POLITICAL SHOWDOWN IN DAGUPAN SEEN Guadiz also doubts Metrostate’s capability While Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez continues to hound city hall, in his capacity as presiding officer of the city council, about the mysterious transaction entered into by Mayor Benjamin Lim for the development of the Magsaysay Park, the investigation of…
SOME 1,000 students, priests, nuns and residents from Dagupan and adjacent towns led the march that culminated in a peaceful prayer rally at the Dagupan City Plaza on Friday afternoon to register their objection to charter change, particularly the holding of Constituent Assembly at anytime. The rally, organized by Archbishop…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod was evidently kept in the dark by the office of the mayor on the controversial bidding and awarding of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) project of the P84 million tourism park building at Magsaysay Park. This was gleaned from another letter that Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez fired off to…
THE controversy over the planned Magsaysay Park project that has pitted the city mayor against the vice mayor appears to be turning for the worse as City Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued chides Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez for his seeming ignorance of the law. In her December 13 letter to Fernandez,…
VILLASIS– For the teachers’ cause, Rep. Mark Cojuangco (5thDistrict) launched and led a 100-kilometer walk for a cause to raise funds for the scholarships of teachers who wish to pursue masteral and doctorate degrees. The walk started December 11 in Bautista town and passed through Sison, Alcala, Sto. Tomas, Villasis,…
After the spectacle at the House of Representatives and the foiled attempt of the allies of the Arroyo government to convene a constituent assembly without the participation of the senate, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz has only one thing to say – “it’s time for the national leadership to go.” “The…
CONTROVERSIAL SITE — The controversial Magsaysay Park is now clear of any debris or burned structures including steel bars and trusses, by a private contractor but it is not known who ordered it since the city engineering office claimed it was not called to do the job. A two-storey tourism…
PROTEST MARCH—Protesters, in a show of solidarity, march along A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City carrying a streamer expressing their opposition to constituent assembly as a means to amend the charter. – (Punch photo by Ray Zambrano)
CENTURY KILOMETER WALK — Rep Mark Cojuangco (5th district) with former Villasis Mayor Ramon Morden and others walk past the old city hall of Urdaneta enroute to his 100-kilometer journey on foot in his district in order to raise funds to finance the scholarships of public school teachers. – (Punchphoto…
GRAND CHAMPION — Jubilant members of the Lyceum Northwestern University Chorale show off their trophies after winning as Best Adult Choral Group and as Grand Champion in the Aweng Paskua 2006 Christmas Choral Competition held at the Baguio Convention Center last December 10, 2006. With the LNU Chorale are members…
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