Another look at the Angie Tragedy ANOTHER look at the Angie Tragedy. Angelo “Angie” Reyes had been invited by the Senate as a “resource person” to hopefully shed light on the plea bargain bid of Carlos F. Garcia. Garcia was the former military comptroller accused of stashing away P303 million…
Constitution of the Philippines – State Policy, Section 12 By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD “The State…shall protect…the life of the unborn from conception.” Thus stands the truth and trust the reality reads about a State Policy basically about someone who is human person, who is not yet born and who…
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The tournament By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER a two-week break due to the unavailability of a venue, the Second Jimmy Fernandez Cup championship, a best-of-three series, finally started last Tuesday with the University of Eastern Pangasinan (UEP) Patriots and the University of Luzon (UL) Junior Golden Tigers fighting for…
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ANOTHER IRREGULARITY IN CITY SURFACED AFTER uncovering the grossly overpriced goods bought by the city hall for the feeding program of the city government, the council discovered another irregularity in the Dagupan city hall. Remember typhoon “Juan” that wrought havoc to Pangasinan in October last year just before the barangay…
Illegal release of calamity fund in 2010 exposed
AFTER THE LONG WAIT–The disappointed members of the majority in the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Belen Fernandez, gamely took consolation with a souvenir photo after adjoining their session Feb. 14, the day they expected Mayor Benjamin Lim to address the city council but…
AFTER THE LONG WAIT
A GRAND welcome was awaiting Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim at the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on February 14 for his State of the City Address (SOCA) but he chose not to show up. Instead, the mayor proceeded to the Dagupan People’s Astrodome to deliver the SOCA before…
Lim snubs SP session
WITHOUT most members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod listening, Mayor Benjamin Lim spelled out his big dreams for Dagupan in what he claimed to be his State of the City Address (SOCA) at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome on February 14. Introduced by City Administrator Vlad Mata, Mayor Lim enumerated what he…
Plans for city bared
ALAMINOS CITY–Two couples had a unique wedding at the Hundred Islands National Park here on the day before Valentine’s: it was held underwater. City Mayor Hernani Braganza, who officiated the wedding of the couples, donned his scuba diving gear for the renewal of marriage vows between Jayson Llavore and Myrna…
Underwater Valentine wedding at the Hundred Islands
BEWARE BAGOONG-EATERS KIDNEY problem was found to be the number one ailment among residents in Region 1, based on records of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Lilian Oliver, medical specialist of PhilHealth Regional office 1, said records of hospital confinement show that majority of the patients covered by PhilHealth…
Kidney problem is no.1 ailment in Region 1
HELP DESK FOR OFWS–Governor Amado Espino, Jr. (center) meets with Migrante Representative Laorence Castillo (2nd from left) for the creation of an Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Desk at the Capitol in Lingayen. The project, proposed by 6th District Board Member Ranjit Ramos Shahani (3rd from left), aims to assist OFWs from…