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The Honorable Mark O. Cojuangco, Congressional Representative of Pangasinan’s 5th District introduced a new bill in Congress Mandating the Immediate Re-commissiong and Commercial Operation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Appropriating Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes. The Ilocano version of the Congressman’s introduction of the bill is on the Sison Official Website but for the benefit of our readers who are not at ease reading Ilocano, here is the English version.

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Last year’s town fiesta was a memorable one, the first under Mayor Kimi’s administration. Since then, Sison has truly come into its season and is awaiting your return, you her children who are abroad. This year’s fiesta is going to be even better than last year. Hard to believe, I know. Already, Sison is gearing up starting with the search for the Sison Idol. This year will also herald the new town hall/plaza which has been under renovation for much of the year. The project experienced some delays due to the typhoons but they are now working around the clock to get the new plaza ready for the fiesta. “According to Mr. Eleuterio ‘Keong’ Reyes who is monitoring all ongoing Sison infrastructure projects, the town’s plaza will be segmented into two. On the southern part will stand an open theater and its northern portion will be converted into a park. ‘A lane will also be constructed around the plaza for pedestrians’ Mr. Keong added.”

Another grand project in the works is the installation of monopoles throughout Sison. Don’t worry about being unplugged and offline while you vacation in Sison any longer. The goal of these monopoles is to provide the entire municipality of Sison with free access to the internet! This will make Sison one of the first (if not the first) municipalities in the Philippines to be ‘wired’, thanks to the innovative and forward thinking Mayor Kimi Cojuangco.

Visit the Season for Sison website for the complete article and additional photos by Kagawad Loejan Anudon.

Starting September 18, 2008, the ten candidates for Sison Idol will be campaigning to gather text votes by visiting schools and barangays. Voting will be conducted by text messaging. To vote for your favorite, simply text sisonidol(space)jun(space) sisonidolpolljun sisonidol(space)poll(space)JUN and send it to 9977 to vote for Sagunto’s Jaime Echave, pictured above.

Additional details regarding cash voting (vote by donating), texting from abroad and voting for other contestants will be added later as they are confirmed. Below are photos taken from the kickoff for the Sison Idol last September 13. The first elimination will be on October 11, so make sure to get your votes in soon!

Photos courtesy of L.Anudon

Sagunto’s beloved Kapitan Esteban celebrated his 73rd birthday this month. Following are some photos from the celebration

Photos courtesy of A.Paliwen

UPDATED 9/15/08 - photos added, courtesy of A. Anudon & Sison slide
Mayor Kimi has certainly brought about the season for Sison. Even since taking office less than a year ago, she has initiated numerous improvements not just in the beautification of Sison but also improvements to the governance and infrastructure of our beloved town. Here are a few things going on in Sison, in case you haven’t had a chance to visit the Season for Sison website lately:

The new SISON MUNICIPAL LIBRARY is now complete, thanks to the team of our mayor Kimi and her sister, Cristy.

According to an earlier article, Sisters’ Act, the books in the library were hand-picked by Mayor Kimi and her sister.

TRAINING/SEMINAR ON HYBRID RICE SEED PRODUCTION
The 22 week training is in progress. The “Training on Hybrid Rice Seed Production and Certification” in Barangay Pinmilapil, Sison, to train farmers to produce the Mestizo-I hybrid rice seed called the F1. Those who complete the certification will be accredited as producers and recognized to transact with the Department of Agriculture.

Kagawad Loejan Anudon with Department of Agriculture chief in Sison, Mrs. Belinda Villanueva

ARTACHO SCHOOL GETS NEW BALUSTRADE
The acting Vice Mayor, Hon. Eric Biason donated cement to build a balustrade in front of the newly constructed Mark O. Cojuangco Building at Artacho Elementary School. This is part of the effort to ready the Grade 5 room for an upcoming science competition this month.

Biason in front of Artacho Elementary School building where the balustrades will be installed.

KARYO FLIES TO THE LAND OF DOLLS
It is a practice of Mayor Kimi to bring one of her staff to accompany her on her jaunts to visit Saguntonians abroad. During her recent visit to California to attend the gathering of the Sisonian’s in San Diego, Pangasinan Provincial Tribal Federation Chieftain, Mr. Inocencio “Karyo” G. Carganilla, was the lucky one to travel with the mayor. It should be noted that these overseas jaunts to unite Sisonians all over the world are funded not by government funds but rather at Mayor Kimi’s personal expense.
The slideshow below are from the Mayor’s visit with Sisonians in California. Slide show courtesy of ‘PangasinanSison’ on Slide.com.

Click here to view the letter from the President of the Sisonian Organization in CA/USA, Gloria Echave Bauumgartner, regarding the mayor’s visit.

Source: All articles referred to were authored by Loejan Anudon. Photos borrowed from the Season for Sison website.