NOTING the plight of its regular employees who are at the mercy of loan sharks, the Dagupan City government is introducing a soft loan program that will have a minimal monthly interest rate. City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara bared the loan scheme contained in a directive issued recently by Mayor Benjamin…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan has maintained its status as a major rice producer and supplier for the Northern Luzon area as palay production in 2006 improved to 1,003,997 metric tons from 958,034 metric tons the previous year. Provincial Agriculturist Jose Almendares attributed the production growth to “intensive implementation of irrigation projects, integrated…
A BOOST FOR TALONG—Villasis Mayor Nonato Abrenica, accompanied by officials and farmers of barangay Lipay, raise freshly harvested eggplants in the middle of a large eggplant farm, which will be showcased again in the second “Talong Festival” on January 19, coinciding with the Villasis town fiesta. – (Punchphoto by Cesar…
FUND FOR COOP– House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. (middle) turns over a P200,000 check to the officers of St. John Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Dagupan City as additional capital for their livelihood projects, particularly bangus processing. Receiving the checks are Jose Oviedo, managing director; Gaudencio Solis, chairman; Priscilla Coquia, treasurer;…
PANGASINAN posted an impressive 97% increase in investments last year at P7.7 million as compared to the P3.9 million registered in 2005, according to a report from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Marjurie Loresco of the DTI provincial office said the huge increase was boosted by the entry…
LINGAYEN – A P3.5 million check was turned over to the provincial government by the Pag-IBIG Fund as part of the initial proceeds for the land development work on a socialized 257-housing project in barangay Maniboc here. Gov. Victor Agbayani received the check from Ma. Imelda Mabutas, officer-in-charge of the…
LINGAYEN — Mirant Corporation, which operates a coal-fired power plant in Sual town, has failed to settle P72 million in real property tax (RPT) for 2006 to the provincial government, Provincial Treasurer Ramon Crisostomo told The PUNCH. Crisostomo said if the amount remains unpaid, vital projects of the provincial government…
PROMOTING RP’S INTERESTS—German Professor Manfred Ollik (left) of Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan City shows his report to House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. upon his return from Germany. It was Speaker de Venecia who tapped Ollik to promote the Philippines in Germany and invite his countrymen to invest in…
A German national, now a long-time resident of Dagupan, is keenly promoting the Philippines, urging German companies to invest here in a bid to boost this nation’s economy and create jobs for unemployed Filipinos. Professor Manfred Ollik, a Knight Commander of Rizal in Germany, who lives in Bonuan Gueset Centro…
HOUSING FUND – Gov Victor Agbayani receives from Engr. Imelda Mabutas, OIC chief of Housing Loan Division of Pag-IBIG Fund Regional Office, a check amounting to P3.5 million from Pag-IBIG Fund for the development of the 257-unit Villa Maniboc Socialized Housing Project in barangay Maniboc, Lingayen. Also in photo are…
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