Legalizing Jueteng By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD HERE we go again. Lately, another politico has the brilliant idea of proposing the legalization Jueteng – an illegal numbers’ game that exploits the poor and ignorant, that enriches the police authorities and public officials, with the gambling lords loudly and happily laughing…
Viva Pangasinan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS in 1973 when our Pangasinan cyclists, led by this writer and my teammate and town mate Cesar Catambay, started the very first onslaught in Philippine road racings. It was then called the “Tour of Luzon,” the first professional multi-stage bicycle road…
Divine GPS By S. Bill Jimenez TRAVELING by car from New Mexico to San Francisco, we were advised to use the portable GPS Navigation System. My wife and I flew to Albuquerque to help our daughter pack and ship her stuff as she moved to a new assignment. Coming back,…
WITH UNDUE HASTE NINE members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) convened in a special session Friday afternoon to pass a resolution authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate for the sale of the former MC Adore International Palace and a city’s property in Calasiao. The special session, called by the mayor and…
COUNT ME IN—Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, five from the majority and four from the minority, who attended a special session called by Mayor Benjamin Lim last Friday raise their hands to show their vote of approval for a resolution granting the city mayor the authority to negotiate for the…
BARANGAYS will now get their funding for the Gilon-gilon Street Dancing competition in the 2012 Bangus Festival after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved the P10 million supplemental budget sought by city hall. Members of the SP majority, who initially refused to act on the proposed supplemental budget because it identified savings…
LINGAYEN–President Benigno Aquino III will be the guest of honor and speaker during the opening of the 2012 Palarong Pambansa at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) here. But to accommodate the President’s availability, the opening ceremony has been moved to May 7 from the original May 6….
LINGAYEN—A proposal seeking to regulate the riding of motorcycles in tandem by commuters has been put forward at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) in response to the rise in crimes perpetrated by men-riding-in-tandem hitmen (MRTH) that remain unabated. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., author of the ordinance, pointed out…
SAN FABIAN–The seafood processing plant will finally resume operations on May 14 with an importer from the United States coming to watch its resumption. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim plant manager and chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), said the resumption of operation has been scheduled after…
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