ILAGAN, Isabela (PNA) — The Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley regional executive director lauded Isabela provincial leaders for providing farmers with price subsidies on their farm produce.

"We cannot do it alone with the meager national government funds,” said Agriculture regional director Lucrecio Alviar Jr. Alviar said the help, through price subsidies and agricultural farm-to-market roads, had been augmenting the fund being spent by the national government.

Festival Time

BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan, — A series of festivals are scheduled in Pangasinan this summer. The Bangus Festival will be held April to May in the Dagupan City, and the Talaba Festival in Alaminos on March 17.

Bayambang town will hold the Malangsi Festival April 8-14 with 500 grills to be used for its street party grilling. Malangsi is a Pangasinan term meaning the smell of fish. Bayambang is known for its fish products such as mudfish (dalag), catfish (pantat) and gurami which are sourced out from the town’s Mangabul Lake. (Liezle Basa Inigo)

Career Guidance

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — Some 3,000 high school students from 13 different schools in this city attended the 2012 career summit launched by the city government Under the Public Employment and Service Office (PESO) recently.

PESO Manager Peter Capitan said the project which was supported by city government headed by Mayor Joaquin Chipeco and Department of Education (DepEd) visited public national high schools every Saturday to provide orientation for the students to know well the skills and interest they had for their future. (Ferdinand F. Castro)

Agri Projects

ILAGAN, Isabela (PNA) — The Isabela provincial government has allotted R80 million additional fund for agricultural projects, Isabela Gov. Faustino G. Dy III said on Sunday.

Dy III said the fund would also cater to non-agri micro-business operators such as fish ball vendors, vegetable sellers and other small-and-medium entrepreneurs. “This is our way in helping people get back on their feet due to the past calamities,” Dy III added.

Electrification

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan — The 200-strong-member of the Roosevelt Environmental Livelihood Employment Skills Association (Relesa) led by its president Diosdado P. Arreza, Jr., and the Good Samaritan Neighborhood Association Sunday appealed to President Benigno S. Aquino III to include them in the government’s electricity program. (Mar T. Supnad)