Cash - Awash Voters Wiped Out Resto Stocks

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 A voter in one of the cities in Pangasinan province could not believe that during election day and the day after fast food chains like those internationally franchised Jollibee and McDonald and appliance centers had been flooded with enthusiastic customers.

“First time ganito ka dami pila ng tao na mukhang madami galing sa squatter areas.
P5,500 richers itong mga siste. Madami sila pera today,” cited by Butch Tolentino to those high spirited folks who queued in those franchised stores.

Pakurong is Pangasinan term for dole outs in cash or in kind that candidates give to voters surreptitiously in the eve of election day.
Each of the rivals for the mayorship derby gave P2,500 and P3,000 each to the delighted voters who were seen at the streets in late night of May 12 and wee hours before the May 13 election day waiting for the signal to claim their thousands of pesos through a security featured stub given by the bagmen of the candidate who wielded an ultra violet light (UVL) that checked their authenticity.

Sen. Poe: Power ng TV Ads, Pagpasa ng PSA

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Sabi ng mga political experts, ang vote buying para lang sa mga tumatakbong congressmen kasi napakaliit ng isang district na pinaglalabanan nila. Dito nga lamang sa province namin may isang district dito na composed ng isang city at apat na bayan at meron dito na walong bayan at malabong magka city dahil kapos sa visions ang mga mayors dahil karamihan mahina ang kukoti.

Ang pagtakbo sa pagiging senator ay imposibling gamitan ng vote buying kasi meron tayong almost 64 million voters unlike sa average na 324 thousand voters sa isang distrito ng vote-rich province Pangasinan.

BUWAN - Reelectionist Senator Grace Poe, prolific actor Coco Martin and his Vendetta group belt Juan Carlos’ “Buwan” at the grand rally of the Nationalista Party, Nationalist People’s Coalition, and Abono Party List at the tarmac of the WCC Aviation School in Binalonan, Pangasinan where a sea of wide eyed humanity attended. PHOTO BY MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

Nadinig ko na rin ito sa ibang pulitiko, pero ito ang post sa Facebook ng isang tumatakbong senator using a different name:

“Alam ninyo ba na ang halaga na ngayon ng 30-second  (television) ad ay nasa P500,000 to P800,000 per slot depende kung sa primetime o hindi ipapalabas? So, kapag may 10 slots sa isang araw, tumataginting na P8 MILYON kaagad! Aba! Bakit ba gagastos ng ganyan kalaki ang mga kandidato araw-araw samantalang P117,000 lang ang sweldo ng isang senador kada buwan?”

Whopping na P240 million sa isang buwan pa lang iyan, anak ng bakang dalaga!, ika ng isang media man.

Abono, OFW Family Party Lists Assured of Cong Seat

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Farmers’ group Abono and OFW Family Club have been assured of one seat each for the incoming 18^th Congress of the Philippines, according to the May 3-6, 2019 survey of Pulse Asia.

According to the Constitution selection or election of Partylists come from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious sector.

There were 134 partylist groups according to the Commission on Election in the May 13, 2019 election when, according to Pulse Asia, only nine (9) party list get the support of the 2.0 percent Filipino voters.

Based on the procedures for the allocation of the maximum numbers of 59 seat representatives described in the resolution issued by the Supreme Court in February 17, 2017, these groups’ Anti-Crime & Terrorism Community Involvment and Support, Inc. (ACT-CIS), Ako Bicol Political Party (Ako Bicol), and Ang Bayan Muna  would succeed in winning three seats each in the House of Representatives, the maximum number of seats that any partylist can obtain in the election.

OFW FAMILY CLUB –  Roy Señeres Jr. (4^th from left), nominee of the OFW Family Club Party list, answers questions by media men when he and partymates barnstorm the vote rich province of Pangasinan. Dr. Phine Dulay-Marin (2^nd from right), provincial coordinator, and some of the brass listen. MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

If the number of sectoral representatives does not reach 20% of the total number of representatives in the House, parties that have not won seats but garnered enough votes to place them among the top sectoral parties are given a seat each until the 57 seats are filled, according to Wikipidea.

Hired Killer Betrays His Patron

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

I dropped by recently at the ritzy mansion of a first class town mayor in Northern Luzon since I did not break bread with him for a long time.

I met there too some of his seasoned political leaders that spiked up and spiced up our conversation about politics.

When I told them about the audacity of assassins murdering this year politicians like former La Union Congressman Eufranio Eriguel, Sudipen, La Union Mayor Alexander Buquing,Balaoan, La Union former mayor and incumbent Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion, and former Bayambang, Pangasinan Councilor Levin N. Uy, the mayor told me about the aborted murder hatched against him.

He narrated that a year ago somebody called him that his perennial bitter rival, who supports a relative for the mayorship, wanted to assassinate him.

He immediately contacted his police brass’ friends at the regional command and sought their help to unmask the perpetrator of the threat.

“They have technological marvel that could trace the location of the owner of the mobile phone whenever it rings,” he enthused.

“Ya, I know that StingRay liked gadget. When my cellphone was surreptitiously taken by a theft from my opened shoulder bag in Mangaldan seven years ago, I told the incident to the then chief of police of Dagupan City where the device traced the location of my phone in Barangay Caranglaan of the city,” I cited.

Mayor Spent P6M To Solicitors In A Month Alone

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

A first class town mayor spent six million pesos to well wishers and solicitors who go to his house last Yuletide season.

“I did not hide from my constituents who want some Christmas’ dole outs. I stayed in my house thus I spent six million pesos last December alone,” the successful contractor and mayor, who asked for anonymity, in central Pangasinan told this writer in Tagalog.

He said his vice mayor who is running for the May 13, 2019 election has been absconding his constituents who seek financial aid even before and after the Christmas season.

“Ano lang naman ang pera niya hindi stable iyong pagiging contractor niya sa ibang tao,” the seasoned politician cited.

The mayor said that his post is a thankless job because he spent hundred of millions of pesos for his personal saving to help the town’s folks since he joined politics two decades ago.

Was Jacinto Paclibar mayor of Kidapawan?

(ARTICLE TAKEN FROM KIDAPAWAN OF THE PAST)

Here are the facts to one of North Cotabato's pioneer settlers:

Jacinto Aguilar Paclibar was born in 26 March, 1909 in Passi, Iloilo to Venancio Paclibar and Dionesia Aguilar, farmers. After finishing high school in Iloilo, Jacinto found himself employed as a train conductor in the Capiz-Iloilo line. After fourteen years in this job he also worked as a 'kapatas' in the Sugar Central in Iloilo.

After hearing of the abundant land in Mindanao, Paclibar brought his family to Upi (now in Maguindanao province) in 1930. By 1937, the Paclibars had moved to M'lang, then part of the Municipal District of Buluan. M'lang counts him as one of its first settlers.

Jacinto acquired vast tracks of land in M'lang, including portions of today's poblacion and the land on which the Notre Dame of M'lang stands. He became prosperous as a farmer, setting up rice and corn mills.

During the Second World War, Paclibar was appointed Chairman of the Civil Emergency Administration under the 118th Infantry Regiment of Wendell Fertig's 10th Military Division, which at the time was stationed in M'lang. Sources also say he was appointed Comptroller of Supplies by Udtog Matalam, one of the leaders of the regiment. The exact dates of his tenure are not known.

During this time, Alfonso Angeles Sr was also known to have been appointed 'Mayor of the Upper Cotabato Sector,' while sources name Filomeno Blanco as the civilian mayor of Kidapawan appointed by the Japanese.

M'lang, where Paclibar was based and where he held office, would only be part of Kidapawan by 1947, and Executive Order No. 82 of 1947 (which creates the Municipality of Kidapawan) actually says it was still part of Buluan prior to Kidapawan's creation as a municipality.

Paclibar held office in M'lang at a time when M'lang was still not part of Kidapawan. So it may not be being accurate to say that he was mayor of Kidapawan, .

But he was much more than mayor: after the War, Paclibar was appointed Deputy Governor of the unidivided Cotabato Province, a post he held until 1949 (two years shy of M'lang's separation as a Municipality). During this time he still held office in M'lang, perhaps contributing to the impression that he was mayor (he would be the highest official in Kidapawan at the time, as Cotabato City was still the provincial capital and seat of the provincial governor).

Paclibar never pursued a political career after his term as deputy governor ended. He focused on managing his land. In the troubles of the late 60s and early 70s he acquired property in Loreto, Agusan, and he spent his last years alternating between M'lang and Agusan.

Jacinto Paclibar died in M'lang in 1985, survived by ten children and his widow, Rufina Bornasal

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ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAN CARLOS CITY ISO CERTIFIED

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

First Feat in the Philippines

SAN CARLOS CITY -  Why Pangasinan should be proud of the City Division Office (CDO) of the Department of Education here? It is the only International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certified school in the entire country.

“All schools! Buong Pilipinas kami lahat lang ang ISO nag undergo kami ng process, we started in September 10 last year,” this CDO Superintendent Sheila Marie Primicias crowed recently to this writer the 75 primary and secondary public schools under her watch that were given world class status by the Geneva, Switzerland based entity.

Aside from this feat,  she and her staff processed expeditiously the division office to be an ISO 9001 certified in just 90 days.

VISIONARY – Superintendent Sheila Marie Primicias of San Carlos City, Pangasinan's City Division Office (CDO) of the Department of Education lectures officials of one of the division offices in the country who visited the CDO in the city for bench-marking. They want to learn  how Primicias and staff breezed the twin International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificates given to the CDO and the 75 government primary and secondary schools in the central Pangasinan city.

“Inuna namin muna ang division 90 days. Kami ang record holder na pinaka mabilis sa process sa buong Pilipinas ng DepEd,” she continued.

Because of their exploits many school officials from other parts of the country visited the SDO here to benchmark.

She cited the officials of the division offices of the provinces of Benguet, Abra, Pampanga, Malolos City in Bulacan, and others visited the division dubbed as the “prettiest” and swankiest edifice among the six SDOs in the gargantuan province of Pangasinan if not in the four provinces in Region 1. The sprucing up of the building ensued under the administration of Primicias.