Mar Magsano
27 Feb 2007

 

 

Jun Velasco,

Nancy Cornista Estrada and Dr. Fernando Estrada do not own a hospital in Pennsylvania. They used to have a Medical Surgery Clinic with other doctors, but they closed it down 3 years ago, because they cannot afford to pay their malpractice insurance.

Many doctors and surgeons in Pennsylvania left to work to another state, because they can not afford to pay high costs of malpractice insurance. Many hospitals are closing down. A lot of doctors are out of work and they retired early.

I think your friend Dr. Fernando Estrada is one of them, out of business and now he is working for a catholic hospital where he went to school for and his patient will pay him not the hospital.

Eduardo Pontaoe
27 Feb 2007

 

The General cometh. This will be a test of who shall prevail in the rough and tumble world of Santa Barbara politics. Carlito Zaplan, the ex-mayor is running. With the opposition in disarray as shown in the last election when Carlito’s wife Jinky demolished everybody, then the only chance of beating the Zaplan dynasty is the cohesiveness of the other side of the fence if they can convince themselves to go along with Reynaldo Velasco. It is a foregone conclusion the opposition faction of the Cabangons, the Erfes, the Joses and all disgruntled members of the Zaplan clique have already anointed a mayoral candidate and it’s not Velasco. Hoping they can work this out.

Zaplan with all his present shortcomings is formidable. He has the network and the equipment against all odds. Lito Zaplan was tested in battle and had been mayor of the town thrice and one with no opposition. And being in the team of Arroyo (his wedding ninang) he is well connected and also the backing of The Biskeg party of Pangasinan which Bebot Villar is his compadre.

How about Velasco? Can he win in a town where votes are auctioned? He’d never be in the thick of political maneuvering and deceit. The possibility of him winning in a highly charged political town where allegiance is cheap is suspect. But, Santa Barbara needs new ideas, a new beginning and Velasco, how rookie he maybe in politics, is the right prescription to curve the disease of non-transparency in governance. He can be the person for the time and place to change the concept of Santa Barbara’s subliminal politics. I am not a betting person. The odds are against him but it’s all in the horse flesh. He could be a surprise since Harry Truman.

Ben Arenas
27 Feb 2007

Just want to wish my dad, Benjamin D. Arenas Snr. of Tapuac Dist., a happy 60th birthday on 10th April 2007. May you have many more birthdays to come. Will be thinking of you on your special day.

Love and miss you lots. Love from all your boys and girls in Scotland, UK. Love you, pa. Take care always, and look after yourself. - Ben Jr.

Miguel Bulatao
27 Feb 2007

This coming elections, let us all do our part to protect our votes. With our manual system of counting, election results are always prone to cheating. There is a good chance that a rightful winner will be cheated out of office should he not have enough poll watchers. Having enough poll watchers to guard your votes entails a lot of money. Thus, only candidates with deep pockets (and even deeper motives) will be able to guard their votes and poor candidates do not stand a chance against these “buwayas” who will have nothing better to do in office but to try and recuperate the funds they have used in their campaign. Maybe this is the reason some of them do not want to leave their posts?

Hindi pa siguro nila nabawi ang gastos nung huling eleksyon kaya they will do everything just to remain in power. Let us not let this happen. We must stop money politics in Pangasinan. If we do not do our part and guard our votes, who will? Let us not wait for a candidate to pay us to guard his/her votes. Let us do it on our own will. Stop money politics now. Iboto natin ang candidatong may malaking puso, hindi ang candidatong may malalim na bulsa. If we remain passive, then we have no right to complain about the present situation we are in.