Poor Philippines By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. There seems to be no end to the sad plight of this country under not only the worse but still worsening governance of the present administration. Never before in its history has its people been subjected to shame and disgrace before the…
My forecast was right By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PRIOR to the Barrera-Marquez world title fight, I told a lot of people – my cumpadres Recah Trinidad, Alfonso Mendoza, Adonis Peralta, Angelito Gumarang, my Mexican kinsmen Rolando, Rogelio, Dagoberto, Pete, Jr., my Filipino kindred Jazy, Alex, Bhots, my friends Jun…
Season for Sison By Emmanuelle Shhhhh. This is very confidential, my dear, just between you and me. And thousands of our readers, print or internet, here in the Philippines, and there in the USA, Canada, and the Middle East. There was just that one dance during those five hours I…
GUADIZ SUES BARAAN Lim won’t be spared A NEW scandal has rocked the city government of Dagupan just as the local election is just around the corner, and this time, the complainant is no less than a close ally of Mayor Benjamin Lim. Councilor Teofilo Guadiz III, who is reportedly…
They’re out of the race. Retired Philippine National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao, who just two weeks earlier said he is 99.99% sure of competing for the congressional seat in the 4th district of Pangasinan, announced on Wednesday that he is no longer pursuing his political plan. Meanwhile, Undersecretary for Local…
“IT’S the contractor’s own risk.” This is the view of Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez on the still continuing construction of a P84-million tourism park complex at the former Magsaysay Market, sans any notice to proceed from the Special Bidding and Awards Committee and building permit from the City Engineer’s Office….
CALASIAO– Oscar Orbos, who served as governor of Pangasinan from 1995 to 1998, is poised to reclaim his old position through an independent bid and without a line-up for other provincial positions. Orbos is confident about staging a solo campaign, said Rafael Colet, the closest ally of Orbos and himself…
A former mayor and a former councilor are formally back in Dagupan’s political arena. Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr., who once served as the city’s mayor, and Belen Fernandez, a former councilor and currently the president and general manager of the local retail giant CSI Group of Companies, have been…
A TOAST FOR THE FUTURE—Members of the Fernandez-Fernandez team raise a toast with Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. to seal their pact of cooperation during their fellowship at Inn Asia last March 18. Leading the toast are Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr., Belen Fernandez, Councilors Danilo Torio, Jose Netu Tamayo,…
LONGGANISA DANCE—Students garbed in dancing costume wait for their turn to show their wares in the second Longganisa Festival held in Alaminos City on March 18 as part of their week-long city fiesta while real mouth-watering Alaminos longganisa in clusters are on display.–Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano
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