Maybank partners with PVAO—Maybank Philippines, a member of the Maybank Group, Malaysia’s largest bank, recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Philippine Veterans’ Affairs Office (PVAO) to allow veterans to receive their pension through their Maybank ATM accounts. The formalization of the agreement was held at the PVAO Office…
NEW FISH NET–A fisherman (middle) belonging to the Samahang Mangingisda ng Porac, Botolan, Zambales inspects the scale model of the Pound Net called “Iket Hasang” turned over to their association by BFAR’s National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) headed by Executive Director Westly Rosario, witnessed by Botolan Mayor Rogelio…
NEW FISH NET
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan mangoes have been given the seal of approval by the United States Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (USDA-BPI) for entry into the American market. The USDA-BPI has certified the province’s mango produce as free from the presence of mango pulp and seed weevil.
Pangasinan mangoes get ok for export to the US market
SAN FABIAN–A Pasalubong Center will be opened here early this month to showcase and promote this town’s products as well as those in other towns within the province. Natalie Dalaten, chief of the business development division of the Pangasinan office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), told The…
San Fabian’s products now in Pasalubong center
ROSALES–An SM Department Store will soon rise here, the first in the province and the 35th in the retail giant’s chain of malls around the country. Initial fencing is already ongoing around the nine-hectare site in Barangay Carmen, according to Mayor Ricardo Revita. Construction work for the initial one-storey building…
Rosales clinches 35th SM mall
Luxury prizes are being given out in the SKYCable and HBO promo in anticipation of the upcoming Asian TV premiere of Mission Impossible III on December 23, 9:00PM exclusively on HBO. Open to all new and current SKYCable subscribers, the promo runs from December 1 to December 31, 2007.
Luxury prices up for grabs in SKY Cable/HBO promo
LINGAYEN–A training center that will be operated by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the second in the province, will soon be built in Rosales town. The P35-million project, which will occupy an 8,000 square-meter area, will be funded by 6th District Representative Conrado Estrella III, who has…
TESDA training center to be built in Rosales
NEW BRIDGE–Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., with Mayor Alipio Fernandez , Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez , Department of Public Works Regional Director Fidel Ginez, and City Engineer Virginia Rosario, inspects the ongoing construction of the new bridge across Pantal River that will link the Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road. The road project is…
NEW BRIDGE
TONDALIGAN RE-DEVELOPMENT—City Development Administrator Alvin Fernandez (center) presents the blue print of the proposed redevelopment plan of Tondaligan Park during a consultative meeting with members of the Tondaligan Shed Owners Association on December 3 at the Mayor’s Conference Room. Assisting Fernandez are City Planning and Development Coordinator Romeo Rosario (left)…
TONDALIGAN RE-DEVELOPMENT
SAN ROQUE MULTI-PURPOSE DAM LINGAYEN–Was the funding for the irrigation component of the 245-megawatt San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) cancelled? Gov. Amado Espino Jr., who expressed surprise of over the report, said he will seek an official inquiry on the matter even as…




