first batch of students. The initial group of trainees, composed of 39 out-of-school…
MALASIQUI–The Ilocos Region, the country’s biggest producer of mangoes, will suffer a 30% decline in mango production this year due to the early and unexpected rainfall the past months. Paz Mones, DA assistant regional director, said based on 2007 data, Region 1’s mango production was 445,049 metric tons out of…
FISHERY SCHOOL—The newly-inaugurated Asian Fisheries Academy located inside the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) compound, is the training arm of the BFAR’s National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) and aims to be the leading training center in the country for sustained dissemination of new and improved fisheries…
Construction of the proposed seafood processing facility in Dagupan has been scheduled to start by June, according to Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. The mayor said they met with representatives from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which will provide the funds and the Department of Agriculture (DA) last week to…
BAYAMBANG-A P15-million corn grains center will be built in Barangay San Gabriel II here through the initiative of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Agribusiness Corporation. The center, which will have post harvest facilities, dryers, and a warehouse, is expected to improve productivity of corn, one of the…
STA.BARBARA–The municipal government here is bent on pushing brick-making as one of the town’s major industries. Municipal Administrator Albertini de Guzman said there are currently three barangays (Ventenilla, Primicias, and Maningding) actively engaged in the business. De Guzman, following a series of meetings held with the seven brick producers in…
LINGAYEN—Job-seekers may have a chance to get employed outright in two job fairs slated here in March. Sponsored by the provincial government through the Pangasinan Employment Service Office (PESO), the job fairs are set on March 7 and 28 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center. PESO-Pangasinan Officer Alex…
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