Fil-Ams want Mayor Belen to succeed By Jun Velasco “Nothing is politically right when it is morally wrong,” E.C. McKenzie DAGUPEÑOs in the U.S. are still hoping Mayor Belen Fernandez will be able to pull Dagupan from the pits of bankruptcy. Thus reported Friday Alfred Dawana, who left Dagupan…
Gargantuan job By Gonzalo Duque WE were guests at the Capitol Post launch at President Hotel last Thursday. Publisher Mita Sison-Duque, our favorite sister in law, was in her element, largely dedicating her new project to the memory of late dad, former Vice Gov. and Justice Porfirio U. Sison….
It was nothing but show time By Al S. Mendoza NOT the song but the singer. Thus, I like “Yesterday” with Paul McCartney on the vocals than anyone else. Or “Imagine” being done by John Lennon than anyone else. Or “Love Me Tender” being soloed by Elvis Presley than…
Kickbacks for corrupt congressmen By Bebot Villar IT’S obviously better to be a governor or a mayor now kaysa maging congressman/senator. Parang mga basang sisiw na ang mga congressmen /senators because wala na silang Priority Development Assistance Fund o Disbursement Acceleration Program, at mga budget insertions na pwede nilang…
The Luneta Fiasco – Once More with Feeling By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE it was again. It happened long since but it remains painful and disgusting to the people concerned. When the Filipinos seem to have forgotten it altogether, the co-nationals of the pitiful victims of the mortal…
Requiem for SK? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE speculations about the fate of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) are finally over. President Aquino just signed the bill last October 3 amending RA 9340 postponing the SK elections, and resetting it to between October 28, 2014 and February 23, 2015….
Natividad’s gem isn’t its gem yet By Noel Cabobos IN DOWNTOWN Tayug, workers, since the start of Mayor Tyrone Agabas administration, have been busy working on the drainage system to make it ready for floods that can affect the town especially in times of heavy rainfall or typhoon. Indeed,…
Expose. Investigate. Account By Ermin Garcia Jr. FOR a while, what I feared would happen to our call to the Dagupan city council to help make accountability in public office the norm happened when the draft resolution of Councilor Atty. Joey Netu Tamayo was not included in last week’s…
So long, Alice! By Jun Velasco “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body,” Seneca THERE are shocking incidents in our lives that we have to grapple with and face with equanimity. It was former Gov. Vic Millora who broke the news that former Anda Mayor and Board…
Auditor Quinto acquiring cold feet? By Gonzalo Duque FIRST, in the national center of governance –Malacañang and the Legislature—public officials are already cutting each other’s throats in a race to clean their names from the stain of graft and corruption charges. Kawawa na ang Pinas talaga — or is…
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