LINGAYEN – After prescribing the payment of “additional compensation” for its employees, the provincial government is set to convene a provincial employees’ summit to craft a suitable continuing education, skills development and livelihood assistance program for them. This was contained in a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on motion…
ABS-CBN DONATION — Taxpayers in Dagupan City can look forward to being entertained watching ABS-CBN programs while waiting to complete their transactions with in the city’s One-stop Shop Business Center (OSBC). Mayor Benjamin Lim (center) and OSBC officer-in-charge Digna Liwanag (right) receive two brand new television sets from the ABS-CBN…
LINGAYEN – The month-long 106th anniversary of the Civil Service Commission on the theme “Katapatan ng Lingkod Bayan…. Pahalagahan” kicked off at the Capitol grounds here last Sept. 4. Gov. Victor Agbayani enjoined all government employees to support the national celebration. “As government servants, it is our responsibility to become…
LINGAYEN – Some 234 organizations with 8,945 members have already received P67 million worth of livelihood assistance from the provincial government. Luz Muego, provincial population officer and in charge of the Provincial Livelihood Assistance Program and Gender Development Program, said these groups are now engaged in various income generating projects….
MALASIQUI – Recently retired Philippine National Police chief Arturo Lomibao apparently wasted no time in studying the state of irrigation in the country when his appointment as the new National Irrigation Administration (NIA) administrator was announced two weeks ago. He began reciting data about irrigation to the local media even…
LINGAYEN – The Department of Health (DOH) regional office based in La Union appears to have scored an initial success with zero diarrhea case in three months with its Safe Water System (SWS) project implemented in one town and one municipality once affected with an outbreak of diarrhea diseases consistent…
A TASK force was proposed to look into the plight of some 150 laid off emergency workers of the Dagupan City government. Councilor Alex de Venecia, vice chairman on community affairs of the city council, has proposed the creation of such task force to Mayor Benjamin Lim and Vice Mayor…
FINALLY, the Department of Budget and Management has approved the city’s annual budget of P357 million, three months after its submission for review by that agency. The DBM said based on their review of the 2006 budget, Dagupan was able to substantially comply with the Local Government Code and its…
IF ONE can sell small-sized shrimps at P220 a kilo and P350 for jumbo-sized, that’s virtually a pot of gold for shrimp growers. But that can only be true if you are into Penaeus vannamei raising. This was attested to by Teofilo “Jun” Rivera, a former provincial board member of…
After the reported dismal performance of the Dagupan City government in year 2005 by the Commission on Audit, comes this breath of fresh air. The business tax collection in the city increased during the first semester of the year as compared to last year’s, making its P80,000,000 target collection an…
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