Category: Provincial Economic Development and Investment Promotion Office

Naghayag ng interes ang isang higanteng kumpanya na dalhin sa Pangasinan ang kanilang US$2.5 billion investment.

Sa pakikipagpulong kahapon ni Phaisarn Rewriab,Vice President ng Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippine Corporation (CPFPC) kay Governor Ramon V. Guico III, sinabing malaki ang potensiyal ng Pangasinan para sa aquaculture, swine at poultry production.

Ang CPFPC ay bahagi ng Charoen Pokphand (CP), isang higanteng korporasyon na may ibat-ibang kumpanya sa ibat-ibang industriya sa bansang Thailand at ilan pang bahagi ng Southeast Asia.

Kamakailan ay nakipagpulong ang mga opisyal nito Kay President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. para humingi ng tulong sa paghahanap ng angkop na lugar para sa kanilang itatayong negosyo sa bansa.

Pangasinan ang kanilang unang dinalaw matapos ang nasabing pagpupulong.

Ayon kay Gov. Guico, pag nagkataon, malaki ang maitutulong nito para lalong mapalago ang ekonomiya ng Pangasinan.

Dumalo rin sa pagpulong si Pangasinan First District Representative Arthur Celeste, former Bayambang Mayor Cesar Quiambao at ilang opisyal ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan.

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LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN — After more than two years, the 473-hectare salt farm in Barangay Zaragoza in Bolinao town will finally start producing salt again.

But this time, the provincial government will be operating it, not the Pacific Farms Inc., whose foreshore lease contract had expired in 2002 and was not renewed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

The salt farm, which was shut down in February 2021, used to be the country’s largest salt producer, contributing up to 25,000 metric tons (MT) a year to the country’s total salt production.

“By July this year, we will start our preliminary activities in the farm so that by October, we will already start harvesting salt,” said Nestor Batalla, assistant provincial agriculturist.

Last December, Gov. Ramon Guico III signed a memorandum of agreement with the DENR for the “interim management” of the area for salt production and other related activities, such as bangus production.

“We have a crisis in salt, and with this development, we are able to respond to the call of the President (Marcos) to contribute to national food security,” said Governor Guico.

Last year, industry experts said the country imports 93 percent of its salt requirements of 600,000 MT per year.

Pangasinan, whose name is derived from the local term for salt (“asin”), is the country’s largest salt producer.

In 2021, the province produced 64,156 MT from its 1,432.4-hectare salt farms located in seven towns and Alaminos City, according to the data collected by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist.

Governor Guico’s special assistant and former Board Member Von Mark Mendoza said that the provincial government will be introducing innovations to increase the volume of  salt produced at the Zaragoza farm.

For instance, plastic-roofed tunnels will be built over the salt beds to enable them to continue producing salt even when it is raining.

Mendoza learned of this salt production technology during a recent benchmarking visit to Indonesia, where the tunnel system in salt farms is widely used. He said that the tunnel system increased salt production by up to about 30 percent.

He also said that instead of installing tiles on the salt beds, high-density polyethelene will be used for higher yield and to produce better quality salt.

“One thing unique in Indonesia is that they have a salt production area that is state-owned. But through the initiative of the Governor, the provincial government itself is now venturing into salt production,” Mendoza said.

Mendoza was with Batalla, Board Member Philip Theodore Cruz, Engr. Amadeo Veras of the Provincial Engineer’s Office, and Sydney Soriano of the Provincial Information Office during the five-day visit to Indonesia.

“With Divine intervention and our salt production will succeed, we can become trailblazer, we will be the leading LGU in the field of salt production,” Mendoza said. (PangasinanPIO)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government of Pangasinan will enter into a joint venture agreement with San Miguel Holdings Corporation for the proposed Pangasinan Link Expressway Project.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan, during its regular session on Monday, authorized Governor Ramon Guico III to sign the agreement following the provincial government’s receipt of an unsolicited joint venture proposal from the firm in March.

Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino said in an interview that the agreement will provide a better and safer road network in the Ilocos Region, expedite the development of new growth centers and industries, and boost economic growth in the province.

“They proposed a 42-kilometer project from Binalonan town to Lingayen town traversing eight municipalities in Central Pangasinan,” Lambino said.

The project is expected to shorten travel time from Tarlac-Pangasinan-Expressway to Lingayen town from 90 minutes down to half an hour or less, he said.

“This will also spur economic growth along areas of development of the expressway,” he added.

Although the provincial government has already committed PHP1 billion for the acquisition of land, the project will be fully subsidized by the lone proponent, Lambino said.

“It is the only proponent who submitted proposal. Maliban sa pagtayo ng mga kalsada at pagganda ekonomiya, ang kagandahan sa proyekto, kapag natapos ang kontrata ng proyekto ay magiging pagmamay-ari na ito ng probinsya (Aside from the road networks and boost in the economy, once the contract of the project expires, it will be a property of the province),” he said.

Based on the timeline set by the proponent, the project will commence six months after the agreement signing and publication, he said. (PNA)

“Murang kuryente at oportunidad sa trabaho.” Ito ang mga benepisyo sa itatayong Solar Power Plants sa Pangasinan nang lagdaan ang Joint Development Agreements sa pagitan ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Pangasinan, CSFirst Green Agri-Industrial Development Inc., URIT Limited Philippines Corporation at China Energy International Group na ginanap nitong ika-3 ng Mayo sa Urduja House, Lingayen, Pangasinan.

Sa ilalalim ng liderato ni Governor Ramon Mon-Mon Guico III, napagkasunduan ang pagtatatag ng Solar Power Projects sa bayan ng Infanta at Dasol.

Nagkakahalaga ito ng $503 milyong dolyar. “There’s a looming energy crisis. In some [parts] of the province, there have been power outages. And again, Pangasinan is going to play a key role in contributing to the power requirements of our country,” saad ni Gov. Guico III.

Inaasahang magdaragdag ang proyekto ng renewable energy capacity na 321 megawatts sa energy requirements ng probinsya sa unang bahagi ng taong 2027.

Ayon kay Special Consultant to the Office of the Governor, Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao, magiging mura ang kuryenteng babayaran at malaki ang maitutulong nito sa pag-unlad ng eknomiya ng lalawigan.

Masaya rin niyang ipinamalita na ang Solar Power Projects ang pinakauna at pinakamalaking investment na mangyayari sa Pangasinan sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Bahagi ito ng ‘investment initiatives’ ng probinsya.

Ayon naman kay Andy Wu ng China Energy International, “Pangasinan is a very suitable place to develop the Solar Power Plants because of the sunshine…we hope this project can go into operation before year 2026 and 2027.”

Giit ni Gov. Guico, Bukas ang Pangasinan sa marami pang investment initiatives na pangunahing tunguhin ngayon ng bagong lunsad na Provincial Economic Development and Investment Promotion Office (PEDIPO).

“We welcome more investors. The reason that we first set-up our PEDIPO Department headed by Atty. Raymundo Bautista is to encourage many more investors to put their money in the province,” saad ni Gov. Guico III.

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