Big day in Mangatarem for sports – and roots By Al S. Mendoza ANYTHING about my town is almost always grist for column. That has been the template since I started here in 2003. Remember that time? I was in Bacolod covering the PAL Interclub when Jun Velasco, my greatest…
Ten-year marriage contract By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD Now that this matter of a proposed temporary marriage contract has somehow subsided in excited contemplation and spirited discussion, it might be but proper and just to look into the matter with more calm and prudence – in the light of on…
Bataoil truly loves sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORMER NCRPO chief Leopoldo N. Bataoil is one of the few police directors whom I know to truly love sports. He has proven this before, during his early days as a police officer, and continues to show his love for it even…
When nature strikes back By Kristopher Pariño WE have not been kind to nature. Our list of abuses is long. We are now living in an environment that is drastically changing. And it’s changing for the worse, not for the better. We have not been using our natural resources well….
2010 MS. DAGUPAN OF SO. CALIFORNIA–Proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. King and Prima Disimulacion, hand a floral bouquet to their daughter, Lyka, prior to her crowning as 2010 Ms. Dagupan City of the Dagupan City Association of Southern California. Lyka is an accounting graduate of the Loyola Marymount University in…
BARANGAY CAPTAINS DRAGGING THEIR FEET LINGAYEN—Only a little more than 50% of the shotguns issued by the provincial government to the barangay kapitans last year have been turned over to the police following a recall made in line with gun ban being implemented for the May 2010 elections. Senior Supt….
LINGAYEN—Malasiqui Mayor Armando Domantay and the Magic Group of Companies are applying a new tact as their defense in the civil case pending against them before the Regional Trial Court in San Carlos City. Atty. Francisco Baraan III, the new lawyer for Domantay and Magic, now claims that Ordinance No. 005-2003…
THE Malimgas Market project looked great on paper. The past city administration under mayor Benjie Lim built the Malimgas Market based on a feasibility study, conducted by a consultant from Manila, which projected a 16 percent internal rate of return. “This (rate of return) did not materialize,” said City Administrator…
ATTACKED anew by its political rival as a “no performance” administration, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez turned the table on the previous Lim administration for overspending and dissipating the city’s once vast resources. In taking the cudgels for the administration of Mayor Alipio Fernandez, the vice mayor said the Fernandez administration…
LINGAYEN–Second District Rep. Victor Agbayani has found another issue of contention against Gov. Amado Espino Jr.: the renovation of the provincial Capitol. “Bakit ba kailangan baguhin ang Capitol, tapos na yan, eh,” said Agbayani in a statement issued to the press. Agbayani and Espino are both running for governor in…
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