THE Sangguniang Panlungsod was evidently kept in the dark by the office of the mayor on the controversial bidding and awarding of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) project of the P84 million tourism park building at Magsaysay Park. This was gleaned from another letter that Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez fired off to…
THE controversy over the planned Magsaysay Park project that has pitted the city mayor against the vice mayor appears to be turning for the worse as City Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued chides Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez for his seeming ignorance of the law. In her December 13 letter to Fernandez,…
VILLASIS– For the teachers’ cause, Rep. Mark Cojuangco (5thDistrict) launched and led a 100-kilometer walk for a cause to raise funds for the scholarships of teachers who wish to pursue masteral and doctorate degrees. The walk started December 11 in Bautista town and passed through Sison, Alcala, Sto. Tomas, Villasis,…
After the spectacle at the House of Representatives and the foiled attempt of the allies of the Arroyo government to convene a constituent assembly without the participation of the senate, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz has only one thing to say – “it’s time for the national leadership to go.” “The…
CONTROVERSIAL SITE — The controversial Magsaysay Park is now clear of any debris or burned structures including steel bars and trusses, by a private contractor but it is not known who ordered it since the city engineering office claimed it was not called to do the job. A two-storey tourism…
PROTEST MARCH—Protesters, in a show of solidarity, march along A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City carrying a streamer expressing their opposition to constituent assembly as a means to amend the charter. – (Punch photo by Ray Zambrano)
CENTURY KILOMETER WALK — Rep Mark Cojuangco (5th district) with former Villasis Mayor Ramon Morden and others walk past the old city hall of Urdaneta enroute to his 100-kilometer journey on foot in his district in order to raise funds to finance the scholarships of public school teachers. – (Punchphoto…
A major between Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez looms ahead over the decision of the city hall to award a build-operate-transfer (BOT) project to a private developer without the required prior council resolutions supporting it. Of late, City Administrator Rafael Baraan already rejected the proposal…
HERO’S BURIAL—An honor guard from the United States Army Special Forces carries the flag-draped body of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Richwell Doria of Dagupan City who died in Kirkurk, Iraq last November 7, to a funeral hearse for his burial. Richwell’s parents, Fred and Rose, view the burial rites after…
PROPOSED MAGSAYSAY TOURISM PARK Can a company with only P100,000 paid-up capital and a subscribed capital of P400,000 be capable of constructing an P84 million project on a build-operate-transfer scheme? Worse, can it win the contract when it was never pre-qualified to participate in the bidding? These questions cropped up…
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