By Rex Catubig “CHECK out this old picture, Kuya Rex, I think it’s you!”, the Mayor exclaimed on the cp. She was at the City Mayor’s Office on a Saturday, rummaging through the Iwata photo collection of Helen Co, as part of the initial preparations for the goodwill visit…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE obstructionist majority bloc members in the Dagupan city council can kiss their stars and their submissive colleagues in the minority. There is a ban on the suspension of elected public officials one year before the election and campaign period! This means, Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia,…
By Gonzalo Duque TWO precedent-setting cases that checked abuses of local Sanggunians must teach the Belen Fernandez administration how to deal with the recalcitrant seven members of the majority of the Dagupan city council. These cases — one in Quezon province and the other in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya — involved…
By Leonardo Micua THE six-month suspension of the vice mayor and nine members of the town council of Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya for abuse of authority and dereliction of duty due to the unlawful delay in the approval of the town’s annual budget for 2023 and other measures certified by…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THERE are many things I have learned, skills that I can command to this day. However, like my friends Teresita de Venecia (Tess) and Armi Bangsal, I haven’t learned how to drive. I tried but ended up confusing left and right, and ended up driving…
By Farah G. Decano THE personal tragedy of 2024 Olympian Carlos Yulo touches our core as human beings and our culture as Filipinos. We tend to weigh on these issues based on the totality of our experiences. Arriving at a resolution may be tricky if we do not detach…
By Eva C. Visperas IDENTITY revealed! Yes, because the preventive suspension order has been served on August 12 against Urdaneta City Mayor Rammy Parayno. Following my previous report, the unfolding events have been both stressful and more damaging. In addition to the 90-day preventive suspension order, Mayor Rammy allegedly…
By Rex Catubig MENTION San Roque during the monsoon season, and it conjures fear and flare-ups of goosebumps. A dam, sacrilegiously named after the saint, and notorious for unleashing water that turns into horrendous floodwaters as it cascades down the lowlands, is to blame for its ill repute—making it a…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE unprecedented frequency of plagiarism committed by the 7 epaLiFes that tarnished the integrity of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod as an institution, is reaching a revolting and nauseating stage that one wonders if the words integrity, honor, and accountability still mean anything to the 12…
By Gonzalo Duque LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III, I learned, has not been enticed by the Lim camp’s proposition that he run for mayor of Dagupan City next year against Mayor Belen Fernandez. I can easily understand that. If Guadiz files for candidacy,…
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