Agbayani to run for governor in 2010

LINGAYEN – It is confirmed: Second District Rep. Victor Agbayani will run for governor in 2010.

“If I will not run, wala nang alternatibo ang ating probinsiya, wala nang demokrasya. Kailangan naman may pagpilian ang ating mga kababayan sa Pangasinan,” Agbayani, who was governor for three terms, said.

He admitted that he lacks financial resources to match that of his rivals and can only offer his “good name” to the voters during the electoral fight.

How to beat Manny Villar

The conflict between Immigration Chief in Pangasinan Bert Garcia and his subordinate August de Venecia (nephew of former Speaker Joe) has been dragged to different airwaves of the different AM radio stations in Dagupan City.

The latter nastily accused Bert to have illegally pocketed a lot of monies using his office. In the vernacular August said “kinurakot ni Garcia” His series of accusations were contained in a complaint-affidavit he filed at the Ombudsman.

If Joe de Venecia would still be the Speaker, Bert would have been probably preventively suspended by the Ombudsman a long time ago, or reassigned somewhere in Basilan to process the immigration papers of some Abu Sayyafs who want to have furlough or Rest & Recreation at the nearby Sabah, Malaysia, or prepare the papers of some Al Quiada terrorists who hail from the nearby Indonesia.

BIR monitors restaurants in Pangasinan

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY – Before three famous restaurants in Pangasinan were simultaneously closed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, they were discreetly monitored for tax violations.

“Our personnel were inside the restaurants from the time they opened and closed their business,” Revenue District Office-6 head Marlyn Vicente said.

She explained that before Matutina’s, Silverio’s, and Nena’s were dealt by “Operation Kandado (Padlocked),” the tax bureau evaluated first if they committed any of the three standard violations.