Why spend millions to serve? By Bebot Villar TAPOS na ang bakbakan sa pulitika. Finally, quiet na rin ang kapaligiran. We’ve finally seen and heard the end ng mga maiingay na trompa, speeches na halos mapatid na ang ugat sa leeg ng mga candidates para sila’y mapakinggan at sana’y…
Kamaganak, Inc. By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD. THERE were those – not exactly hopeful much less inspiring – years that a set of relatives took the reigns of then government. The previous one was a dark episode in the history of the country particularly so on three counts: The…
Ex-Sen. Padilla, other sportsmen in politics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “SPORTS should not be mixed with politics” as the saying goes. Yes, and that should not really be done because we know that political affairs here in Juan dela Cruz land are so dirty and too good to…
Post-election: Let’s move on! By Johanne Margarette R. Macob EVER wondered what the winners and, of course, the not-so-lucky contenders do after elections? There is no precise data on that, perhaps. But as far as I am concerned, this is what I think: I believe both sides celebrate: the…
Freedom of Expression vs. Religious Tolerance By Rado Gatchalian AS we exercise our vote we exercise the power to choose our leaders. This democratic faith where the rule of majority prevails is an attempt to outweigh small group of sectors and advocates. This political paradigm embraces a utilitarian dictum…
NEXT DAGUPAN MAYOR—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (second from left) is proclaimed as the duly elected mayor by members of the City Board of Canvassers City Prosecutor Joven Maramba, City Election Officer Erickson Organisa and City Schools Superintendent Gloria Torres. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
DILG INVOKES LAW VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez, the mayor-elect of Dagupan City following her victory in the May 13 elections, has assumed post as acting mayor last May 16 after outgoing Mayor Benjamin Lim suffered a stroke on May 12 and whose exact condition has remained undisclosed.
OLD AND NEW WINNERS—Nationalist People’s Coalition Provincial Chairman Mark Cojuangco (4th from left) join those officially proclaimed winners on May 15 at the Governor’s Office in Lingayen in raising their arms in triumph, including (from left) re-elected Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Alaminos City Mayor-elect Arthur Celeste, Bugallon Mayor-elect Jumel…
ESPINO-CALIMLIM IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY LINGAYEN—After gaining a third and final term in another landslide victory, Gov. Amado Espino Jr. said he is open to reconciliation with his political opponents as he pledged to pursue his administration’s priority projects. “We are very open to reconciliation to everybody,” said Espino in a…
“THE people of Pangasinan have spoken, and I am ready to accept their verdict.” Losing gubernatorial candidate Hernani Braganza made this statement in a press conference last May 15, the same day his opponent re-electionist Gov. Amado Espino Jr. was officially proclaimed.
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