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A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
STL cum jueteng By +Oscar V Cruz,DD To date, the standing experience is that Small Town Lottery cannot stand on its own. It was tried before and it also folded up not long after. Reason: the “official” total shell-off by their operators is 37%: 10% for the Mayor, 10% for…
Viewpoints
A monthly payola for the Onor-onors By Ermin Garcia Jr. The stoppage of jueteng in Pangasinan is obviously hurting a lot of the local government officials here. There have been attempts to railroad the revival of the Small Town Lottery in many parts of the province but there is this…
Punchline
Ace up JDV’s sleeve: cha-cha By Gerry Garcia ONE can’t help being amazed at the overwhelming number of motorized trikes (motorcycles) on the road today. Private motorists in the province (as elsewhere most probably) often find themselves harassed left and right by these bike riders zooming in and out of…
Here and There
A school that love built By Jun Velasco We must be the change we want to see. – Gandhi WHILE a classmate in the university – a resident of disaster-damaged Leyte province – pours out his heart (an entire barangay was swallowed up by rampaging mountain mud killing thousands amid…
Think about it
Opposition falling apart By Gonzalo Duque A KEY (susi in Tagalog) Michaelangelo Zuce who was earlier spilling the beans on the opposition’s charges that PGMA stole the presidency has just volunteered to help PGMA’s anti jueteng campaign under Secretary Ronaldo Puno. There you are. Zuce can’t be the opposition’s susi…
Playing with Fire
Victory for Victor By Al S. Mendoza I’VE HEARD the good news: Gov. Agbayani has reportedly started fixing the Canatan Bridge in my hometown of Mangatarem. “Finally, the governor has listened to your pleas,” said Uncle Pros Garcia, the former vice mayor of Mangatarem. “Canatan is now being repaired.” Uncle…
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