LINGAYEN-Heads of local government units (LGUs) in western Pangasinan, along with the provincial government, vowed to carry on with the model Coastal Resource Management (CRM) project launched in Lingayen Gulf in 2002 in a bid to save their coastal areas from further degradation. Mayors Nestor Pulido of Anda, Gabriel Navarro…
THE Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats team in Dagupan, led by the tandem of former Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. and former Councilor Belen Fernandez, vowed in their campaigns to review and rationalize the city’s taxation in order to institute better management of the local government’s resources. The increase in the city’s…
The Pangasinan Regency Hotel in Calasiao is set to participate in the Bangus Festival with a seafood special at its Hauthei Chinese Restaurant of the starting April 27. Romeo Co, restaurant operations manager, said a unique feature of the seafood special will be to give diners a chance to experience…
BAYAMBANG–Onion farmers in this town, the top producer for the province and in Region 1, are not giving up on their precious crop despite heavy losses incurred recently due to various diseases and unabated smuggling. The provincial government has already taken measures to help the farmers in addressing the problem….
LINGAYEN-Cows and carabaos, the hardworking farm animals of this largely agricultural province, are getting special attention this summer season. Dr. Benedicto Perez, provincial veterinarian, told The PUNCH that his office has intensified vaccination activities against hemorrhagic septicemia, commonly known as shipping fever, which afflicts large animals like cows and carabaos…
BANI–A woman vendor was arrested here on Wednesday for selling shellfish confirmed to have been harvested from a red-tide affected area. Linda Ochave, 47, of barangay Carot, Anda, was arrested while selling shellfish locally called “lukan” taken from the shoreline in barangay Wawa earlier declared by authorities as high in…
RED TILAPIA— House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. shows his guests from the Communist Party of China his stock of red tilapia being raised in a former swimming pool beside his residence in Bonuan Binloc. With them are former Dagupan Councilor Belen Fernandez and Edison Co, members of the Dagupan…
A P2-million scholarship fund is now up for grabs under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) Technical/Vocational/Livelihood Scholarship Program in the 4th district of Pangasinan. The funding was equally provided by the office of Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. and TESDA. Ding Gomez, Project Coordinator from the office…
A 15-member Taiwanese delegation, composed of businessmen, government officials and students, visited Dagupan City last week for a lakbay-aral tour to benchmark the city’s aquaculture industry and other major programs. The group, composed of officers and members of the Association of International NGOs (AINGOS), was led by Lin The-Chang, AINGOS…
TGA (Tayag-Goquingco Aquaculture) is looking at expanding its export market for its Filipino Nile Pacific Cherry Snapper product to include supermarkets in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Middle Eastern countries. Rene Tayag, head of the five-year old tilapia production firm currently exporting to the United States, said the company is now…
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