By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE party list system empowers those already in power. A politician or businessman can represent the disempowered and the marginalized just by espousing their advocacy. As a result, most of those who represent the party list system are entrenched family dynasties and representatives of big…
By Farah G. Decano WHEN I first ran for Councilor in 2001, some concerned relatives informed me that this political exercise was also a competition among angkans or clans. Those who were “mabuleg” or have a lot of kin members were more likely to win. Candidates must not only…
By Rex Catubig “ I Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ― T.S. Eliot YOU’D think that fifty years of friendship would be arduous for ebbing memory to process and recall. But for twelve unending hours one Saturday past, memories…
THE worsening corruption of the country’s elections under the cover of a democratic system will again take a heavy toll not only on both the candidates and voting populace for the 2025 election but in the next administration of the local government. Already high in the minds of voters during…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN’S 7 epaLiFes are already frantic and panic-stricken about their future during the campaign period. They have absolutely nothing to gloat about as their accomplishments as councilors who ruled the city council. In desperation, they made themselves believe that plagiarizing and hi-jacking proposed ordinances crafted…
PANGASINAN’S FOURSOME TEAM – Governor Ramon Guico III and running-mate Vice Governor Mark Lambino are happily joined by their spouses, Maan and Melanie, respectively, after their filing of their certificates of candidacies for their reelection. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for reelection on October 2 at the Commission on Elections provincial office in Dagupan City, expressing his determination to continue the development initiatives started during his first term. He was accompanied by Pangasinan First Lady Maan Tuazon-Guico and Vice Governor…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez, highlighting her motto “Unliserbisyo, hindi unliperwesyo”, lambasted the seven opposition councilors of Dagupan City in a speech after she, along with Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and their entire team, filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) before the City Elections Office morning of October 4. “We will continue…
REP. ARENAS VS. CARAMAT IN 3RD DISTRICT LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil filed his Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for congressman of the Second District of Pangasinan, all by himself and without fanfare, at the Provincial Elections Office at the Dagupan City Astrodome at 8:00 a.m. on October 4. He is running…
LASIP CHICO AS “LECHON CAPITAL” THE minority councilors in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod again denounced the majority bloc’s hijacking of ordinances that the former originally crafted. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said Draft Ordinance No. 0-896 submitted by the majority bloc for second reading, is similar to Draft…
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