How Powerful Does a Police Office?

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

A mayor in Dagupan City chided his chief of police – a Lieutenant Colonel – for threatening and arresting his leaders who were buying voters to vote for him the night before his reelection. The top cop despite being appointed by the Hizzoner among the five recommendees from the Police Provincial Office (PPO) in Lingayen, Pangasinan told him: “Sir, wala ho akong magawa utos po ni P.D (Provincial Director and a full colonel)”.

TOP COPS. Dagupan City Police Office Chief Col. Orly Z. Pagaduan (left) and Pangasinan Police Provincial Office Director Col. Arbel C. Mercullo.

Despite the favors given by the mayor (and this is true not only in my city but in other towns and cities in the country to the chief of police), he acquiesced to his superior in the PPO. The PD can sack him and he becomes a Navy (a play of words for those who found themselves “floating”) if he becomes a problem to the former.

LMP-P’sinan Prexy Lauds Speaker Joe at 90

  RECALLS TOO HIS LEGACIES TO PH, WORLD

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANAOAG, Pangasinan – The two-term mayor of this pilgrims’ town hailed five-time former House Speaker Jose “Joe” de Venecia, Jr. as he celebrates today his 90 years of age.

“Salamat sa walang kapantay ninyong pagmamahal sa aming pinagpalang Bayan ng Manaoag mula noon hanggang ngayon at sa legasiyang patuloy na nagbibigay-inspirasyon sa marami. Pagpalain po kayo lagi. Mahal po namin kayo, 5-time House Speaker Jose “Joe’ De Venecia, Jr.!” wrote at his Facebook Page by this first class landlocked mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario.

Solusyon nila Guv Monmon, Cong. Toff sa Monster Traffic

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

PASAY CITY – Nakita ng gobernador ng Pangasinan ang kahalagaan ng Agno River na isa sa mga sagot para mapagaan ang kasalukuyang monster na trapiko sa mga mananakay sa highway ng Binmaley, Pangasinan patungong Bayambang, Pangasinan.

Pangasinan Gov. Ramon “Monmon” Guico III (left photo) and former Pangasinan Fourth District Cong. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia.

“Alam mo iyong Agno and Lingayen pag na dredge iyon hanggang Bayambang iyong pwede ka na mag ano ng river ferry kasi ang traffic sa Binmaley, e,” ani Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico III sa panayam ng mga mamahayag sa kanya noong dumalo siya sa International Food Exhibition (IFEX) 2025 sa World Trade Center dito ilang mga buwan na ang nakalipas.

Mayamang Binalonan, Mangaldan, Iba Pa

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

Sa kalagitnaan ng pep talk ni Pangasinan Gov. Monmon Guico sa Christmas party ng mga mamahayag na bonggang treat niya noong Disyembre 17 sa provincial owned Capitol Resort Hotel in Lingayen, nasambit ng Chief Executive ang blog kong 101 Talk Radio “HighPondo ng mga Towns, City Isinalang sa Review” na sinulat ko noong Disyembre 18. Ang excerpt niya:

VISIONARY. Visionary leaders in Pangasinan. (Left photo and clockwise) Binalonan young Mayor Ramon Ronald V. Guico IV, Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, and Governor Ramon V. Guico III.

“Si San Carlos City ay merong proposed budget sa 2026 na P1, 598, 732, 092, si Bayambang ay merong P637, 691, 050, si Lingayen ay may proposed budget na P531, 290, 646, ang Sual ay merong P505, 000, 000, si Basista ay merong proposed budget na P209, 700, 034, at ang Laoac naman ay merong P203, 425, 830. Ayon kay Sta. Barbara Mayor Lito Zaplan, ang annual appropriation budget ng first class landlocked town sa central Pangasinan ay aabot ng P550 million sa susunod na taon dahil sa mga business taxes na makukuha ng kaban sa mga higanteng korporasyon tulad ng planta ng Ginebra San Miguel, RC Cola, Wilcon, mga solar light industries sa iba’t ibang barangay niya”.

Anti Sara Duterte Solon Dies

 

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Rest in Peace General, Congressman, and Attorney.

I once interviewed Romeo Acop, a PMA 1970 grad and former Chief of the CIDG, when I bumped into him during the administration of President Noynoy Aquino. Hewas with Pangasinan Cong. Pol Bataoil ( PMA '76) and Cong. Samuel Pagdilao (PMA '84) who are retired generals.

Gov't Workers have Better Bonus Than those in the Pvt

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

I dropped by today in one of the offices of a third class town whose annual budget runs over P200 million. I posed to the two lady workers there:

"Natanggap ninyo na ba ang inyong P20,000 ngayong December na SRI (Service Recognition Incentive) na utos ng Malacanang? Iyong provincial government (that has an P8 billion yearly budget with 7,200 workers) at ibang first class towns (yearly budget between P400 million to P500 million) naibigay na sa kanila".

Huge Pondo ng mga Towns, City Isinalang sa Review

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Sa nakaraang sesyun ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan nakalagay sa
kanilang Order of Business ang mga proposed resolutions ng mga bayan at lungsod sa Pangasinan.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES in Pangasinan whose local government units have a spike of their annual appropriation budget for calendar year 2026. (Top left photo clockwise) San Carlos City Mayor Julier Resuello, Sta. Barbara Mayor Carlito Zaplan, Bayambang Mayor Mary Clare Judith Phyllis "Niña" Atienza Jose-Quiambao, Sual Mayor Liseldo Calugay, and Lingayen Mayor Josefina V. Castañeda.

Si San Carlos City ay merong proposed budget sa 2026 na P1, 598, 732, 092, si Bayambang ay merong P637, 691, 050, si Lingayen ay may proposed budget na P531, 290, 646, ang Sual ay merong P505, 000, 000, si Basista ay merong proposed budget na P209, 700, 034, at ang Laoac  naman ay merong P203, 425, 830.

Yaman ng P’sinan Pinaigting ng Guico Admin

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan --- Sa walong pu't dalawang (82) mga lalawigan sa buong bansa, ang Pangasinan ay hindi magpapahuli sa mga karangalang at record na natanggap niya sa pamahalaang at organisasyong national tulad ng output sa gross domestic product (GDP), yaman sa asset, at  pagigiging kontribyutor sa agriculture, forestry at fishing (AFF)

(File photo): Pangasinan Governor Ramon Guico III (right) and his running mate Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino file their certificates of candidacy for their reelection at the provincial election’s office in Dagupan City in October 2024.

Sa Politiko.com na may petsang December 15, 2024, ang lalawigan ay “7th among 82 provinces in terms of its share of the national gross domestic product (GDP), contributing 1.8% to the national economy” para sa taong 2024, ayon sa Commission on Audit (CoA).

Basista Panalo Uli sa SCFLG

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – Ang local na pamahalaan dito ay masaya na ipinamalita na muling nasungkit nito ang prestihiyosong Seal of Child-Friendly Local Government (SCFLG).

BASISTA Mayor Jolly "JR" Resuello (center) is all smiles as he shows to all and sundry this year's prestigious Seal of Child-Friendly Local Government (SCFLG) his office won from the Department of Interior and Local Government. The Hizzoner has been winning this award and other national plaudits since assuming the top post in this landlocked rustic town in 2019.

Ayon sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang SCFLG “is a prestigious recognition from the Philippine government (DILG, CWC) given to cities and municipalities that excel in implementing programs for children's welfare, assessed annually through the Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA), focusing on survival, development, protection, participation, and governance, with passing LGUs becoming eligible for the SGLG and Presidential Awards”.

“Ang parangal na binibahagi ng DILG sa mga LGU na kung saan patuloy po ang ating mga programa at serbisyo na para sa ating mga kabataan. Asahan nyo po na patuloy po naming ipagpapatuloy ang mga programa na angkop at nararapat para sa ikakagaganda at ikabubuti ng ating mga kabataan sa bayan ng Basista,” ani Mayor Jolly “J.R” Resuello.

Fake News ang Isyu sa P1-M - Mayor Pete

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza 

BINMALEY, Pangasinan - Puro kasinungalingan ang pinapakalat ng ibang media outlets na diumano’y ibinalik ng pamunuan dito ang ₱1-milyong donasyon ng Makati City dahil sa pulitika.

BINMALEY Mayor Pete Merrera (3^rd from left) exchanges notes with his constituents who seek help at his office. (Northern Watch Newspaper)

Ayon sa Facebook Page ng bayan na ito, ang tulong ay para sa mga nasalanta ng Bagyong Egay at Falcon noong 2023 pero ang tseke mula sa Makati ay dumating Pebrero 2024, halos anim na buwan matapos ang sakuna.

Decongestion sa Manaoag Malapit Na

 

MAYOR MING THANKS GUV MONMON SA MULTI-LEVEL PARKING

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANAOAG, Pangasinan – Dahil sa visionary gobernador ng lalawigan, ang perennial na traffic congestion at kakulangan ng parking spaces dito ay matutuldukan na dahil sa intermodal bus terminal.

TERMINAL. Manaoag Mayor Ming Rosario (right bottom) lauds Pangasinan Governor Monmon Guico (left bottom) for the more or less P100 million the provincial government shelled out for the intermodal bus terminal to solve the traffic congestion caused by the pilgrims and visitors who worship at the famous The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag Church (top photo). 

“Visionary din si Governor e. Alam mo nakita niya iyan it’s a diversion road iyong highway. Twenty six meters ganoon kalaki. Sa four lanes didiretso ng Pozorubbio, iyang mga pa Baguio-Binalonan papasok at lalabas doon sa Binalonan Airport,” ani Mayor Jeremy Agerico B.  Rosario sa writer na ito sa proyektong inilagak ni Governor Ramon V. Guico III na merong higit kumulang  na P100 million budget.

Mayor Bona, M4GG Nakipag-Diyalogo kay DPWH Sec. Vs. Korapsyon

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – Nakipagtalakayan ang ina ng bayan dito at mga kasapi ng Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) sa kay Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon kamakailan lang kung paano malabanan ang mga maanomalyang proyekto at iba pang mga hamon na kinakaharap nila sa DPWH.

MANGALDAN Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno (extreme right) listens attentively to the dialogue between the Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) where she is a member and the officials of Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) leads by Secretary Vince Dizon about the challenges face by the local government units vis-à-vis the infrastructure projects constructed by the national government. The dialogue was held recently at the DPWH MIMAROPA Office in Quezon City. M4GG PHOTO

Sumentro rin ang usapin sa pagpapalakas ng ugnayan ng DPWH at mga local government units (LGUs) upang mapabilis ang mahahalagang proyektong pang-imprastraktura sa iba’t ibang parte ng bansa.

Bonggang Nakakaakit na Xmas Display sa mga LGU

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MALAYO na ang mga nararating ng mga munispiyo sa pagpapaganda ng mga kapaligiran at ibang lugar nila pag dating sa mga mabonggang dekorasyon para idaos ang Pasko.

SCINTILLATING. (Left photo) A giant alluring Christmas tree stands at the public plaza of Calasiao in Pangasinan. (Top right photo to bottom): Artificial snowflakes beside the vaunted Christmas tree in Bugallon, Pangasinan; Calasiao Mayor Patrick A. Caramat, and Bugallon Mayor William K. Dy. 

Ang mga nakakaakit at pamosong mga Christmas lightings na aking natatandaan ay noong pinaganda ni Bayambang former mayor Cezar T. Quiambao at ang kabiyak ang present alkalde na si Nina Jose-Quiambao at Calasiao's 160th and first lady mayor Mamilyn “Maya” Agustin - Caramat ang kanilang mga maunlad na bayan.

Historic ₱8.3-B Budget for P’gasinan in 2026

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the Php8,379,222,529 annual budget of Pangasinan for fiscal year 2026. It is the largest in the province’s history, marking an 18.01% increase from the 2025 budget of Php7,100,312,215.

Governor Ramon V. Guico III, who delivered his message before the 15-man provincial lawmakers during the budget hearing on November 26, said the expanded budget reflects the province’s strengthened fiscal position and capability to deliver broader and more sustainable public services.

De Venecia Binira mga Complainant sa Plunder Cases

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

DAGUPAN CITY – Mariing itinatanggi ni dating Pangasinan 4^th District Cong. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia ang akusasyon na plunder at iba pang mga kaso na isinampa sa kanya sa Ombudsman sa Metro Manila kamakailan.

FLOOD CONTROL BROUHAHAS. Former Pangasinan 4^TH District Cong. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia (left). Sual Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, Garly Calugay, and Jaime Aquino (from top to bottom).

“I categorically reject the recent allegations regarding “ghost flood control projects” in our district. These claims are entirely false and unfounded. Every project initiated under my tenure was fully documented, properly executed, and delivered to the communities it was intended to serve,” ani De Venecia sa isang press statement na ipinadala ng public relation outfit niya sa writer na ito.

10 P’sinan Towns Wagi sa SubayBAYANI 2025

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Sampû lamang sa 44 na mga bayan sa Pangasinan ang nanalo sa SubayBAYANI 2025 noong iginawad ang kanilang kanya-kanyang parangal kamakailan dito ng pamunuan ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

SUBAYBAYANI 2025 AWARDEES. (Top left photo and clockwise): Calasiao Mayor Patrick A. Caramat, Agno Mayor John N. Celeste, Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, and San Fabian Mayor Marlyn E. Agbayani.

Ang mga bayang nanalo ayon sa kanilang mga ranggo ay ang (1) Sison sa pamumuno ni Mayor Alma M. Lomibao; 2) Pozorrubio sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Kelvin T. Chan; 3) Agno sa pamumuno ni Mayor John N. Celeste; 4) San Fabian sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Marlyn E. Agbayani; 5) Calasiao sa pamumuno ni Mayor Patrick A. Caramat; 6) Labrador sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Noel N. Uson; 7) Basista sa pamumuno ni Mayor Jolly R. Resuello; 8) Mangaldan sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno; 9) Manaoag sa pamumuno ni Mayor Jeremy Agerico B. Rosario; at 10) Burgos sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Jesster Allan B. Valenzuela.

“Thanks the Gov’t not Me” - Basista Mayor tells Constituents

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – The young mayor here told his constituents that they should not be grateful to him but instead to the government for the food and the financial assistance they received after Super Typhoon Uwan scourged recently the landlocked town.

RELIEF STUFFS. Basista, Pangasinan Mayor Jolly ”J.R” Resuello sits on top of the "mountain" of sacks of relief goods composed of five kilos of rice and six noodles for each of the 14, 426 families affected by the scourge of Super Typhoon Uwan.

“Hindi niyo po kami dapat pasalamatan dahil Ito po ay hindi namin pera kundi pera ng taong bayan na dapat po lamang ang lahat ay mabahagian at makinabang. Trabaho po namin na kayo po ay paglingkuran, masuportahan, at matulungan sa mga panahon ng kalamidad,” Mayor Jolly “J.R” Resuello said on his Facebook Page.

MGA KATOLIKO DADAGSAIN ANG 100 YEARS NI LADY OF MANAOAG

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANAOAG, Pangasinan -  Dudumugin ng daang libong Katolikong mananampalataya ang Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag dahil sa ika isandaang taong anibersaryo nito sa Abril 22, 2026, ani ng alkalde dito.

APO BAKET. The venerated Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag and the façade of the Spanish colonization’s era church and its interior (from left and clockwise). First class town's Manaoag, Pangasinan Mayor Ming Rosario, MD (right bottom of the photo).

Sinabi ni Mayor Jeremy Agerico “Ming” B. Rosario na ang Centennial Canonical Celebration ng Our Lady of Manaoag ay gaganapin sa Abril 22, 2026.

Mayor Bona, 3 Alkalde Meet M4GG

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan - Nakipag ugnayan kamakailan si Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno at tatlong miyembro ng Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) – Pangasinan Chapter sa Secretariat ng organisasyon noong bumisita ang huli sa lalawigan.

GOOD GOVERNANCE. Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno (2^nd from left seated) and the three mayors of Pangasinan who meet with the Secretariat of the Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) when the latter visited the mammoth province. (M4GG’s Photo)

Kasama ng alkalde ng first class town na ito sina Alaminos City Mayor Bryan Celeste, Rosales Mayor William Cezar at Aguilar Mayor Kristal Soriano. Ang apat na mga alkalde ay kasalukuyang nasa observer status sa M4GG.

JUANITO (Juan Ponce Enrile)

(February 28, 2011 blog of Mortz Ortigoza)

RECENTLY, fellow columnist Brando Cortez told me to come pronto at Lenox Hotel in Dagupan City for a meeting with Rep. Jack Enrile (1st District, Province of Cagayan).

Author posing in the 2010's with senatorial bet Juan Ponce Enrile (right).

Enrile, who was “barnstorming” the country, discussed to us food security and the prohibitive interest rates of credit cards.

BBM Appoints P'sinan Guv RPOC Chair

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico III lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juan Victor C. Remulla for his appointment as the chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in Region-1.

He will serve the post from 2025 to 2028.

The region covers Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and the garguntuan province of Pangasinan.

Walang Baha sa Malasiqui, Pang-Akit ni Mayor

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Hinihikayat ng bagong alkalde dito ang mga mamumuhunan sa mga binabahang lugar sa Pangasinan na maglagak ng mga negosyo sa flood free town niya.

NEWLY MINTED Malasiqui Mayor Alfie Soriano poses for posterity while his constituents look.

“Mga katulad kong negosyante isip isip dito na lang kayo maglagay ng negosyo ninyo sa bayan ng Malasiqui. Bakit? Itong main thoroughfare namin papuntang Bayambang, papuntang San Carlos (City), papuntang Calasiao, papuntang Urdaneta (City), at papuntang Villasis hindi nagkakaroon ng baha sa daan so maganda magput-up ng negosyo dito kaya pag dito kayo kita kayo pero ang kontakin niyo si Alfie Soriano,” paghikayat ni Mayor.

P’sinan Ranks 7th in Revenue Collec. Nationally

 LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Governor Ramon V. Guico III received the awards on behalf of the province for being ranked 7 in Locally Sourced Revenues (LSR) for the year 2024 and 10th in Year-on-Year Growth in Local Sourced Revenues from 2023 to 2024, nationwide.

NAT’L AWARDEE. Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico III (5^TH from left) and his department heads receive the awards for being ranked 7 in Locally Sourced Revenues (LSR) for the year 2024 and 10th in Year-on-Year Growth in Local Sourced Revenues from 2023 to 2024, nationwide. The plaudit is given by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Governance Finance (BLGF) at the SMX Convention Center in Taguig City. The awards recognize the local government of the gargantuan province on good fiscal management. (Caption texts by Mortz C. Ortigoza)

Given by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Governance Finance (BLGF) at the SMX Convention Center in Taguig City on November 5, the award recognizes the province’s good fiscal management.

LGUs Nagsanib Vs. Baha, Ecological Degradation

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

BINMALEY, Pangasinan - Suportado ng alkalde dito ang multi-LGU (local government units) collaboration para labanan ang mga prublema sa baha, drainage congestion at ecolological degradation.

COLLOBORATION of these Chief Executives to solve if not mitigate the perrenial flooding and ecological degradation of their shared river systems. Binmaley Mayor Pete A. Merrera (top left and clockwise), Calasiao Mayor Patrick A. Caramat, San Carlos City Mayor Julier C. Resuello, and Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez.

“On behalf of the Municipality of Binmaley, I express our strong and unequivocal support to this initiative. Binmaley, being geographically situated along the distributaries of the Agno and Sinucalan river systems, shares the challenges of recurrent flooding, drainage congestion, and ecological degration. These concerns transcend political boundaries and therefore require a united and coordinated response among neighboring local government units,” sipi ng liham ni Mayor Pete A. Merrera kay Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan L. Kua na ipinakita ng una sa Northern Watch Newspaper noong makapanayam siya sa kanyang tanggapan.

P8-B Budget for P’gasinan in 2026

 A SPIKE OF P1-B FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government of Pangasinan will have an P8 billion annual appropriation budget in year 2026, according to Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino. 

“Pinasa po natin on first reading iyong proposed annual budget ng Lalawigan ng Pangasinan this is amounting a little over P8 billion. It is an increase of about a billion for the 2025 annual budget. Tapos ito po ay nasa Committee ng Appropriation ngayon,” Lambino told recently reporters here.

 

PANGASINAN Governor Ramon V. Guico III (3rd from left front row) signs a document while Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino (2nd from left front row), and some provincial lawmakers witness the official act of the governor. 

He added that come end of November this year that mammoth budget will be passed by the provincial lawmakers.

Mga P’sinense Sikat sa Reg’l Stats Month

 

Muling namayagpag ang mga Pangasinense sa 36th National Statistics Month Regional Closing and Awarding Ceremony na ginanap kamakailan lang sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, San Fernando City, La Union.

Kasama ang Provincial Statistics Committee (PSC), ipinagmalaki ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Pangasinan sa pamumuno ni Gob. Ramon V. Guico III ang tagumpay ng ating mga kinatawan matapos masungkit ang 4 sa 11 regional championship contests.

De Venecias — The Poetry of Progress

 By: Z.J Ortigoza

THE De Venecias’ legacy is already etched in stone — as enduring as the tablets of Mount Sinai on which God carved the Ten Commandments. In the Pearl of the Orient Seas, their name has become a beacon of progress, their good works reverberated from the hometown shores to the national stage.

HISTORIC. After 90 years the historic link that will also ease the gridlock on the stretches of the highway in Dagupan and Binmaley is being rebuilt. The new Calmay Bridge rises as the spiritual successor to the Franklin Bridge, a landmark of the American era destroyed by floods in 1935.

 Former five-time Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. is revered for championing peace, economic reform, and global diplomacy. Congresswoman Gina de Venecia is celebrated for her compassion and tireless advocacy for women, children, and families. And former Congressman Christopher “Toff” de Venecia represents a new generation of leadership — a visionary champion of the country’s creative industries.

A Country Runs Like Hell By Filipinos

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

My kids and the Missus are going gaga with the controversial flick of the Castillian looking Philippines President Manuel L. Quezon. They are watching his documentaries at YouTube before going to the celluloid screen at Robinsons.

Photo grabs from the internet.

Geez, I taught Quezon in my History class in college for ten years.

I blamed him for the present misery of the Filipinos because our thieving leaders are getting worst as the years pass by.

P4.9-T AI Projected Revenues at PH at Risk

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY – Unless the stakeholders of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Philippines do something, the P4.9 trillion projected incomes from it for ten years will be prejudiced.

SPEAKER. IAmContact Solutions Chief Operation Officer Nestor Feland Panopio (3^rd from left) shows his Certificate of Appreciation as resource speaker from the officers of Eventually Events PH after the A.I Technology Seminar sponsored by Eventually PH and Philippines-Zhangzhou General Chamber of Commerce Inc. held recently at the Blackscoop Cafe in Dagupan City.

“I want you to put that in your mind: P4.9 trillion! This is actually the amount projected by the International Monetary Fund that can be generated with the use of AI. So maraming industry ang puedeng gamitan ng AI. So can you imagine if we can take part of that P4.9 trillion kahit 1% lang ng P4.9 trillion maraming pera na iyan,” according to IAmContact Solutions Chief Operation Officer Nestor Feland Panopio, one of the three resource speakers of the AI Technology Seminar sponsored by Eventually Events PH and Philippines-Zhangzhou General Chamber of Commerce Inc. held recently at the Blackscoop Cafe here.

Mayor J.R, mga Opisyal Pinaghahandaan na ang Undas

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – Kasama ang mga sangay ng lokal at pambansang pamahalaan dito, inumpisahang nililinis na ng batang alkalde ang pumpublikong at pribadong mga sementeryo para sa pagdagsa ng mga tao sa Undas.

ALL SAINTS DAY. Basista Mayor Jolly “J.R” R. Resuello (3rd from right) leads his staff and members of the national agencies in the clean-up drive of public and private cemeteries in the landlocked town for the forthcoming All Saints Day in November 1 as Basistans visit their deceased loved ones.  

“Ating inumpisahan ang taon- taong nating ginagawang paglilinis sa ating pumpublikong sementeryo tuwing dumarating ang Undas sa ating bayan. kasama ang MDRRMO, SWMO, BFP, PNP, engineering’s office, Grace Guardian, at ang Mayor’s Office ay nag samasama upang pagkaisahan ang clean up drive na ito,” ani Mayor Jolly “J.R” R. Resuello.

10 Years na ang Trick or Treat sa Mangaldan

(KITAKITS SA OKTUBRE 30, ANI MAYORA BONA)

Inaanyayahan ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Mangaldan ang lahat ng mga residente sa bayan na makisaya sa Mayor Bona’s Trick or Treat at ipakita ang kanilang pinaka-kakaibang costume sa Huwebes, 𝐎𝐤𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦 sa Mangaldan Municipal Hall Grounds.

Ngayong taon ang ika-sampung anibersaryo ng nasabing aktibidad na nagsimula sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Mayor Bona Fe de Vera-Parayno noong 2015.

Exhibitor Shed Tears at Manila FAME

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

PASAY CITY – An overwhelmed exhibitor at the Manila FAME shed tears while being interviewed by reporters because she was selected among the few to join this year’s artisans’ expose’.

PANGASINAN Governor Ramon V. Guico III (left) and Gemma Vistro crow the products of Vistro’s Gemma’s Souvenir Shop at the Manila Fame in the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

“Pangarap ko na po noon pa (na sumali),” Gemma Vistro of the Gemma’s Souvenir Shop at the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City explained in Tagalog when asked why she cried.

Mayor J.R Prepares Constituents vs. Big One

 

BASISTA, Pangasinan – Due to the series of moderate and severe earthquakes that hit the country, the mayor of this town prepares his constituents how to deal with the calamity incase it strikes here.

PREPARATION. Mayor Jolly “J.R” Resuello (extreme right) exhorts the members of the members of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) how to prepare their constituents incase the Big One strikes the town.

  “Magkakaroon din ng earthquake drill sa LGU Basista sa Monday upang maaktuwalan kung paano ang magiging responde ng ating PNP, BFP, MHO, at MDRRMO sa ating mga kababayang nangangailangan ng tulong sa pagkatapos ng pag yanig,” Mayor Jolly “J.R Resuello told the members of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) in a meeting held at his office.

He planned to have earthquake drills too in the villages, schools, and churches so his constituents could have enough knowledge how to deal with the temblor that already cost countless lives and harmed Filipinos and damaged their properties in Cebu and Mindanao in the past weeks.

“Atin din pong ipapa ocular ang ating mga buildings gaya sa school, barangay halls at mga churches, barangay, provincial at national roads at mga tulay na kailangan imonitor upang para maagapan agad (ang sakuna)” he told the members of the MDRRMC.

The wisdom of the preparation, Resuello explained, is to give immediate help those who are affected by the earthquake incase it strikes.

Meanwhile, the personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection here, under the supervision of SFO4 Derrick P. Zulueta, Acting Municipal Fire Marshal, facilitated the participation of high school students from Beleng National High School, Bayambang, Pangasinan in firefighting exercises and final evaluation on first aid as part of their 10-day Work Immersion Program at this station. It was followed by a recognition activity to conclude their training.