Big days ahead for Pangasinan

Posted on November 26, 2001 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment

BUSINESS LOG
BY EVA V. DE LEON

You might be surprised but sooner, big projects, will come, roads and highways will lead to Pangasinan. That fearless projection came from no less than the executive director of the North Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission, Hermenegildo Dumlao.
Dumlao, in a huddle with some members of the local media last Tuesday following [...]

Jollibee-Carmen opens Nov. 23

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Carmen, a progressive barangay in Rosales, Pangasinan, together with its neighboring municipalities now enjoy the taste of the country’s langhap-sarap meals. Jollibee Foods Corporation, the country’s number one fastfood chain, opened Jollibee-Carmen last Friday, Nov. 23 along the MacArthur Highway in Rosales, Pangasinan. It is a two-storey, free-standing store to give every customer the best [...]

New Binmaley mart ready for occupancy

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BINMALEY-The two-storey new public market here is now about 90 percent complete and could be ready for occupancy by the second week of December. Municipal Engineer Vitaliano Valerio said the municipal government is now accepting applications from anyone interested in leasing a stall. But he advised the parties to directly transact their business with the [...]

P'sinan's new job fair set Nov. 29-Dec. 4

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LINGAYEN — The province is set to hold a four-day Special Recruitment Fair, smaller version of a jobs fair, from November 29 to December 4 at the Narciso Ramos Sport and Civic Center. Alex Ferrer, head of the Provincial Employment and Service Office (PESO), said the annual jobs fair set this year was moved back [...]

Lingayen Gulf still safe from red tide

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LINGAYEN-The fish and shellfish being caught in the Lingayen Gulf are still relatively free of contamination with red tide. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Director Nestor Domended said the Lingayen Gulf to date is still red-tide free. Domenden said while other bays in the country are now affected by red tide, the Lingayen [...]

Traffic experiment not benefiting my family - Lim

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DAGUPAN-"It is unfair to say that the experimental traffic scheme has benefited the business of my family." This was the reaction of Mayor Benjamin Lim to a barrage of criticisms over radio, saying the traffic experiment "was tailor-made" for his family’s business. "The truth of the matter is my family’s businesses are incurring heavy losses [...]