HELP FROM JOEY

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HELP FROM JOEY—Businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III personally distributes relief goods to residents of barangay Bonuan Boquig in Dagupan City last Sunday, May 25. The young De Venecia also distributed relief goods in six barangays in the city affected by Typhoon Cosme. (CSR)

FREE CELLPHONE CHARGING

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FREE CELLPHONE CHARGING—Cellphone owners crowd the City Museum for free charging of their phone's batteries at the height of the blackout immediately after super Typhoon Cosme rendered most areas in Pangasinan without electricity. The Dagupan City government provided the free service as enterprising storeowners with generators demand P20 for each full charge of a phone [...]

CHINESE COMMUNITY EXTENDS HELP

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CHINESE COMMUNITY EXTENDS HELP—Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCI) Pangasinan Chapter, led by chairman of the board Anton Lee (6th from right) donates P50,000 to Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. for calamity victims in the city. At the turn-over meeting were PCCI Pres. Allan Apaga (8th from right), City Councilors Alfie [...]

PHILHEALTH INSURANCE FOR 2ND DISTRICT

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PHILHEALTH INSURANCE FOR 2ND DISTRICT—Pangasinan 2nd District Rep. Victor Agbayani (3rd from left), and Dr. Leo Cardona (2nd from left), Philippine Health Insurance Corp. assistant vice president for Region I, sign a memorandum of agreement covering the congressman’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocation to fund health insurance premiums of indigents in his district. Witnessing [...]

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GRIEVING MOTHER

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GRIEVING MOTHER—Racquel Poserio from Dagupan, the mother of the three kids who died during Typhoon Cosme, receives financial assistance from Governor Amado Espino Jr. (center) assisted by PDCC Executive Officer Pat Orduña at the Narciso Ramos Gym. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

NEW FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD

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NEW FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD—Second District Representative Victor Agbayani inaugurates a newly concrete-paved farm-to-market road in Barangay Tampac in Aguilar funded by his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). With him are Aguilar Vice Mayor Roldan Sagles, Barangay Chairman. Inovilla Sagles and members of the barangay council. Agbayani also inaugurated on the same day concrete farm-to-market [...]

LEGAL DRAG RACE

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LEGAL DRAG RACE—Participants in motorized two-wheelers burn rubber in a dash to the finish line during a drag race in Binalonan sponsored by Vice Mayor Guico in cooperation with Autolimits Pangasinan Chapter. The event was in part organized to address the illegal races in town. ((Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

It’s the Pinoy

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Ed Pontaoe
31 May 2008
 

Mr. Chito G. Soriano:
You have it down to the penny your characterization of the person glorified by Quezon.
But, it’s not the Filipino, it’s the PINOY you’re dealing with.

A lesson in corruption

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera
30 May 2008
 
Ombudsman’s prosecution of P200.00 telephone call by the Lung Center director while millions and millions of dollars of fraud are not prosecuted means that the Ombudsman and this administration think the Filipinos are really STUPID.
It is like telling the poor director that if you are going to commit corruption, make [...]