LOCAL newspaper reports that the Awai lot in San Jacinto purchased by the city government in 2002 is covered by the comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP) and already subdivided among tenants of the land, has sent the city government of Dagupan scurrying to verify the alleged development.
City Mayor Alipio Fernandez immediately directed City Legal Officer George Mejia to gather all the necessary data concerning the status of the controversial city-owned lot in neighboring San Jacinto town. Read the rest of this entry »

OUT-OF-TOWN sessions for legislative bodies are fine. There, away from the perfumed, sometimes stale, airconditioned offices or sessions halls, one gets to hear the real voice of the hoi poloi, the local leaders, straight and frank.

We commend the sanguniang panlalawigan for this move to have their sessions moving from one district to another, with mayors and perhaps barangay leaders able to not just see their provincial leaders in person but also interact with them. We can’t exactly recall now but sometime during the administration of former Gov. Rafael Colet, there was one such similar undertaking – for sanggunian legislators holding court in the field.
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