Lambino, an unknowing victim
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Eduardo Pontaoe
4 Mar 2007
The cat is out the bag. Lambino's epiphany, at last. What he dreaded most was shoved in his face that his service to Urduja and party are only imaginary. Surprising? Fishy? Naaaaaaaaah! It wouldn't surprise me nothing.
In politics, when you go down that low when Lambino begged Arroyo… publicly… to be [...]
AGBAYANI'S PANGASINAN BETS
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AGBAYANI'S PANGASINAN BETS — Governor Victor Agbayani (4th from left) presents his provincial ticket in the May elections notwithstanding the unresolved issues within the ruling Lakas-CMD. Agbayani's ticket includes (L-R) Board Members Angel Baniqued and Manuel Ancheta; Dionisio “Saffe” Villar Jr. for vice governor, and Dr. Jamie Agbayani, the governor’s wife, for governor. Completing [...]
SAME IN ADVOCACIES
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SAME IN ADVOCACIES—Reelectionist Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Archbishop Oscar Cruz (right) enjoy a light moment with PUNCH publisher Ermin Garcia, Jr. (left) during a huddle when the senator called on the Pangasinan prelate on Thursday during a campaign sortie in Pangasinan. Lacson said he and the archbishop are joint in their advocacies for good [...]
SP steps up probe on missing steel bars
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THE city council on Monday passed a resolution inquiring from the owners of the burned Bugnay Market if the missing tons of steel bars and trusses are in their possession.
Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez said the resolution was addressed to Don Manolo Lim Uy, president and chairman of the Board of the Bugnay Construction and [...]
Lambino hits governor's recruitment
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THE ruling Lakas party in Pangasinan is in rocky waters.
Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, Lakas provincial chairman, and several local officials have raised their voice of disapproval against Governor Victor Agbayani's "indiscriminate recruitment of new Lakas party members" whom they suspect will be fielded to run against incumbent administration party members.
Lambino, in a press conference Wednesday [...]
New illegal exaction case in city exposed
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Close on the heels of the still unsettled issue on towing services, the Dagupan city hall finds itself enmeshed in another controversy.
This time it's the collection of P2,500 Resource Users Deposit (RUD) which is not provided for in the Comprehensive Fishery Code, series of 2003.
Councilors Michael Fernandez, Danilo Torio, Jose Neto Tamayo and Alex [...]
Archbishop Cruz, Lacson rally for HOPE
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NO, this is not about the hottest showbiz scandal of recent days.
This story on "hope" involves a man of the cloth and a senatorial candidate.
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a staunch critic of the Arroyo administration, was visited Tuesday at the Archbishops' Palace by senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson who is running under the [...]
PGMA affirms support for Speaker Joe de V
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WHO says that Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. will no longer be backed by Malacañang in his reelection bid for a third and final term of office as congressman of the fourth district of Pangasinan?
No less than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called Speaker de Venecia "my most important ally" during a luncheon meeting he hosted [...]
San Quintin councilor acquitted
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TAYUG—The Regional Trial Court has acquitted a councilor of San Quintin and his policeman cousin who were accused of attempted murder on the complaint of a police superintendent from the town.
Acquitted in a decision penned by Judge Emma Ines-Parajas of Branch 52 here were Councilor Leonardo Liwanag, a former policeman with the rank of SPO4, [...]
SC throws out case vs. Judge Butuyan
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TAYUG—The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the administrative complaint filed against Regional Trial Court Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan by the widower of the late Pasay City Judge Estrelita Paas who was murdered in their home in Natividad in 2005.
This was contained in a communication dated January 24, 2006 from Enriquta Esguerra Vidal, clerk of court [...]
