Posted on November 19, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
Not too far in the distant past, when the GIs were here running the USAF Clark Air Base, the place (CAB) was like any other place in America. The population was mostly white, the food basically American, the houses pretty much the same as in their homeland, the cars much different from the owner-type jeeps [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by Apung Banong
I can’t help but laugh out loud each time I come across Boking interviews about his daughter Marjorie’s bid to challenge him for the top executive position in Mabalacat. He says a lot of nonsensical arguments but the man is obviously avoiding answers to some questions: Why is Marjorie challenging him? Why is Marjorie saying [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
The People are asking for it. Ever since I ran for vice Mayor in the last 2007 elections, a lot of my kababayans have been trying to persuade me to vie for the mayoralty post. After the ballot boxes containing the Election Returns that were under protest were burned at the municipal hall sometime in [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, Jr.’s coming out in the arena of politics is nothing less than phenomenal. It is humongous to say the least. Public response is such that political opponents are left panting in its wake. Due perhaps to sentimental reasons, loyalists of the late former president Cory Aquino are secretly wishing (some even openly [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
A lot has been written by so-called political pundits on the raging controversy that rifts Mabalacat mayor Morales’ “extensive” families. The mayor’s eldest daughter’s (Marjorie Morales-Sambo, by Mina Paras) declaration of her intention to challenge her father in the 2010 elections has not only surprised other aspirants to the town’s executive position but also manifested [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2009 by Jun Bautista
As early as 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius predicted the warming of the Earth’s temperature through an increase in the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2). At that time, however, given the rate of CO2 emissions then, Arrhenius was not alarmed by this possibility. More than a century later, Arrhenius’s prediction has become a reality with [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
“It is very unfortunate that detractors choose to deviate from the tested path of intellectual discussion and engage in mudslinging and outright distortion of facts,” thus said Dr. Victor S. Tiglao when sought for comment on the rumors that patients die of neglect in his hospital.
“When people make serious allegations, they should be able to [...]
Posted on September 28, 2009 by Jun Bautista
Just a little over a month after Republic Act No. 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Women, has been approved, the Catholic Church is already laying the basis for an exemption from the full application of the law. In a speech during the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) national convention, Monsignor [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
Indications are strong that Dr. Victor S. Tiglao will be anointed the Liberal Party’s official candidate for mayor in the town of Mabalacat, Pampanga. Pending official notification, however, public pronouncement will be deferred until later.
Tiglao’s selection comes based solely on his integrity and on the strength of his character, and not on whether or not [...]
Posted on August 27, 2009 by Emmer Dizon
The new Mabalacat municipal building is a very impressive structure. Employing colorful shades and hues, the building emits an image that is both eye-catching and engaging. In a town known more as a place of fraud and corruption than for its rich history and legacy, the government building serves as a carnival attraction. Amid a [...]
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