GUV GUICO’S “SWEETHEART DEAL” – Shortly after he announced the decision of the Joint Venture Selection Committee recommending the awarding of the PLEX contract to San Miguel Holdings Corporation, the original proponent, Gov. Ramon Guico III fields questions from the local media about the “sweetheart deal” he reached with SMHC. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
CITY LEGAL OFFICER ORDERED TO FILE CHARGES IN her State of the City Address (SOCA) during a special session of the city council of the Manlingkor Ya Kalangweran last week, Mayor Belen Fernandez cited anew the litany of corruption of the past city administration, which she said defrauded the city…
THE defective annual budget enacted by the seven majority councilors in the Sangguniang Panlungsod and subsequent operation of the city government under the reenacted 2022 annual budget inflicted serious physical and emotional injuries on the city’s most impoverished sector that cannot be forgotten and forgiven. In her State of the…
“WALANG KAKILALA, SOP, KORAPSYON” WORKING with only a 2022 reenacted budget, the Dagupan City still managed to perform creditably well within its means, guided by the principles: “Walang kakilala, walang SOP, walang korapsyon”. In her State of the City Address (SOCA) on July 10 at CSI Stadia, Mayor Belen Fernandez…
FOR LECHON MANOK TO PARTAKE OF WITH FAMILY VICE President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte gave each of the 1,092 graduates of Mangaldan National High School P1,000 cash gift each as her graduation gift during their 6th commencement exercises on July 12. After congratulating the graduates, Ms. Duterte asked, “Magkano ba…
DEFINITELY LOVE PHILIPPINES — A caretaker of the koi and bonsai garden trims the leaves of the plants to maintain its shape grown at the miniature replica of the famous Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) is located in front of the City Tourism Office in Barangay Lucap in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie…
“CHALLENGE ACCEPTED” THE word war that broke out between the city hall and the sanggunian in Dagupan City in 2022 on the 2023 annual budget continues, and there appears no end to it in months ahead, not with new threats and demands flying around to see who blinks first again….
FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE VICE Gov. Mark Lambino gave the Guico administration’s first year in office a high rating for the major strides it made making Pangasinan a premier province. He told local newsmen “there were“ lots of planning, organization and reorganization, a lot of changes not just in the…
“UNMODIFIED OPINION” FOR the first time in Bayambang’s governance history, the local government was given an “unmodified opinion” rating by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its Annual Audit Report. In Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao’s State of the Municipality Address last week she said “unmodified opinion” is the highest rating that…
TEAMWORK MID-MORNING – A group of fishermen haul their fishnet back to their boat after unloading their catch at the shore after a productive outing early morning. (Punchhoto by Butch Uka)
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