EXPANDING UP NORTH—Dragon dancers perform in front of the Appliance Center of the newly opened CSI Candon owned by local retail magnate Belen Fernandez inside Stern Mall in Candon City owned by Deputy Speaker Eric Singson of Ilocos Sur. — Punchphoto by CSR
CANDON CITY–Dagupan City’s entrepreneurs continue to expand their operations to the north with the recent opening of retail business branches in Stern Mall here owned by Ilocos Sur Rep. Eric Singson. One of them is Belen Fernandez, City Supermarket Inc. (CSI) president, who just opened a department store, appliance center,…
The CSI Multi-function Hall, pegged to become a new landmark in Dagupan City, is set for completion within the next two months and is expected to become the “convention center of the north”. The structure, located in barangay Lucao within the sprawling CSI The City Mall complex, will have a…
As a part of the company’s social responsibility, Universal Leaf Philippines Inc. donated 200 bags of cement in Barangay Rajal, Balungao, Pangasinan for their road rehabilitation. A set of conference table and one unit of engine powered grass cutter were also given to Barangay Tombod, Villasis, Pangasinan for their use…
STO.TOMAS—This town, which will celebrate its centennial year foundation next year, has successfully produced white corn, locally known as the haba-haba variety, without the use of pesticide over a one hectare farm area. This feat was recognized and served as the highlight of the first Corn Harvest Festival held Saturday…
CORN HARVEST FEST—Mayor Vivien Villar of Sto. Tomas leads her townmates in picking their best produce during the first Corn Harvest Festival, a prelude to the town’s centennial anniversary next year.– (Photo by Cesar Ramirez)
ANDA—This small island town in the southwestern tip of Pangasinan, with a population of only 40,000, has planted 700,000 mahogany seedlings over the last two years- a feat that many politicians and environmentalists can learn from. Mayor Nestor Pulido, who has been at the forefront of this initiative, has himself…
SAN MANUEL— Determined to improve the socio-economic conditions of the people of Barangay Narra, the Narra Multi-Purpose Cooperative (NMC) launched last year a technical-vocational scholarship program for the community’s out-of-school youth (OSY). The cooperative spent some P50,000 for the fees and other miscellaneous expenses of the first 20 techvoc scholars…
DFA MOBILE PASSPORT SERVICE – Thousands of residents from the first district of the province benefited on the one-day processing of passports conducted by Department of Foreign Affairs officials held last Saturday at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium in Alaminos City. First District Board Member Danny Dizon (above photo-extreme left)…
NEW MARKET RISING–Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Perez (top) shows Rep. Mark Cojuangco the rising structure for Phase 2 of the city’s public market from the third floor of the public market Phase I where they both inaugurated two modern comfort rooms for the benefit of buyers and sellers in the wet…
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