Edwin T 5 April 2015 Re: No fish pens, only fish traps, cages I love it when politicians, this time Belen Fernandez in particular, tell half truths. To quote the honorable mayor,“We are just one year and 10 months in office and that we already caused the removal of…
Dear Editor: Please allow me to deny very strongly text messages that reached you identifying me as owner-operator of a fish pen beside the Dawel bridge at Barangay Pantal (Arellano) Dagupan City, which Mayor Belen Fernandez’s Bantay Ilog crew demolished last Sunday, March 22, 2015. The truth is, IT WAS…
Unrequited Love
Edwin T 26 March 2015 RE: Molina: Only fish cages found Seems to me that the illegal fish pens left by the previous administration were put in place when the illegal fish pen owners felt comfortable that her highness was going to win the election. After the election, those same…
Pens are back because of moratorium
Edwin T 20 March 2015 Re: Fisherfolk decry continuing pollution of city’s Illegal fish pens? WOW! City Hall can’t blame the former mayor for this. Former Mayor Lim took a lot of heat when he demolished the fish pens that was ruining the river. These pens did not return…
Expect more fish kill
Leonardo J. Galvez CA, USA Is Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas out of touch with the plight of his flock? Instead of sharing with the poor folks the extra revenues collected during Pope Francis last January 15-19, these are being turned over to the pontiff to help finance his charitable projects….
It’s a “wrong” mistake!
Edwin T 20 Feb 2015 Re: Mayor Belen seeks LBP help for city hall employees The PERSONAL financial plight of city employees should not be of concern to her highness. The city employees have steady jobs, something many of Dagupan’s population do not have. At the end of the…
Leave employees alone
Edwin T 20 Feb 2015 Re: Miya Mejia: Where is justice? Throughout the history of the Philippines there has always been trouble with the Muslim population(Moros. This will always be unless one of two thing occurs, the choices are clear. One. Either the peaceful Filipino Muslims stand up against those…
Lessons in history
tiburon 19 February 2015 Re: Random Thoughts The aborted … mix-mix … escapade. Lessons to be learned in the art of cheatilingo. 1) You can do cheatin’ in anything, in anyplace, anywhere, anytime but don’t get caught with your pants down. 2) If you want to defy the law of…
The art of cheating
tiburon 18 Feb 2015 RE: Perez wins election protest vs. De Leon in Basista De Leon dethroned . . . Eventually, the long arm of justice dropped like a roar of thunder a bolt of lightning on the head of … Manolito De Leon … a mayoral candidate, who thought…
A taste of his own medicine
Edwin T 22 Jan 2015 Re: General Admission Don’t bet on the fight happening. Mayweather is an egoist and the last thing he wants is to have his record blotched by a loss. He’ll try everything he can blame on Pacquiao to keep the fight from happening. He will even…