HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL RISK MITIGATION. Project PROMISE of the United States Agency for International Development thru Laura Coughlyn, USAID Mission Disaster Relief Officer (seated third from left) hasjust made Dagupan City a pilot area for its program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation , one of only five cities in Asia to receive the privilege on a $100,000 funding. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim (fourth from left) and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez (at extreme right) signed the agreement for the city with lawyer Gil Fernando Cruz, executive director of LCP, Eufemia Castro Andaya , and Regional Director Nigel Lontoc of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) signing for their respective offices as partner agencies in the project that starts this year. (PStar Photo by Butch F. Uka

If you think you have the tastiest recipe for tocino, longganisa, boneless bangus and other Dagupan-made food products, then you can join Dagupan’s Best.

Dagupan’s Best, which will be held on April 27, 2006 at the New Malimgas Market, will be launched as part of this year’s Bangus Festival as a competition of original recipes for locally-made tocino, longganisa, tapa, lumpiang bangus, burong mangga, atsara, tinapang bangus, boneless bangus, ube, pastilyas and bocayo.

“This is our way of promoting special recipes for the different products,” said Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, chairman of the Dagupan’s Best project.

“The winning entries will be adopted as official recipes for the for the different Dagupan food products and will be produced by women’s groups of the city as part of their livelihood projects. These products will then be promoted as Dagupan’s Best for local and international market,” he added.

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