SAN CARLOS CITY – The city treasurer who was the subject of a petition for removal by his subordinates and market vendors finally filed for a leave of absence after he also incurred the ire of the city mayor. City Treasurer Arturo Mandapat has been on leave of absence…
TO HELL AND BACK – Former domestic helpers who were recently repatriated from Lebanon turned out for the Reintegration Fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment last Thursday at Leisure Coast Resort in Dagupan City. The region 1-based OFWs were offered options for their redeployment overseas or re-integration…
Some one hundred forty seven overseas Filipino workers from Pangasinan have already been repatriated as of Wednesday last week. But they, together with 77 from Ilocos Sur, 38 from Ilocos Norte, and 64 from La Union have complained that most of them left their employers without being paid their salaries….
SOME 269 children with disabilities are now undergoing therapy at the city government-supported Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center 9 (STAC9). STAC9 which renders free assistance and treatment to children with disabilities (CWDs) has identified 115 of these have physical disabilities, 49 have sensory disabilities and 29 are for medical and…
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue District Office No. 5 based in Alaminos City bagged the BIR Achievement Award for surpassing its revenue collection target for the second semester of 2005 and first semester of 2006. OIC Revenue District Officer Merlyn DV. Vicente, OIC Asst. RDO Ma. Bernadette Mangaoang and their…
the development of North Luzon as an agribusiness quadrangle has been launched during the First North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle in Dagupan City last Thursday, August 17. Sec. Arthur Yap, presidential management staff (PMS) director general and designated champion for the North Luzon Super Region, presided over the meeting. Yap, whose…
The Pag-IBIG Fund, one of the country’s leading provident financial institutions, will allow affected members registered under the Pag-IBIG Overseas Program (POP) to withdraw their savings even prior to membership maturity. This was announced recently by Vice President Noli “Kabayan” de Castro, chairman of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and…
INVESTMENTS in Pangasinan increased during the first semester of this year compared to the same period last year but the number of employment generated was less. Records of the Department of Trade and Industry showed that from January to June this year, the total generated investment for the first six…
STA. BARBARA – The experimental management transfer of a portion of the Agno River Irrigation System to the irrigation users themselves was like a fresh shot in the arm for farmers who need to maximize the potential of their farmlands. The turnover was covered by a tripartite agreement signed by…
ALAMINOS CITY – Consultation dialogue and workshop sponsored by the World Bank on Philippine Environment Monitor (PEM) was held here last Wednesday to improve the management of coral reefs. The activity aimed at promoting a global project for the improvement of science-based decision-making for better management of coral reefs, included…
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