Overtime pay – for staff or councilors? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE is more than meets the eye in the demand of Dagupan Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia and Alfie Fernandez to make the city hall cough up another P270,000 in addition to the P1,600,000 already paid out as overtime pay…
The Fernandez enigma By Jun Velasco “Justice delayed is worse than injustice,” Jewish folksong IT’S unbelievable! There’s more than meets the eyes in a report that Councilor Alfie Fernandez, son of political mogul, former Mayor and Bureau of Immigration chair Al Fernandez Jr., quit his tandem with re-electionist Mayor…
Wharton Pennsylvania vs. War-torn Mindanao By Gonzalo Duque CHRISTMAS came to LNU early. Sports-wise and academic-wise, that is. Why? Obvious! Our Dukes captured last week the Northern Luzon – Central Luzon championship in the Universities and Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (UCAAP) games. We have hiked our stars to…
Vintage Duterte wrecks Roxas By Al S. Mendoza SLAPFEST first. Fistfight second. Gun duel third. Those were the recent headline-huggers. But to be sure, none of that had happened. Main characters were Digong Duterte and Mar Roxas. Duterte, the derring-do Davao City mayor running for president in 2016, had…
Drug problem as campaign issue By Bebot Villar LAST week, we were made to witness inappropriate mudslinging among our presidential candidates. Ang latest na reported sa media ay ang hamunan ng “sampalan,” na nauwi sa “suntukan” at bandang huli ay “barilan” sa pagitan ng dalawa sa ating mga magigiting…
Mexican Juarez deserves a rematch By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE saw on TV how the five-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. reclaimed the WBO (World Boxing Organization) super bantamweight title by outpointing the durable and sturdy Mexican ring warrior Cesar Juarez last Sunday in San Juan,…
THUMBS UP FOR DFA BAGUIO! Unknown to many, passport processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) office in SM Baguio is as quick and easy as A B C. A journalist told me how she found this out after she went to Robinsons Mall in Calasiao town which has…
SP CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES MAYOR Belen Fernandez revealed that the city government has already paid out P1.6 million in overtime pay since 2014 for the codification of the city’s ordinances by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) but the later has no output to show. Speaking to newsmen Wednesday night, the mayor…
2012 MC ADORE SALE THE trial of the civil case in connection with the controversial sale of the MC Adore hotel properties by the Dagupan City government will continue. This after the motion for reconsideration to dismiss the case filed by AMB ALC Holdings and Management Corporation, one of the…
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