Pangasinan’s China Connection They were back and that should certainly indicate they do mean serious business. A Chinese delegation was again in the province last week to look into trade opportunities and possible business ventures here. (And another did make remarks as well on the political landscape, particularly about stronger…
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Keeping the Election Sacred Given the long history and predominance of Catholicism in the Philippines, it does not come as a very big surprise when the law enforcement sector collaborates with the church ministry and laity for an activity related to politics. Last Palm Sunday, for example, special Sunday Masses…
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A Time to Remember All the candidacy pronouncements, retractions, and indecisiveness for the past several weeks have been dizzying, to say the least, for the voting population of Pangasinan. Just to cite a couple of examples, there’s retired Philippine National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao, who earlier said he is 99.99%…
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It Runs in the Family There is currently no law against political dynasties despite the very pronounced role of family relations in the entire history of Philippine politics. A dynasty, by definition, is a succession of rulers from the same family or a prominent family whose members hold power at…
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Kung-kung and Our Vote IN the whirl of all the political and election-related news, it is easy to overlook what we call in journalism parlance as “color stories”. Stories like the “Kung-kung saves the day” in our last issue. While this is a rather charming tale of the use of…
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Truth and Justice The 76-page Melo Report is chilling. It opens by stating an indubitable truth: “There is no shirking the fact that people, almost all of them activists or militants, have been killed. There is no denying the reality that militant citizens have been liquidated.” Different groups…
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The Miniature President It has been both amusing and engrossing to see in the past week how news about the contest for governorship is intensifying in many provinces, particularly in Luzon. This includes Nueva Ecija, which has been put in the Commission on Election’s list of “areas of concern” precisely…
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What’s your agenda? DAGUPAN Mayor Benjie Lim is the epitome of the kind of politics that has dismayed young, experienced and principled government leaders like Alaminos Mayor Hernani Braganza. After reneging on his statement that he will announce his candidacy plans – whether to run for re-election or challenge House…
