In Mar vs Alfred, Mar lost—and P-Noy, too By Al S. Mendoza MAR Roxas bit the bait and that was it. He got ditched. I refer to the gripe of Alfred Romualdez, the mayor of Tacloban City. Alfred went to Congress and let his hair down, deploring what he said was…
Worsening drug problem in Urdaneta By Bebot Villar TO say that distressing ang mga recent reports tungkol sa rampant drug-pushing sa Urdaneta City would be an understatement. Actually, I am no longer surprised sa mga ganitong information. In fact, I know that there is one councilor there suspected to…
CBCP Pastoral Exhortation (1 December 2013) By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD ON the very first day of his assumption of Office, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference made a pronouncement in form of a 6-page Pastoral Letter. Addressing the “Situation” obtaining in the country, he pointed out, among…
Cyclist and lawyer Paddy By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTERNOON of December 8, I received the text message from The PUNCH colleague Al Mendoza that my cycling contemporary of the same age, the back-to-back (1966-1967) Tour of Luzon champion Atty. Cornelio Padilla Jr. had passed away due to heart failure…
The gift of faith By Johanne Margarette R. Macob A COUPLE of days ago, while I was driving, a fast-moving motorcycle collided against the right side of my vehicle. The impact was so strong that I thought the driver would be paralyzed — or something at that level — after….
SOCE PROOF—Governor Amado Espino Jr. shows documents duly certified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Provincial Office in Dagupan City to local media to prove that he submitted his statement of election contributions and expenditures (SOCE) last June 10 contrary to the announcement of Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes that the…
CERTIFIED TRUE COPY IS PROOF LINGAYEN—Someone tried to dupe the Commission on Elections. This became evident that contrary to news that made national headlines, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. has shown proof that he submitted his Statement of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) on time and the chairman of the…
NOT so fast. This was the stance of the Arcinue family as they reiterated their commitment to give the P250,000 reward to the informant who gave a lead that resulted to the arrest of the gunman who shot former Lingayen vice mayor Ramon Arcinue and his wife Zorahayda while seeking…
WHO CARES ABOUT A PERMIT?—Shielded from public eye, renovation work reportedly continues to be undertaken daily inside the MC Adore hotel property in Dagupan City by the new owner, Amb ALC Holdings & Management Corp., even without a building permit from the City Engineering Office as required under the law….
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