Jeanette on Jul 23rd 2008
Sagunto Kagawad Loejan Anudon has been quite busy writing up articles for the Season For Sison Website. Here are a few more articles written by him:
MMDA TRUCKS IN SISON NOT VOTER’S FERRY sets the rumors and speculations straight regarding the presence of the trucks in Sison.
VINTAGE BOMBS EXCAVATED IN SISON PLAZA more speculations regarding the source and purpose of the bombs are circulating, some quite humorous.
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Jeanette on Jul 22nd 2008
Congressman Mark O. Cojuangco and Mayor Kimi recently faced off with Department of Education officials who claimed in their report, during President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s visit in Lingayen to inspect the progress of post typhoon relief funds released to the Department of Education, that eighty percent of all schools have been rehabilitated after damages suffered from typhoon Cosme. Our feisty and courageous mayor stood up to contradict the claim as untrue.
In front of the media, Mayor Kimi Cojuangco showed President Macapagal-Arroyo photographs of the dilapidated conditions of schools in her district, of which, no federal relief has been received for, two months after its release. Congressman Cojuangco, who was also in attendance at the meeting with the President, quickly jumped into the fray to confirm Mayor Kimi’s claims. Proclaiming “Let’s not waste money on pigpens!” referring to the shoddy construction of schools.
Read Sagunto Kagawad Loejan Anudon’s account of the incident at the Sison Website:
High Dep-Ed Officials Castigated for Sidestepping Sison
Additional background to the incident was also published on the Sunday Punch:
GMA’s Last Visit Hasten’s Rehab Work
And The PIA News Reader also wrote about the incident:
Commentary: An Inconvenient Truth
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Jeanette on Jul 21st 2008
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Jeanette on Jul 16th 2008
The husband and wife team Edil Bliss Castillo and Albert Buaquen have been appointed as Bago Youth Coordinators. Their appointment was announced at the Bago National Cultural Society of the Philippines meeting in Pugo, La Union last May. During the meeting, it was also planned that the 4th Bago Congress will be held in Bagabag Vizcaya next April 2009.
The photos below were taken during the meeting in Pugo last May (courtesy of Edil):
Edil and Albert are organizing the Bago youth to create a website in order to inform all Bagos in the Philippines and abroad of the activities and projects of the Bago youth and the tribe as a whole. Among many upcoming projects where the Bago youth will be involved is the first Begnas Ilocos on October 28 to be held in Candon, Ilocos Sur. It will be a grand, three day affair spearheaded by the Bagos and everyone is invited. More importantly, all Bago youth are invited to get involved in the organization. There are plenty of projects in the works and every helping hand will be welcomed.
If you would like to get involved and join the Bago Youth, contact the coordinators at the address below:
Edil Bliss Castillo
Albert Buaquen
#23 Lower Engineer’s Hill
Baguio City
2600 Philippines
CP number 09195115027
09066025272
304 2645
or email: edilbliss @ yahoo.com
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Jeanette on Jul 15th 2008
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