Mayor Belen, ikaw na! By Bebot Villar SHE did it before. She did it again in this year’s Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) awardee as most outstanding mayor, and the only one at that in the whole country, for her anti-illegal drugs advocacy. November 22, 2013 marked another great day…
Social Conscience By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “BUDHI” making a “Bulong” urging an “Utos” – this is “consciencia” in the common understanding of Filipinos. In other words, conscience is an inner voice urging every individual still imbued with ethical values and/or still subscribing to moral norms, to do what…
Judgment day for Pacman on Nov. 24 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AN unprecedented exodus to Manila from Tacloban City is happening these days among Leyteños who were so heavily affected by Typhoon Yolanda. And as I write this piece, an exodus is also occurring among our national scribes, prominent…
Tayug’s ‘1st Layug Marathon’ By Noel Cabobos ON DECEMBER 21, a Saturday, running enthusiasts from all over will dot the town of Tayug’s thoroughfares including that of the next town, San Nicolas, for the much-awaited running spectacle dubbed as “1st Layug Marathon.” The event aims to put Tayug in…
Hope for hopelessness By Johanne Margarette R. Macob MY past article stating that life is a great paradox has been validated. Indeed, life has a lot of ironies. The recent calamity that took wreaked havoc in our beloved country demonstrated, and still continues to bare the wickedness and the…
WHAT RULE?—The deliberation on the P15.9 million supplemental budget during the special session last Friday became heated Dagupan City when Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia (standing on the left podium) tried to block the passage by invoking a rule on voting that Councilor Jeslito Seen (standing on right podium) pointed out to…
AFTER WEEKS OF DELAY THE local government of Dagupan no longer has to worry about a possible disconnection of electric service and a delay in the payment of the salaries of some 400 emergency workers (EWs) and consultants after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally approved the P15.9 million supplemental budget proposed…
BELEN ON MC ADORE THE city is open to talks but its demand for rebidding or renegotiation is non-negotiable. This was the gist of the message of Mayor Belen Fernandez to the AMB ALC Holdings and Management Inc., the company that bought the former MC Adore Hotel from the city…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez rebuffed Vice Mayor Brian Lim for suggesting during his interview by GMA7 that the city government does not have to prioritize the payment of overdue electric bills. “We have to pay our electric bills, otherwise we will suffer the embarrassment of having our electricity disconnected, the…
FIGHTING ILLEGAL DRUGS—Court of Appeals Associate Justice Mario Lopez (third from right) leads the ceremonial burning of confiscated illegal drugs and paraphernalia during the opening of the seminar on dangerous drugs law last November 20 at the back of Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. Lopez is joined by Governor Amado Espino…
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