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By ROLAND A. HIDALGO

Publisher

Zaplan a

liar says

Velasco

Velasco a credit grabber - - Zaplan

CAMACHO

By JANICE D. HIDALGO

General Manager

SPECIAL REPORT

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General Manager

BAYAMBANG -Mayor Ricardo M.

Camacho outlines the achievements

of this town as a result of transparent

governance set by example in leadership and

a good working relationship of his office and

his councilmen.

Camacho has named his major agendas

he is bent to pursue to ensure influx of micro

and giant business investors that will

generate revenue collection in terms ofbusiness taxes and will ensure residents of

this town job opportunities and more

development projects making this town a

STA BARBARA -

Former Mayor Carlito

Lito Zaplan answered

point by point each

acusation hurled

against him by

incumbent municipal

mayor Reynaldo

Velasco and branded

Velasco as a credit

grabber

Zaplan in an

exclusive interview

told PangasinanToday

that Velascos calling

him a lier is already a

big lie and calls it a

sign of insecurity as

he finds it amusing

saying that the peole

of this town knows

what is really going on

especially in the

implemenbtation of

the local projects.

In a webcast aired

over Pangasinan

Today Worldwide the

former mayor apealed

AMBULANCE BLESSING. Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (2ndfrom right

of right photo) leads the blessing of 11 ambulances officiated by Fr.

Rolly Salusagcol last November 9 at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen.Another nine brand new ambulances are set to arrive next week to

complete the plan of the Governor to provide one brand new ambulance

to each of the 14 hospitals of the provincial government. The project is

a joint effort of the province of Pangasinan and the Philippine Charity

Sweepstakes Office. Also in photo are Provincial Administrator Rafael

F. Baraan and Board Member Alfonso Bince. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison)


General Manager

LIAR

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STA BARBARA -

Mayor Reynaldo

Velasco belied all the

allegations and the

statements of this

towns former mayor

Carlito S.Zaplan

against him when he

was out of the country

attending an official

function and meeting

with the folks of Sta.

Barbara who are now

residing abroad.

Velasco in a recentinterview at his office

branded Zaplan as

unrealistic and

untruthful to his

statements and would

like to earn the

publics attention by

telling a lie in order to

cover up his lack of

performance during

his incumbency and

instead destroy the

reputation of his

administration byfalse accusations

against him.

He said Zaplan has

nothing to enumerate

VELASCO

Clash of titans in 2010 polls

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DAGUPAN CITY -

Before the filing of

Certificate of

Candidacy (COC) ends

on December 1 this

year, The political

landscape of Dagupan

City has began to shape

up.

A l t h o u g h

presidential bets may

seem to determine the

candidates for mayors

and vice mayors in the

key cities throughout

the country a classic

encounter of political

titans may yet face

each other in the

coming May 2010

elections here .

Former Mayor

Benjamin S. Lim and

former number one

city councilor and

vice mayor Liberato

Ope Reyna Jr. has

now reportedly been

considering to run for

mayor and Vice

mayor of Dagupan

City

respectively.

In an exclusive

interview with a

former city councilor

who requested not to

be mentioned in the

meantime said that

their logistical and

o r g a n i z a t i o n a l

campaign strategist

are now being work

out.

This former

councilor, who lost in

his re-election bid has

also been considered


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2 Nov. 15 - 21, 2009op toriesT SGun amnesty programa success Barba

DAGUPAN CITY

The Pangasinan police

office has already

recorded a total of

2,899 firearms under

the Firearm Amnesty

program, this was

disclosed by the

Provincial Police

Director Percival Barba

in a media forum held

last Thursday.

Police Sr. Supt.Percival Barba said

that the provincial

police office expects

more gun holder to

avail the Executive

Order No. 817 which

was extended until

Novermber 30 of this

year. The gun amnesty

program was

supposed to end last

October 31 but due to

By DANLOR D. HIDALGO

Reporter public demand for

extension due to

calamities that struct

the country.

As of November

11 there were 1.091

legalized out of the

estimated 2,500

unregistered or loose

firearms and 1,808

guns or 17 percent of

the listed 10,430 were

renewed. Barba said.

Barba rated the

ongoing firearmsamnesty program a

very satisfactory

because of the rise in

the number of gun

holders availing of the

extension.

Barba said to those

who would regret to

avail the amnesty

program the

provincial police

office would apply for

search warrants.

Barba suggested to

some gun holders who

failed to avail the

firearm amnesty

program to donate it to

the Philippine

National Police.

Some gun owners

might have gone

direct to Camp Crame

in Quezon City to

register or renew their

firearms. Barba

added.

M e a n w h i l e ,

Dagupan City had the

most number of gun

holders registered

with 214 followed by

San Carlos City with

194; Urdaneta City,

179; Malasiqui, 173;

Calasiao, 166; and

Lingayen, with 153

firearms registered.

FACES-MDG PROGRAM.City administrator Alvin Fernandez ad-

ministers the oath of undertaking by recipient heads of families selected

to benefit from the DILG-funded FACES-MDG, a 6-month program aim

at addressing the Millennium Development Goals targets of the city

government in alleviating the poverty and other social conditions fac-

ing the slum community in Sitio Korea, Bonuan Binloc last November

5. (CIO Photo by Mae Viray)

Espino turns over 11 ambulances

to Provl Govt Chiefs of HospitalsLINGAYEN - -

Governor Amado T.

Espino, Jr. turned over

today five brand new

and six reconditioned

ambulances to the

various government-

owned hospitals in

Pangasinan in an effortto provide the best

healthcare services to

Pangasinenses.

During the turn-

over rites officiated by

Rev. Fr. Rolando

Salosagcol, the

governor gathered the

Chiefs of Hospitals

together with the

ambulance drivers for

a short briefing.

The use of the

a m b u l a n c e s ,according to

Governor Espino, is a

c o m m a n d

responsibility of the

chief of hospitals

under certain rules

and policies to be

followed by the

designated drivers that

specifically calls for

work ethics and

discipline.

Nine more brand

new ambulances are

set to arrive next week

to be distributed to the

other government

hospitals, the

governor said.

The initial five

brand new

ambulances are given

to the Pangasinan

Provincial Hospital

(PPH), Bayambang

District Hospital,Urdaneta District

Hospital, Eastern

District Hospital and

Western District

Hospital.

The six

r e c o n d i t i o n e d

ambulances, on the

other hand, were

awarded to the PPH,

Manaoag Community

Hospital, Bolinao

Community Hospital,

Umingan CommunityHospital, Pozzorubio

Community Hospital,

and the Eastern

District Hospital.

The nine

ambulances that are

set to arrive will be

turned over to the

community hospitals

of Bolinao,

M a n g a t a r e m ,

L i n g a y e n ,

Pozzorubio, Dasol,

Asingan, Mapandan,

Manaoag and

Umingan.

As I always say,

it is my vision that all

pregnant mothers in

Pangasinan will be

brought to the

hospitals and give

birth there, the

governor stressed as

he added that in due

time all governmenthospitals will be fully

equipped to better

serve the health needs

of all sick

P a n g a s i n e n s e s

especially those

belonging to the less

fortunate.

This will serve as

a big boost to the

p r o v i n c i a l

governments health

thrust as what thegovernor wants to

happen. Lahat ng

government hospitals

dito sa probinsya ay

magkakaroon ng

minimum na

dalawang ambulansya

, Dr. Jackson

Soriano, PPH Chief of

Hospital, said.

The project is a

shared undertaking of

the province and the

Philippine Charity

Sweepstakes Office

(PCSO). (PIO/Ruby

R. Bernardino)

Architects of the Philippineshold Confab at NRSCCLINGAYEN The

United Architects of

the Philippines (UAP)

holds its Area A

General Assembly at

the Narciso Ramos

Sports and Civic

Center (NRSCC) in

Lingayen on

November 6-8.Anchored on

the theme New

A s p i r a t i o n s :

Networking for

Developing and

Advancing Regional

Advocacies and

Global Concerns

United in Promoting

and Preserving Area A

New Directions

(NANDARAGUPAN)

09, the event will be

a gathering of morethan 400 delegates

from 44 chapters of

seven regional

districts.

Among the

topics to be discussed

are: Professional

Practice Standard on

Design Services as

stipulated on R.A.

9266; Green

Architecture/Climate

Change; Architectural

Conservation as aSustainable Building

Practice and BP 344-

Accessibility Law.

Gov. Amado T.

Espino, Jr. earlier

welcomed the

delegates as he noted

that the architects play

a vital role in nation

building for providing

the design and style

of infrastructure

development both in

the government andprivate sectors.

The event will be

highlighted with a

fellowship night

dubbed Davies

Kalutan Fellowship

Night Pinoy A ko at

the Capitol Plaza

tomorrow, November

7 at 6 o clock in the

evening.

The gathering

of architects aims to

nurture business andcareer advancement,

offers training course

to officers, rekindle

friendships, and foster

camaraderie and

fellowship among

architects and friends

in the building

industry.

The three-day

affair will also feature

exhibits, forum,

provincial tour and presentation of

Metrobank Awards

among others. (PIO/

Ninia F. Nicolas)


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LLLLLitoitoitoitoito as foundly called by his friends was born in barangay Maningding Sta. Barbara,

the eldest son of Feliciano Zaplan and Adela Dacasin Santiago Zaplan, husband

to the former Mayor Jeanne Jinky Zaplan

Lito began his first political career as this towns Vice Mayor in July 1992 to

June 1995 and later won as this towns chief executive in 1995 and has won the

trust and confidence of the towns people of this 5thclass municipality from 1995 to

2004 allowing him to serve as the mayor for three consecutive terms.

It was under Zaplans term when the First Bamboo Festival in Pangasinan was

held in the this town and was successfully participated by different municipalities

in Region I.

In his bid to give this town an impression of development from the balikbayans

and other stake holders Zaplan initiated the beautification and the improvement of

its public plaza along with the massive developments of barangay roads and other

farm to market roads accompanied by providing basic social services embed with the

Municipal Development and Social Welfare who have implemented the Social day

care service, supplemental feeding for the malnourished children and the Self Employment Asssistance program.

T h e

construction

a n d

repairs of

barangay

s cho o l s

was also

a m o n g

Zaplan major concern in his belief that an access toa conducive school facilities is responding to the basic

needs of every school children in the area.

It will be recalled that in 2004, Sta. Barbara was

re classified as a first class municipality after Lito

was succeeded by his wife Jinky for qualifying in the

revenue tax collection with the collections derived

from the new public Market constructed under

Zaplans term.

Among his recognitions during his incumbency

were:Winning the trust and confidence of his colleagues

for having been elected as the Executive vice

Chairman of the vice mayors League 1992 and

become the Vice President for district 2 of the vice

mayors league from 1995-1998 and eventually

elected as the President of the Pangasinan Mayors League in 1998-2001

Zaplan was also a recipient of the region Is outstanding Mayor by the Department of Education

DECS Hall of Fame Award.

It was reported recently that residents of this town is now pushing for Zaplan to run for Mayor again.

Carlito Santiago Zaplan


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MaMaMaMaMattttttertertertertersssssJanice D. Hidalgo

Opinion

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viable trade andcommerce hub in

central Pangasinan.

In its bid to ensure

this transparency a

strict implementation

of the Anti-Red tape in

securing business

documents especially

in applying for a

business permit was

implemented the local

government has

posted a giant

tarpaulin of the procedures for a

specific transactions

in the government.

Camacho also

added that business

investors who wish to

invest s and open up

their business in the

said town is

guaranteed that the

local council under

the leadership of Vice

mayor Melvin Junio

will not require them

of any obligationother than the regular

business permits

required by law and

not any other dapot

no procedures or

under the table

transactions.

R e g i o n a l

Development Council

chairman for Region 1

Dr. Salvador Duque

M.D in a chance

interview said that

Bayambang is one ofthe towns being eyed

by giant business firm

who owns

international prime

holdings here and

abroad.

He said that the

strategic location of

the town and the

policy being

implemented by the

local government has

set an enticing

ambiance for business

sector which makesthis town a possible

target for business

expansion.

M e a n w h i l e ,

Camacho believes

that the following

accomplishments will

set the delivery of

basic services for the

towns people of this

town in order and on

the right tract once

everything will be

completed.The construction

of the Engineering

building which will

housed the planning

and development

office and the almost

finish municipal hall

annex in placing

different government

agencies and

Admittedly, the

above said no

less than a

threefold depreciated

qualifying trait makes a

rather negative

perception as well as a

disturbing attributionwhen appended to any

person, whose

humanity is wherefore

in many ways

questioned and even

undermined. Truth to

tell, individuals

sporting such

inhuman traits are by

and large the

misfortune of others

their respective

communities, their own

families well included.

To have a closed mind

is bad enough. It is

definitely much worse

for someone to

furthermore have a

heart that is stone hard

plus a fist that is tight

towards others.

To be closed

minded means a one

track thought process

such that no rational

argument to thecontrary could change

or modify it. It is

enough that the

Church has dogmatic

pronouncements in

the realm of faith and

morals where the

distinction between

facts and fictions

remain defined. But in

basically secular

concerns, the same as

in temporal matters,

rational arguments

and logical

propositions should

be received with

reasonably open

minds under penalty

of some mental

stagnancy or a certain

dysfunction of thejudgment faculty.

Being hard

hearted is the same as

in effect being

heartless in the sense

that an individual thus

described is seen as

devoid of benign

feelings, deprived of

human understanding

and compassion. This

is essentially the same

as being cold hearted

which is predicated of

individuals whose

actions and actuations

are anything but

considerate or kind.

Let it be said that

kindness is one top

value human attribute

that people readily

recognize and

appreciate. In the

same way, to be kind

kind hearted is

tantamount to beingcruel which is a big

shame to humankind.

Having a tight

fisted stance readily

implies being stingy

when some generosity

is reasonably called

for, where some

consideration is

logically expected.

No, this is not in

defense of prodigality

nor in promotion of

foolishness in the

handling of well

earned assets or hard

earned resources. This

is but in deference to

the truth that the

destitution of many as

some claim on the

affluence of fewothers. In the same

way, the abundance of

someone at times has

to yield to the

necessity of another.

In other words, there

is a time to keep just

as there is an occasion

to give.

What is the

relevance of all the

above observations?

How come these

introspection isbrought to fore? Why

address the matter of

being closed minded,

hard hearted and tight

fisted? Here: The

three well known

giant fuel corporations

in the Country might

want to examine their

respective multi-

corporate conscience

specifically in terms

of their big earnings

vis--vis the bigdestitution of their

clients. It is a moral

certitude that they

have been earning

much for such a long

time from

progressively poor

Filipinos. Perhaps

they might want to

lessen their take in

terms of giving back

some of it to their

helpless patrons. Just

perhaps.

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lying and refrain from

being a credit grabber

telling the people of

this town thru media

that he has not done

anything from his nine

years term and

another three years

term served by his

wife Jinky.

Yung sinasabi ni

mayor velasco na

nagsisinungaling ako

tanungin nyo na lang

yung mga teachers at

residente ditokasi

alangan naman na

ang lahat ng mga

school buildings dito

ay ipinagawa

n y a , s a m a n t a l a n g

yung mga dating

building dyan

tatangalin lang nya

ang mga yero at iuuwi

nya pa ang mga ito

tapoos ire-repair

lang.He said.

The former mayor

reiterated that he will

respect all the projects

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as one among the

councilor slate of the

said tandem.

He said that

initially they had also

considered the

inclusion of

incumbent city

councilors Luis Chito

Samson Jr., Karlos

Reyna IV and Librada

Dada Reyna in their

ticket.

He said that strong

prospects indicate that

this ticket may run

under the Liberal

Party under the wings

of Senator Benigno Noynoy Aquino Jr.

and Senator Mar

Roxas.

It will recalled that

the former city mayor

Liberato Reyna Sr.and

the former late

University of Luzon

president Luis

Samson Sr. are strong

allies of the former

late president Corazon

C Aquino

The strongpolitical ties of these

families could well be

seen during the last

visit a few weeks back

of Senators Noynoy

and Mar who were

invited as guest

speakers of the

University of Luzon.

M e a n w h i l e ,

incumbents Mayor

and vice Mayor Al and

Belen Fernandez are

reportedly planning to

file their certificates of

candidacy a week

earlier before the

deadline which has

been set by the

COMELEC on

December 1 2009.

However, because

there are also reports

that councilor

Michael Fernandez

who will end up his

three term in office

and a keen of the

Mayor might also run

for vice mayor of

Dagupan City.Because of this

development an

insider of their ticket

said that Vice mayor

Belen Fernandez has

opted instead not to

file her certificate of

candidacy earlier as

suggested.

Also being

considered to join the

Al-Belen ticket are

incumbent councilors

Fred Quinto Sr. Dr.Jesus Jess Canto M.D.

and Alfie Fernandez

among the new names

also being mentioned

are Michael Sim,

Ashok Vasandani and

Maybelyn Fernandez

wife of councilor

Michael Fernandez.

Two barangay

chieftains are also

being considered

barangay chairman

Guillermo emong

Vallejos of Poblacion

Oeste for Benjie-Ope

Ticket and barangay

chairman Angelito

Gumarang of Bonuan

Gueset for the

L A K A S - K A M P I

ruling Party of Al-

Belen line up.

Two members of

the local media are

likewise being

considered to run for

councilor Orlando

Orly Navarro hard

hitting commentator

of Aksyon radyoDWCM and Allan

Sison incumbent

President of the

Pangasinan Press

Club Inc .(PPC).

Meanwhile, as

things develop, the Al-

Belen ticket is

awaiting former

Speaker Congressman

Jose De Venecia Jr.

decision on what

political party he

would join orcoalesced with.

It will be recalled

that the former

speaker had been

booted out from the

ruling LAKAS-

KAMPI-CMD Party

of President Gloria

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decongesting the old

municipal hall will

surely make a

statement that this

administration means

business in assuring

properly in placed

local government

office.

The municipal

annex hall will housed

the new Sanguniang

Bayan session hall

giving them a

conducive space to

perform their duties in

the name of

legislation, part of the

building will also

include a minimal

office space of everySanguniang Bayan

member for them to

receive their

constituents at least in

a dignified way.

Camacho also

added that the

Commission on Audit

(COA), The

Municipal Social

Welfare and

D e v e l o p e m t

(MSWD)office along

with the Departmentof Agriculture and the

post office the

Municipal Trial Court

and the office of the

Association of

Barangay Council and

the ABC presidents

office and the

COMELEC will be in

the same building.

The purchasing of

various heavy

equipments have help

in the implementation

of general

i n f r a s t r u c t u r e

d e v e l o p m e n t s

especially during the

onslaught of the

typhoon Pepeng He

said.

The concreting of

different farm to

market roads that

helped the farmers

reduced input

expenses in bringing

their goods to the

market and even other

towns.

In response to the

implementation of the

RA 9003 also known

as the Ecological

Solid Waste

Management Act of

2000 this town hasbuild its own Material

Recovery Facility and

has implemented the

solid waste

segregation plan from

the source and

introduce massive

information campaign

in the implementation

of the program.

In response to the

values of faith the

local government has

also built a chapelinside the public

cemetery.

Camacho has also

considered taking care

of the needs of the

public school pupils

where he has

embarked on

investing on social

education services in

giving away free

school supplies to

more or less 16,000

pupils and more than

5,000 high school

students.

Next year

Camacho intended to

give other basic items

needed by pupils and

students apart from

school supplies and

b o o k s . T h e

computerization of

finance department

has also helped in the

increase of revenue

collections of this

town and has helped

in pump priming the

economy of this town.

A m b u l a n c e

service for the needy

was also put in place

in responding to the

basic emergency

response and freemedical mission for

the less fortunate in

order to support the

social health needs of

each local resident.

N o n e t h e l e s s ,

Camacho believes

that mobilization of

funds is a vital

responsibility of the

local chief executive

better than mobilizing

internal revenue

allotment or localtaxes alone however

he said that bringing

in more investors in

t r a n s p a r e n t

perspective will help

in mobilizing funds

alone but also the trust

and confidence

intended to support

the bid of this locality

in becoming the next

commercial hub of the

North in the Central

part of Pangasinan.

that mayor Velasco

has really

i m p l e m e n t e d

provided it is the truth

in exchange for

Velascos respect to

other projects being

implemented and

done under other

incumbencies.

Okay lang sa

akin rerespetuhin ko

ang mga project na

nilagyan nya ng initial

dapat lang sana yung

bago na talagang

ginawa at di ni

repair He added.

On the issue raise

against him in the

O m b u d s m a nregarding the Built

Operate Transfer

scheme of the Public

market Zaplan

explained that he has

just implemented the

ordinance and the law

passed by the

Sanguniang Bayan

upon the approval of

the Sanguniang

P a n l a l a w i g a n

stressing out that this

issue has already beenresolved thru the local

passage of the law and

reviewed by the

Commision On Audit.

He said that A

certain Col. Estomo

who filed the case

against him is

questionable saying

that this Estomo is not

even from this town,

and if ever there are

really some

iregularities on thematter the

Commision on Audit

has the right to

question it.

Dumaan naman

naman yan sa proseso

ginawa ko ang karapat

dapat na kung anu ang

inaprubahan sa

Sanguniang Bayan at

Panlalawigan ini

implement lang natin,

at dumaan sa COA

yan ang pangit kay

Mayor Velasco

ginamit nya pa si Col.

Estomo e ni hindi

naman taga rito yun

Ang Ginagawa ni

Mayor Velasco sa akin

puro pulitical

harrasment dapat mag

pa gwapo na sya ta

Mayor Na sya. he

added.

Moreover Zaplan

said that he is being

pushed by the fact that

the people of this town

has keep on asking for

his assistance since

most of the compalins

he has reached himagainst Velasco is that

he only chose the

people to tall to in his

office.

However there

were times he has to

set aside politics from

the fact that he has to

help the people of this

town especially

during the onslaught

of Typhoon Pepeng.

In the interview

Zaplan defended Vicemayor Ruben Jose

against those who

ridiculed him over the

radio saying that he

was not around and

belies allegations that

the vice mayor who

was acting mayor that

time was no where to

be found.

He said that he

saw Vice mayor Jose

on his way to rescue

residents whosehouses where already

under water while he

was the one

personally operating

his pay loader truck .

Huwag naman

sanang sabihin na

wala si vice mayor

actually nakita ko siya

nun wala din kasi sya

basta magawa nung

panahon na yun dahil

wala din kasi sya

e q u i p m e n t s p e r o

andun siya sa labas

Zaplan s way of

helping the people at

the moment was even

criticised and

explained that Velasco

zero flood promise in

this town is a

dangerous promise

and said that even

during the time that he

was the vice mayor of

this town and has not

stop from dredging

the water tributaries

the fact reamins that

this town is a catch

basin of the province

in central Pangasinan.Having said this

Zaplan explained that

he has never done

quarrying in this town

and said that what

Velasco was trying to

decieved the public

was the project that he

has been doing in his

own private property

where he was trying to

make his own pond

and velasco brought

with him the DENRand took pictures of

his equipments doing

the said

improvements on his

property.

Zaplan apealed to

Velasco to refrain

from telling that he

has not anything good

for the people of this

town during the

Zaplan ruling for

twelve years.

He admittedthough that there a lot

more things to be done

in this town especially

in terms of

i n f r a s t r u c t u r e

developments and

bringing basic social

services after all this is

what public service is

all about he said.

Drug End All Dreams

Macapagal Arroyo.

Although there are

indications that he is

joining the United

N a t i o n a l i s t s

Opposition Party-

UNO of the Erap-

Binay Presidential

vice presidential ticket

CLASH

from P5there are also reports

that he might support

and merged with the

Nacionalista Party

with Senator Manny

Villar as their

presidential bet.

The outcome of

this, political

observers here say

would mean a new

political twist for the

Al- Belen Fernandez

ticket.

Do we not allagree to call

rapid thoughtand noble

impulse by thename of

inspiration?George Eliot


7/8

7Nov. 15 - 21, 2009 Extrasas projects nor

accompl i shmen ts

during his nine years

term and another three

years term served by

his wife equivalent to12 years of Zaplan s

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

compared to his

accompl i shmen ts

which enumerates

n u m e r o u s

achievements in terms

of infrastructure

developments focused

in education facilities

and agricultural

development in as

short as two years.

Sinungaling! You

know yung sinasabi

nya na mga

eskwelahan we have

here all the records

since 2001,He has

never had any school

building project anong

mga sinansabi nya

(Lier ! all of

schoolbuildings that

he was mentioning )

Ang problema

dito yung unang unayung timing ng

pagsasalita nya nasa

Amerika ako saka

bumabanat hindi

naman kailangan dito

ang grand standing

(The problem here is

the timing first I am in

America then he hits

back grand standing is

not needed here)

W h a t

Sta.Barbara needs

now is the truthbecause the people

can actually see the

truth and what is

really going on and

that the people know

what is right.Velasco

said.

Moreover Velasco

explained that he went

to America to invite

his kabaleyans to

LIAR

from P1come home and see

the actual Sta. Barbara

now.

As a matter of

fact marami na ang

gustong mag donate at

tumulong sa programa

ng ating pamahalaantulad ng Gawad

kalinga at kung anu

ano pa (there are so

many who would like

to donate and help the

programs of the

government like the

Gawad kalinga and

many more) but I told

them to come first and

see for themselves.

Velasco added that

he also did some

explaining to the

people he met in

America since the

attacks against him

has reached them thru

internet.

I told them this is

the time to come home

and see Sta. Barbara

since the local

government has also

the pawil Sta Barbara

program just the right

time to see Sta.Barbara and consider

investing and going

home for good in

times of retirement

and start anew. He

said

F u r t h e r m o r e ,

Velasco believed that

the attacks against

him are pure lies and

the intention will

never materialize.

The records will

show that from 2001and has not build any

school buildings for

the town of Sta.

Barbara.

Mahirap ang mga

ginagawa nyang

ganyan ataki ng ataki

wala naming facts

kaya niya ina ataki

ang mga ginawa kong

eskwelahan dahil

mahigit dalawang

taon lang 246 na

classrooms na ang

naipagawa ko the

issue here is

performance and they

cannot counter that

except for telling alie.

Velasco explained

that this town has a

minimal budget but

because of proper

financial management

they were able to

deliver the services at

a minimal cost but

quality results like the

building of a

classroom amounting

to only 250,000

compared to the cost

of classrooms built by

DPWH and other

agencies, donations of

individuals and

companies in building

a lot of projects has

been happening

because of his

t r a n s p a r e n t

management and

projects are being

done according to its

proper specifications.Velasco however

admits that the

beautification of the

public plaza

amounting to six

million pesos was an

accomplishment of

Z a p l a n s

administration and

that the Maramba

Bridge was a national

government project.

Meanwhile in a

webcast interview bythis reporter Velasco

said that there is no

truth that he was being

personal with Zaplan

with regards to

implementing general

rules set for the people

of this town.

Siya lang naman

ang nagsasabi nyan

Kung talagang

pinepersonal natin

yan bakit pinapayagan

pa nating kumita ang

kanyang sabungan ng

eight Hundred

Thousand per year.

Zaplan being a

former mayor shouldalso pay his taxes to

the government, so the

local government

having no choice but

to run after business

establishments who

are not paying their

duties has to stop him

from operating his

Sabungan without

paying taxes first. He

said.

May utang pa nga

na 69 thousand and

sabungan nayan pero

pinayagan na naming

nung nag partial

siya.he said.

He added that he

has also made an

appeal to the

management of San

Miguel Corporation to

set rules regarding the

falling in line of truck

drivers of the products

distributors since hefound out that some

trucks owned by

Zaplan does not

follow falling in line

rules.

Velasco has also

asked the Department

of Environment and

Natural Resources to

put a stop on the

alleged illegal

quarrying of Zaplan in

the river banks of the

said town.Anu ba ang gusto

nya dyan pabayaan

naming siyang kumita

habang binabaha ang

mga taga rito dahil sa

paghuhukay nya sa

tabi ng ilog e paaano

naman ang perang

ginagastos ng

gobyerno sa pag aayos

niyan.

We have also help

in the filing of case

against him in the

O m b u d s m a n

regarding the Built

Operate System

scheme in the public

market since the localgovernment of this

town has been paying

30 million pesos

worth of loan for the

construction of that

market built during

Zaplans term.

Velasco added

that the collections

collected from this

public market under

Zaplans term was not

properly accounted

for and that the people

has the right to know

since the people is the

one paying for this

loan.

it does not mean

that he can always get

away with,it is just

right that I have

fought for the right of

the people in this town

to be informed legally

of what is happening

if he proves himselfnot guilty well and

good but what if he

does not?

As what I have

sworn I will always

protect the interest of

this town and that is

not personal

I have never also

ordered my men to

removed his

c o n s t r u c t i o n

equipments nor told

him that I will burnthem down if I see

them in any

construction being

done here in my town

that it is not my doing

as a retired gentlemen

in uniform I cannot do

that perhaps thats

what he does during

his term .

Ang Problema ni

former Mayor Zaplan

ipinapasa nya sa akin

ang mga Gawain niya

e trebaho nya yan

gaya ng sinansabi niya

na 55 classrooms sa

barangay nya sa

Maninding may anim

pa diyan na Marcos

type na classrooms

hindi naman naming

ginagalaw yan

Ang laking

kasinungalingan din

ang sinansabi niya na

pinakuha ko sa mga

military men ang mga

materyales na inuwi

nya nung pinagawa

ang Daniel Maramba

High school siay angMayor nun e tapos

kukunin lang sa kanya

ng ganun ang mga

yun? Napaka

sinungaling naman

wala kaming paki

alam dun dahil siya

nag contructor. He

said.

Velasco stressed

on the issue of the

airport that he was just

fighting for the StaBarbara to be the

gateway to the world

and he never said that

he will build an airport

what He was doing up

to now is to look for

possible investors

who will finance this

program and told

Zaplan to stop making

noise about this since

he has not done any

effort to work for therealization of this goal

out of his 12 years

incumbency.

V e l a s c o

challenged Zaplan to

elevate his point of

arguments and told

him to make noise

possible if he is

around and not

abroad.

ONE ON ONE

from P4pobreng mayors na ito

gusto ring kumita pero

wala daw silang

magawa dahil

centralized ang lahat

ng project ni Madam.

Anyway kayo na

ang manirahan kasi sa

kusina ng Malacanang

sa totoo lang matagal

tagal na rin kaming

hindi nag usap ni

congresswoman ni

Rachel pati text kohindi nya sinasagot ito

kaya ay dahil din sa

isang stariray na nai

kwento ko na ewan ko

marahil talagang

ganyan lang ang

buhay.

Dagupan politics

is worth watching if

true that Benjie Lim is

running for mayor

then mayor Al should

not take this news

development lightlyreason-there is now a

comparison between

Al and Benjies

administrations.

Surely, the people

could compare what

Benjie has done and

what Al has achieved

the telling story would

still be on what are we

today that of

yesterday.

People will be

guided on whataccomplishments we

had in our day to day

traffic system,

garbage collection

and disposal our

e n v i r o n m e n tespecially our river ,

our market place and

lastly what kind of

city hall do we have

are only among the

few matters thatshould concern us all.

Anyway, lets

enjoy their

candidacys if ever.

The secret of many a mans successin the world resides in his insight

into the moods of men and his tactin dealing with them.

J. G. Holland


8/8

8 Nov. 15 - 21, 2009

Projects and Developments

The construction of the Engineering building which will

housed the planning and development office and the

almost finish municipal hall annex in placing different

government agencies and decongesting the old

municipal hall will surely make a statement that this

administration means business in assuring properly in

placed local government office.

The municipal annex hall will housed the new

Sanguniang Bayan session hall giving them a conducive

space to perform their duties in the name of legislation,

part of the building will also include a minimal office space

of every Sanguniang Bayan member for them to receive

their constituents at least in a dignified way.

The concreting of different farm to market roads that

helped the farmers reduced input expenses in bringing

their goods to the market and even other towns.

The implementation of the RA 9003 also known as the Ecological Solid Waste ManagementActof 2000 this town

has build its own Material Recovery Facility and has implemented the solid waste segregation plan from the sourceand introduce massive information campaign in the implementation of the program.

In response to the values of faith the local government

has also built a chapel inside the public cemetery.

Camacho has also considered taking care of the needs of the public school pupils where he has embarked on

investing on social education services in giving away free school supplies to more or less 16,000 pupils and more

than 5,000 high school students

Hon. Ricardo Ric M. Camacho

Municipal Mayor

The computerization of finance department has also

helped in the increase of revenue collections of this town

and has helped in pump priming the economy of this

town.

Ambulance service for the needy was also put in place

in responding to the basic emergency response and free

medical mission for the less fortunate in order to support

the social health needs of each local resident.

The purchasing of various heavy equipments have help

in the implementation of general infrastructure

developments

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