MABINI—Retired Lt. General Alberto “Boysie” Braganza, who hails from barangay Magalong this town, is now preparing for the race to represent the first district of Pangasinan in Congress, where he will be facing off with incumbent Rep. Arthur Celeste from Bolinao town who is now on his second term. Braganza,…
BANGUS PROCESSING—Korean National Assembly Speaker Lim Chae Jung (right) reiterates his government’s readiness to donate $2 million to Dagupan City to finance the construction of a bangus processing plant during a visit on January 27 at the National Integrated Fisheries and Technology Development Center in Bonuan Binloc. With him are…
NEW LAKAS MEMBER— Governor Victor Agbayani, chairman of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats in Pangasinan (left), swears in retired Lt. General Alberto ‘Boysie’ Braganza as a new member of the party as Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, party co-chairman, looks on.
JDV’S EQUITY OF INCUMBENT FORMULA But Dr. Jamie is optimistic THE incumbents will have the edge over the other hopefuls in the May national and local elections as far as the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) is concerned, according to House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the party president. In…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been dared to cancel or withdraw all the certificates it issued to numerous persons and entities attesting that certain portions of land near the Lingayen Gulf in Dagupan are alienable and disposable. In a recent letter, Dagupan vice mayor and city…
LINGAYEN—The leader/negotiator of the notorious Pepino Kidnap-For-Ransom (KFR) group, which was involved in a series of 15 KFR cases nationwide, was arrested Wednesday morning by the joint effort of the Philippine National Police, the Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER), provincial and regional police in barangay Arnedo, Bolinao town. Arrested…
IS Mayor Benjamin Lim really running against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. in the coming polls? By month’s end, the people of Dagupan will finally know which position Lim will really vie for in the coming election. The mayor said over a public radio station broadcast that he’ll announce his…
Speaker Jose de Venecia’s wife, Georgina de Venecia, is not yet giving up on the administration’s offer of a senatorial slot in the May 2007 elections despite her husband’s “opposition” to her possible candidacy. Mrs. de Venecia said she is now resorting to a more intense prayer power. In fact…
AGBAYANI’S LAST SOPA LINGAYEN—The provincial government did well in 2006, especially in the area of agriculture, its centerpiece program since 1998, Governor Victor Agbayani reported in his State of the Province Address (SOPA) Friday. Speaking before the provincial board headed by Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, Agbayani said he focused his…
A JOKE–Governor Victor Agbayani (left) injects a light political humor a joke in his ninth and last State of the Province Address (SOPA) hinting on his becoming the “first gentleman” of the province soon after his term on introducing his wife, Dr. Jamie Eloise Manzano-Agbayani (right), sitting beside the governor’s…
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