URDANETA CITY—The local government here is giving a high priority to the skills training of out-of-school youth and adults to reduce the number of the city’s unemployed citizens. Just a day after the Urdaneta Livelihood and Training Center (ULTC) was inaugurated on February 11, it immediately took in 490 trainees…
STA.BARBARA–Corn farmers here will soon have access to a public tractor intended to boost the town’s production. According to municipal administrator Albertini de Guzman, P2-million tractor will be turned over by the local government unit (LGU) here to the office of the municipal agriculturist today. “Sta.Barbara has been identified as…
STO. TOMAS–The Department of Tourism is on a pro-active mode helping promote tourism in Pangasinan. This was stressed by DOT Regional Director Martin Valera who recently handed a check for the redevelopment of a swimming pool at the Angela Valdez High School in Asingan that was built during the incumbency…
FIRST IN THE PHILIPPINES A sea cucumber hatchery, the first in the Philippines, will start operating in March at the 24-hectare Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center in Dagupan City. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the National Fisheries and Research Development Institute (NFRDI) and BFAR center…
THE Dagupan City government is set to construct a riverside boulevard along the southern bank of the Pantal River that can be used partly as a promenade lane and a detour road leading to the about-to-be completed Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Road. The city government has sent out letters to at least 55…
SAN MANUEL–Dagupan City officials took a trip to San Roque Dam to gather baseline data for future legislation aimed at preparing the flood-prone city from further flood disasters. Vice Mayor Fernandez said the trip enabled them, especially the newly elected officials, to learn more facts about the dam enabling them…
CORN BYPRODUCTS —Vilma Cachapero of Barangay Sto. Niño,Sto.Tomas displays her products made from corn husk and cobs at the ongoing Agro-Industrial Fair in line with the town’s Centennial Celebration. The town will have its first-ever Corn Festival which will be highlighted by the roasting of more than 300,000 corn ears…
SEA CUCUMBER TANKS—Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the BFAR’s research station in Bonuan Binloc, inspects the on-going construction of the Sea Cucumber Hatchery, the first in the country. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
LINGAYEN–Team Energy, the operator of the Sual coal-fired power plant, is donating P5.2 million for the rehabilitation of the Pangasinan State University’s (PSU) research station in Sual town to enable it to identify which fish habitat is best along the Lingayen Gulf area. Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, said he…
LINGAYEN–The state-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU), alarmed by the declining number of students enrolling in fishery-related courses, has begun offering free tuition fees. Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, said the annual average 2% decline in enrollees has been worrying school authorities, especially given that fishing and fish farming are major…
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