There is a heated discussion now on where to build an international airport in Pangasinan. Mayor Nani Braganza wants it in Alaminos City and has in fact gotten the approval of President Macapagal-Arroyo. But Mayor Rey Velasco wants it built in Santa Barbara, as an alternative to the Loakan Airport in Baguio and because his town is nearer the key business centers of the province. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is instead rehabilitating the Lingayen airport. Where do you think should the Pangasinan airport be built? Just asking.
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BAYAMBANG, PANGASINAN—The proponent of the P250-million sanitary landfill project here has started site preparation work for the facility after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources granted the project its environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
Abelardo Palad Jr., president of the Waste Integrated Network Systems (Wins) Inc., said his company is now clearing the 33-hectare site in Barangay Dusoc here of “all possible disturbances” that may hamper its construction.
The project consists initially of three cells (an excavated area where garbage will be compacted), a leachate (liquid produced from decomposing wastes) treatment plant, a material recovery facility, a composting plant, an administration building, a motor pool, a weigh bridge, a wash bay, a generator house and guard houses.
Read full story in Philippine Daily Inquirer
A GERMAN national, now a long-time resident of Dagupan, is lending his hand in promoting the Philippines in his own country, hoping to entice German and European investors and tourists.
The good thing is Professor Manfred Ollik of Kassel City in Germany is doing this for free, just for his love of the Philippines, which he now calls his second home.
Ollik is a Knight Commander of Rizal in Germany, who now lives in Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan. He said he has an endearing love for the Philippines and will do everything he can to improve its image in Germany and Europe.
Read full story in Philippine Information Agency website
DAGUPAN CITY — Hog raisers in Pangasinan are seeking government help to save their dying industry through stringent measures against the smuggling of pork, particularly from China.
Dr. Rodolfo Custodio, president of the Pangasinan Hog Raisers Cooperative, told The STAR that 20 of their more than 50 members have closed up shop due to huge losses.
Custodio said various diseases afflicting hogs like transmissible gastroenteritis — characterized by diarrhea, vomiting or dehydration, wiping out all hogs in a farm once it strikes — contributed to the hog farms’ closure.
Custodio also blamed the importation of pork from non-accredited countries like China which he said is not authorized by the Bureau of Animal Industry and National Meat Inspection Service.
Read full story in the Philippine Star
