By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE all know that the month of March is the start of Philippines’ summer period. And when summer time comes, it’s sporting time as many of our media sports colleagues say. Yes, outdoor sports like beach volleyball, cycling, baseball, football or soccer, marathon, golf,…
By Rex Catubig (Note: Rehash of excerpt from my email to friends–Chronicle of A San Francisco Weekend–about our weekend together). AT around five thirty, the sun’s dazzle had begun to mellow and be embraced by twilight. It has been a most exhilarating afternoon thus far but it was time…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! FEBRUARY 12 – (Dagupan City) Agnes Agcaoili; (Calasiao) Rowena De Vera FEBRUARY 13- (Manaoag) Arthur Mendoza FEBRUARY 15 – (Dagupan City) Louela Joy Ong Happy Birthday! ROY ALBERT FELICIANO (February 7 – San Francisco, CA) Happy Birthday! MARY-ANN B. CASTILLO (February 7 – Binmaley) Happy Birthday! KERBY ANGALA…
SINCE President Marcos Jr. assumed his coveted post in July 2022, his administration has been noted for three things: the most traveled president in six months, spiraling prices of rice, sugar and onions, and last but not the least, the creation and promotion of Maharlika Investment Fund, earlier bandied as…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. TWO issues (January 22) ago, our headline read: MBTF: Charge ex-city officials involved in scholarship fund mess. After that particular news hit the city, many cheered Mayor Belen Fernandez for having the political will to fight corruption wherever it may be, whoever may be…
PREPARING FOR BOUNTIFUL HARVEST – A tobacco farmer in Barangay Macayo in Alcala town plows an area in his farm to uproot weeds that will compete for the water through the plowed area, The plowed area in-between tobacco plants serves as a channel for water. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE internal rules of the Sangguniang Panlungsod cannot be over and above a substantive law—Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991. This was stressed by City Legal Officer Aurora Valle as she cited the LGC that prescribes the conduct of public hearings before its passage and…
ANOTHER VIOLATION OF LGC THE majority in Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod rejected the minority bloc’s move to make the hearings on the annual budget and all its integral plans, including the Annual Investment Program for 2023, public and not as a closed-door committee hearings. Speaking for the majority, Councilor Alfie Fernandez…
KIDS’ PRE-SUMMER FUN – Children cool off on a sunny day in a discarded bathtub that parents turned into a mini swimming pool by the highway in Sta. Barbara town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos expressed his desire to see present Local Government Code of 1991 (LGC) amended to make it more relevant to the evolving political, economic and social times that will allow local chief executives to act effectively for the benefit of their constituents. Speaking to…
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