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Reading the riot act to the kapitan ALL the barangay chairmen who attended the provincial forum last week and listened to Local Government UndersecretaryMartin Diño were clearly read the riot act. The barangay officials in attendance merely expected to hear the usual “feel good” message from their boss only to be told to their surprise […]
WE ARE NOT BEHIND THE FACTORY
WE ARE NOT BEHIND THE FACTORY — Espino patriarch and Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., flanked by sons Bugallon Mayor Jumel Epino (left) and Gov. Amado Espino III (right), raises his hand to stress his view during the press conference in Bugallon to respond to insinuations that his family is involved in the raided fake […]
Espinos slam Sison’s for “baseless accusations”
BUSTED FAKE CIGARETTEFACTORY FIFTH District Rep. Amado Espino Jr. and his two sons: GovernorAmado Espino III and Bugallon Mayor Jumel Espino, flatly denied insinuations they were involved in the operation of the fake cigarette factory in Barangay Portic, Bugallon which was raided by combined agents of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) onNovember […]
IT’S NOT ME
IT’S NOT ME – Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, a former policeman running for mayor in Sual is teary-eyed recounting his anguish after being implicated by the NBI-BIR in the operations of the raided illegal cigarette factory in Bugallon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BM Sison: It’s economic sabotage and terrorism
LINGAYEN—Second District Board Member Raul Sison wants President Duterte, the Senate andCongress to conduct separate investigation on the operation and protectors of the factory of fake cigarettes that was raided by joint elements of theNational Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) last week in Barangay Portic, Bugallon. “I ask the Senate […]
NBI-BIR retrieve 28 truckloads of machineries, raw materials
JOINT operatives of the Bureau ofInternal Revenue and National Bureau of Investigation-Intellectual PropertyRights Division (NBI-IPR) retrieved total of twenty-nine truckloads of different machineries and raw materials used to manufacture fake cigarettes in Barangays Portic and Malabago in Bugallon town. This was confirmed by Rodolfo Ignacio,Jr., supervising agent of the NBI-IPR Division, who said seven trucks […]
City hall still awaiting Cuna’s reply
FINAL DEMAND FOR P16-M THE Dagupan City Legal Office is still awaiting the reply of Jose Mariano Cuña to the final demand letter sent to the latter onNovember 26 for the return of P16.1 million, including a 12 percent per annum, that he received as payment for the undelivered 30-hectare land he sold to the city […]