New Pangasinan idioms (for sorting)

 

singa sungot na pusa

Laki nen baem...

Depak Na Tawen?

Aliwan amin a mankidiam et balitok

Ambetebetel so dalikan

Matalag nen bulay Mayo

Bahala lay vicenten lakanat

Singa eleng a pusa

Singa inpatikleb ya palapa

Ag nalotsoy kanit

Mantolak na daloyon

Onakar ed akasabit ya tinebey

Onsayaw ed tapew na rainbow

Akaoley lay Vicenten dapmeg

ataiay bitewen

No say danum et mareen siguradon alarem

Ag manbungay pantol so sengeg na kaimito

aliwa pilo

Singa dinalanan na piyon..

amagaan lay binigat 

Binmalitok ya puso

Aplit so lasi

Abangles so ilol to

Agko ninengneng nilinggis ko labat..

Singa manbibilay ya oleg ya lipeng

Singa onlelegep ed danum ya anggad kalit-kalit

mataltalag nen say delap

Ag nalislisay americano = marigo lasi

Uran bakes

Alatian lay kanonotan to,

lupay Biyernes Santo, 

asapeyan nen inaro tod bilay

Atukdol lay tawen

Agga maniiteran ya ponget

Ipustam lay nan-pisingan mo

Balbaleg kan tae

No manasalita singa sisilamutay pusa.

Inatey ya akamulagat

Singa ka another, 

apogusay train

Dinatmeg dad pagew

Singa eleng ya pusa

Matan singa bitewen

Dila ya nandita!

MAnbibilay ed taew

Singa ira bulan ya busaleg

napanlegepay pato- madigon inluton pising o sira o karne

No antekey so ules ikukot so sali..

Akarel na karag

walay daplis to

Akatae ed simbaan - aga makaamot, labirot

Poso ed tyagew

Namamagaay dika ed dadalanen to

tombong ya asilot

naksit so batikuley pabo

lukdit mo

Anawet kan maong!!!

Antikey so kurang mo!!!

Kimmankandila ran koko!!?

No antoy batik na alama ya baleg, ontan met so batik na alama ya melag.

Namagaay dalin

Singa manaakar ed pilapil ya anggapoy silew

Paltak ya asireg

Atagey ya paltik

Simabi, limala balet agaa anengnenng

maksil nen say dagem.

Singa ka imbalaybay ya duron.

Agto la naluksoy usang.

Atagey ya paltik

Lasin baleg

Aleg aleg,pero manlereg.

Singa tikin onlalakap ed poste.

Namagaan so dikan dalanen to.

NATDAK SO BONAY

Manluksoy kanonotan to.

Aketket na baka

Singa lupot

baleg tae

Singa tonger

Ampait lai bangus

Bimmatik so angabil.

No say gawam ed ag akapeket.......ituloy yo la. Haha

Ai agee Marianon garapon

Amagaay binigat

Kapa kapay bakes

ampait met

Singa ka manaakar ya pabitay.

Masiken lay siguro agni atalo..

Agaylatan pilo ey....

Tempeng so eleng to😆

Aperper so dalan

Mangala ak na bato ipekpek ko'd ulok.

Mandildil na asin.

LANLANDET PATPATA MITMILA LARAY BATON DUARA

Ataptapëw nën say kinaykay ya manok

Say sungot mo singa darapilan

Usil usil Ed dagëm

Aga naluksoy karag

Gerger moy buklëw ko

inatey so dueg ya kinetket na liyes

Mabegbeg ya puso - Mabait o maawain

Aga natekyab na wawak.

Anggad layag so imis to

Singa ka dikay dalin

San tagayan

Nampanabusay lusi. (Say gabay ton ibaga et "bunso")..

No agga manlastog agga unlatog!

Singa tegtele

Antoy gawaen mod dika no inatey lay kabayo

Singa manaanap nang karayom Ed pitek,or onpatey so ubo ya natapakan ton onnakar

Kimey ka tapian mangan ka

Ampêtang so sangim...speak ill then comes true

Abagotbagot lay talon!

apentew so baaw!!!

Bari Bari say nasiritan KO ag umbabawe

Singa kokot so lupa to

Kapigan natabaan so sungot mi ey

Namamagay..Gagatinan TON. DIKA

Aketket sikaton angoyaket ya atektek….

“Nan layag so dalin”Say tsismis tan tongtong basilyo maples ya unkayat ed saray Mamaritess…

Onsuso ed lurem

say utek to so limmetsag Ed dapan.

Angagiagir ka

No antikey so ules ikukot so sali

Nu antikey su oles,ikukot moy salim

Inatey so patang ya nagatinan to

Sankaanap sankaluto

Umpatey so nagatinan mon karag!

Konkondamel--slowfoot

Singa ipapagatin 

Pasmadoy sangi to( malabi labir)

Losi dweg, 

Amagaan ed darapilan, 

inatey su pusa ed dalikan,

Agka maknol ta piyano agka untanol

Akalat na dweg

Singa napansabitay kaldero so sungot to

Say kuwrtay gungong paninawaay toon maong

Naupot anggad galor

Marulem no ngarem

Kauley lay vicenten lakanat

Singa uleng na pusa

Aga naluksoy kabayo so baaw to

agka mapaga ta say paga walad ponsya

atubuan ka lay sakrol 

Agaylay kasil na kapoy mo 

Singa palapay niyog so eleng mo

Anak nen punga

Aga nadepay wawak

Butaw lay bulsak

Bangun kila atagey lay matay agew

Namamagaan na dika

Esaes na karol

Nipatog ed bulan

Lupay aga mamarigo

Antikey so sali

Minlabahas na sungot

Atapew so bulsa

Alarem so misteryo

Inkubibit na tawen

Antekey so salim

Singa ka ngeriyet na aso

Ames wawak

akagatin ya balitok ya makapiley

Kalawit mo bitewen no inaro mo ak

Ingawa to lamet

Amay kanding kinan na pagey

Aga naluksoy kabayo tay walad platom

Nanlulubiran lay dilam

Mankalawit na kamatis

Matalag tan delap

No umputi wawak 

gagawaen dan belasan

Maremes ni daiset

Amagaan lay dika

Say ganat pakalaay bayag

Singa ka namamagaan ya lanang

Agmo antay waweng mo

Anemic lay bulsa, 

ay marianon garapon, ag macalabas ed traffic.

utang otot manbayar no macadokdok, 

singa anganan na pusa, 

Ampait ya panangaro

No melag so ules ikokot so Sali

Inatey so pusa Ed arap na dalikan

Kapigan ka manpayong? No abasa ka la?

Napno lay kaban na bilen

Kareket paltak

inatey so pusad dalikan

Atagtagey so tenger to

abagot lay talon

Singa palapa na nyog so elong ko

nataneman lay aba so kagit to

Tangaytangay lad balisanga

No manbagtik so kabayo agyo sasabaten

Alagar moy iputi'y wawak

Pinmungol lay alkansiya to

Say ugalim singa ulipba

Singa ka amagaan

lupay tae

Maanag so sangim singa imburnal

Narengel toy atot agto narengel so karol

HISTORY OF BAYAMBANG POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

 

HISTORY OF BAYAMBANG POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

Turning Dreams for a Better Future into a Reality

PROLOGUE: A PROMISE BECOMES A MOVEMENT

Every great institution begins with an idea. Some begin with necessity. The rarest begin with a promise.

For generations, Bayambang has been recognized as a center of learning. From the establishment of the Bayambang Normal School—today the Bayambang Campus of Pangasinan State University—to the countless young men and women who pursued education as their pathway out of poverty, the town has long understood the transformative power of knowledge.

Yet even as educational opportunities expanded, a persistent reality remained. College education was still beyond the reach of many deserving Bayambangueños. Limited slots, financial constraints, transportation expenses, and the need to leave home often stood between students and their dreams. For many families, higher education remained a hope constantly challenged by circumstance.

It was this reality that inspired a vision. Driven by a profound belief that no Bayambangueño should be denied the opportunity to learn because of poverty, former Municipal Mayor, Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao, envisioned an institution that would bring quality tertiary education closer to the people. It was a vision rooted in a simple but powerful conviction: that education should not be a privilege reserved for a few, but a right accessible to all.

What began as a promise would soon become one of the most ambitious educational undertakings in the history of the municipality.

CHAPTER I: THE BIRTH OF AN INSTITUTION

Transforming a dream into reality required more than good intentions. It demanded leadership, collaboration, and the force of law.

On March 10, 2022, municipal officials, together with representatives from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), convened to lay the legal and institutional foundations of what would become Bayambang Polytechnic College.

Their efforts culminated in Municipal Ordinance No. 05, Series of 2022, formally establishing the Bayambang Polytechnic College and defining its mandate as a local institution dedicated to accessible, affordable, and quality higher education.

On June 27, 2022, another historic milestone was reached when the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan approved Resolution No. 586-2022, granting the certification necessary for the college to commence official operations.

Within a remarkably short period, what had existed only as a vision emerged as a functioning institution—one of the fastest-established community colleges in the region.

Bayambang Polytechnic College was born.

CHAPTER II: EDUCATION AS AN ACT OF LOVE

From its inception, Bayambang Polytechnic College has been a manifestation of a community's love for its future generations.

Operating under the Local Government Unit of Bayambang, the institution became a living testament to the belief that public service finds its highest expression in empowering people through education.

The vision begun by Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao found steadfast continuity under the leadership of Municipal Mayor Mary Clare Judith Phyllis “Niña” Jose-Quiambao, who serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Together, the First Couple of Bayambang transformed support into action. Through personal generosity and unwavering commitment, they provided more than ₱30 million in accumulated donations to help cover students' tuition and educational expenses.

Their contribution did more than fund education, but also removed barriers, restored hope, and sent a powerful message to every Bayambangueño family: your dreams matter, and your community believes in you.

CHAPTER III: BUILDING THE FUTURE

The newly established college was entrusted to the capable leadership of Dr. Rafael Limueco Saygo, who served as Interim College President and guided the institution through its formative years.

Supporting him were dedicated academic leaders and administrators, including Dr. Lita A. Saygo as College Dean, Dr. Annie C. Manalang as Overall Program Head, Mrs. Veronica Gellido as Program Head for BS Entrepreneurship, and Mr. Joseph Anthony Quinto as Program Head for BS Agribusiness.

With a clear understanding of the needs of the municipality, the college launched programs aligned with Bayambang's economic strengths and development priorities.

Its academic offerings included Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, complemented by TESDA-recognized vocational programs such as Computer Systems Servicing NC II and Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II.

The rationale was both practical and visionary. As an agricultural town, Bayambang needed graduates who could transform local industries through innovation, entrepreneurship, and technical expertise. The college was designed not merely to produce degree holders, but future leaders, professionals, and changemakers capable of driving socio-economic progress.

CHAPTER IV: THE STAMP OF LEGITIMACY

A dream may inspire people. Excellence, however, demands validation. That validation arrived on June 3, 2024. In a landmark achievement, Bayambang Polytechnic College secured its Certificates of Program Compliance (COPC) from CHED for its Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship programs.

For a young institution, the recognition represented far more than regulatory approval. It signified that BPC had met the rigorous standards required of higher education institutions in the Philippines.

The milestone was celebrated by municipal officials, educational leaders, and CHED Regional Director, Dr. Christine Nabor-Ferrer; Chief Education Supervisor, Dr. Danilo Bose; and Education Supervisors Dr. Ricky Cera and Engr. Angelica Dolores affirming that Bayambang Polytechnic College had earned its place among legitimate institutions of higher learning. The dream had passed its first great test.

CHAPTER V: FROM BORROWED ROOMS TO PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS

Like many institutions in their infancy, BPC began modestly. Classes were initially conducted at the third floor of Royal Mall Bayambang and in classrooms within the former Bayambang Central School campus. Though temporary, these facilities became the birthplace of aspirations, determination, and academic achievement.

Yet everyone understood that the college's future demanded a permanent home. That future began to take shape on February 6, 2025. On a sprawling 6.7-hectare property in Barangay Bical Norte, distinguished guests gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony of the future Bayambang Polytechnic College campus.

The occasion drew national attention. Present were First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos, presidential son William Vincent “Vinny” Marcos, CHED Chairman, Dr. J. Prospero “Popoy” E. De Vera III, local officials, educators, and community leaders.

As golden shovels pierced the earth, the ceremony not only signaled the beginning of construction, but also marked the laying of a foundation for generations of Bayambangueños whose dreams would no longer be limited by geography or circumstance. The future had found its ground.

CHAPTER VI: THE FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE

Today, rising steadily from the soil of Bical Norte is a symbol of determination made visible. The Academic Building—designed as a modern four-story structure with 32 classrooms and state-of-the-art facilities—stands as tangible proof that promises can become realities.

Every column erected, every beam installed, and every wall raised represents far more than physical infrastructure. They embody the aspirations of thousands of students and families who believe that education remains the surest path toward a better life.

What was once an empty field is becoming a center of learning, and what was once a vision is becoming a legacy.

THE NEXT CHAPTER: TOWARD UNIVERSITY STATUS

Yet the story of Bayambang Polytechnic College is far from complete. The buildings now rising in Bical Norte are not the final destination, but are merely the foundation of a larger dream.

Guided by its Governing Board, the institution continues to pursue Institutional Recognition and future university status. Such milestones would further expand access to higher education, reduce costs for students, and open doors to additional academic programs that respond to emerging industries and national development needs.

The goal extends beyond growth in size or status. The aspiration is to build an institution that will serve as an intellectual, cultural, technological, and economic catalyst for Bayambang and beyond.

As a major asset of the LGU in its grand anti-poverty drive, Bayambang Polytechnic College is out to build futures, expand horizons, and prove that when a community believes in the power of education, dreams can become reality.

BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO! - Mga Investment sa Edukasyon ng Team Quiambao-Sabangan

BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO!

Bayambang, dapat alam mo… kung may isang investment na hindi kailanman lugi, ‘yan ay edukasyon. At mukhang gets na gets ‘yan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon dahil sunod-sunod talaga ang suporta para sa mga estudyante, guro, at paaralan sa bayan.

Una, dapat alam mo na noong 2015 bago umupo ang Administrasyong Quiambao Sabangan wala pang 2 milyon ang pinagkakasya sa mahigit 56 na pampublikong paaralan, but nowww umaabot na sa 8 milyon hanggang 11 milyon taun-taon ang Special Education Fund o SEF para mas maraming educational programs, projects, at school needs ang masuportahan. Dahil na rin ito sa masigasig na pangongolekta ng amilyar…. Oops sa ibang episode ko idiscuss to! dagdag pa rito, ang sahod ni former CTQ and Mayor Nina ay sa edukasyon binigay kasama na rin ang mga tulong sa ating mga kababayan… oo totoo yan walang sahod sila Mayor since 2016… wala silang nahihita sa munisiyo… kahit gasolina, security at sasakyan hindi charge sa munisipyo… kaya niyo yornnn??

Kasi real talk lang, hindi sapat ang “good luck students” lang. Ang pag-popost sa FB page. Dapat may actual support. Hindi pwedeng “manifesting” lang ang baon ng mga estuzents.

At speaking of support, Bayambang, dapat alam mo rin na libo-libong school supplies ang ipinamamahagi para makatulong sa mga mag-aaral lalo na sa mga estudyante mula Kinder to grade 6 sa lahat ng elementarya sa bayan. Actually, kahit yung mga schools sa labas ng Bayambang pero karamihan ng students ay mga taga Bayambang, tulad ng Nalneran Elementary School sa Basista at Batangcaoa South Elementary School at Baug Elementary School sa Urbiztondo.

 

Kung noon aligaga, hindi mapakali, hindi magkamayaw, at may agam-agam ang magulang kung saan kukuha ng pambili ng gamit ng mga bata, ngayon dahil sa adminsitaryong Quiambao Sabangan ay siguradong papasok ang mga bata na may gamit na…

 

For your information nga, for this school year 18 thousand na mga bata ang mabibigyan ng gamit! Pasabog! Atake!. Papasok ka nalang na nasa schools na ang mga gamit mo talaga….

 

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na noon ay kelangan pa ng mga guro na manghingi kani-kanino ng mga gamit panglinis at pintura para sa brigada Eskwela… pero ngayooon! Dahil kay Mayor Nina intant na instant may panimulang gamit at pintura na ang bawat paaralan mula elementary hanggang high school. Oh teka, teka, teka! Start pa lang ito, pwedeng pwede ka paring magdonate, wag ka na lang papilit para hindi stress sila Sir and Madam… by the way highway, today is the start of brigada, samahan natin sila, ano tara?

 

At syempre, hindi pwedeng maiwan ang tekenoloja! tekenoloja!

Kung noon ang mga guro ang bumibili ng sarili nilang gamit… Dapat alam mo na ngayon ang LGU Bayambang ay namigay at namimigay rin ng printers, TV, ICT equipment, at iba pang learning tools para sa mas moderno at effective na pagtuturo. Kasi beh, digital era na tayo. 75 inches TV binigay ng LGU ha! Kita pati pores ni Auntie sa laki ng TV! Alam mo ha?

 

Pero hindi lang academics ang priority.

Bayambang, dapat alam mo rin na tuloy-tuloy ang suporta para sa mga atleta ng bayan. Mula trainings, kagamitan, at assistance sa competitions, mas nabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga kabataang may talento sa sports na mas mahasa pa ang kanilang kakayahan. Actually, sunud-sunod ang panalo ng mga pambato natin. Ang problema? Habang pataas nang pataas ang level ng kompetisyon, pataas din nang pataas ang presyo ng pamasahe—at siyempre, ang kaba ng ating mga atleta na baka hanggang panalo na lang sila, pero hindi makalipad papuntang susunod na laban.

 

Kaya naman para sa Palarong Pambansa 2026, hindi hinayaang mapurnada ni Mommy Niña ang kanilang pinaghirapan. Gamit ang personal niyang pera, naglaan lang naman sha ng mahigit ₱170,000 para sa plane tickets ng ating mga atleta upang makabiyahe at makalaban sa Agusan. Dahil for her, ang problema ng pamasahe ay hindi dapat maging hadlang sa pangarap na magdala ng karangalan para sa Bayambang. Malay niyo ang susunod na Carlos Yulo ay nasa barangay niyo lang pala.

Keri pa ba? Yung totoo? …. Oh ito pa ang pasabog ng taon…. Noong 2016 bago maupo ang Team Quiambao-Sabangan, muntikan na tayong manakawan ng isang bilyong piso… yan kasi ang halaga ng lupa ng old Central School….whaat!!! oo dahil illegal na kinuha  ang old central school… buti na lang to the rescue sila Mayor…. Kaya matapos ang halos isang dekada, Nabawi na natin ang lupa ng old central school…. Yehey yehey….. pero teka tatanungin mo siguro baka paalisin na yung mga bata sa bagong central school sa Magsaysay… don’t ya worry!

 

Dapat alam mo na ang lupa, mga buildings, sugar, spice, and everything nice sa bagong Central school… nabili na ng LGU… ibig sabihin forever na ang bagong Central School… hindi na ito mananakaw at hinding hindi mapapalis ang mga bata….

 

At eto ang talagang pinakamalaking flex.

Dapat alam mo na noon ay kelangan pang maglakad ng mahigit 3 kilometro ang mga taga ligue at karamihan sa kanila ay hindi na nakakapagtapos ng elementary dahil sa layo ng paaralan. Well, well, wititi na ngayon dahil nagpagawa lang naman tayo ng bagong elementary school sa Ligue. Ang  Don Teofilo C. Mataban Memorial School.

Dapat alam mo rin na dahil sa Kasama kita sa Barangay Foundation ay naipatayo ang unang mga classrooms… oh yes donasyon ulit ito nila Mayor! Isa kang genius na niallang, Mayora! Maliban na rin sa donasyong lupa ng pamilya mataban…. Oh edi bong is ga talaga! At sa ngayon nakapagpa-graduate na ang school ng first batch ng Grade 6 last March. San ka pa? 

Bukod sa basic education syempre nandyan ang Bayambang Polytechnic College na patuloy na nagbibigay ng oportunidad sa mga kabataang gustong makapag-aral at makapagtapos. Imagine mo ‘yun. Mas maraming pangarap ang nabibigyan ng chance maging reality. Dahil ito sa 20 million na yearly donation ni Mayor Niña! Main character behavior. Kween things. Slay! Slayyyyyy! Sa BPC may TESDA programs at mga 4-year degree courses… at ito pa beh!

Pogi daw yung presidente jan… uhmmm check natin? Ehhh chismosa! free Tuition Fee talaga ang check, at itong batch naman free graduation fee pa… check na check!

Pero kung akala mo season finale na… ay beh, pilot episode pa lang yan sha! Dahil sa dami ng suportang ibinibigay ngayon sa edukasyon, hindi pa rin ito tapos. Mas marami pang programs, scholarships, school improvements, at educational opportunities ang inaasahan sa mga susunod na taon.

Kaya Bayambang, kung napapansin mong mas lumalakas ang suporta sa edukasyon ngayon… hindi ka nag-iilusyon. Hindi ka nagdedeliryo. Totoo talaga sha! Hindi ka nanaginip…dahil totoong gising na gising ang Bayambang sa dami ng tulong at suporta sa edukasyon… oh ano gising ka na ba belek???

Kaya mga kabaleyan, handa tayo sa pagbubukas ng pasukan ngayong June 8… Samahan natin ang ating mga magigiting na guro at mga mahal nating students…

Bayambang, ang lahat ng ito ay dapat alam mo!

MONDAY REPORT - June 1, 2026

MONDAY REPORT

June 1, 2026

INTRO

Newscaster 1: Magandang araw, mga Bayambangueño! Ako po si ________, handang maghatid ng mga napapanahon at mahahalagang balita mula sa ating bayan.

Newscaster 2: At ako naman po si ________, at kami ay mula sa __________ Office, na magbibigay ng malinaw, makabuluhan, at mapagkakatiwalaang impormasyon para sa ating komunidad.

Newscaster 1: Mula sa mga programa, proyekto, at kaganapan—narito kami upang iparating ang mga balitang dapat ninyong malaman.

Newscaster 2: Dahil sa bawat balita, mahalaga ang tamang impormasyon na nag-uugnay at nagbibigay-serbisyo sa bawat Bayambangueño.

Both: Ito ang… BayambangueNews!

*****

HEADLINES

1.     Mas Modernong HR System, Inilunsad sa LGU sa Pamamagitan ng IHRIS

Nagsagawa ang ICT Office, noong ika-25 ng Mayo 2026 ng isang orientation para sa Modernized Document Management System (MDMS) at Integrated Human Resource Information System (IHRIS) upang maging pamilyar ang mga empleyado sa mga features at tamang paggamit ng mga makabagong sistema, na makasisiguro sa mas mabilis at epektibong operasyon sa loob ng LGU.

Kasalukuyan na ring nire-rehistro ng ICT Office ang lahat ng empleyado sa IHRIS bilang bahagi ng digitalization program ng LGU. Layunin nitong mapabilis at ma-automate ang mga proseso sa human resource management gamit ang database-driven decision making at integrated PRIME-HRM processes.

2.     TODA Officers at Traffic Enforcers, Lumahok sa Road Safety at Safe Spaces Act Seminar

Pinangunahan ng Bayambang Public Safety Office ang isang seminar tungkol sa Road Safety at Safe Spaces Act para sa mga TODA officer, BPSO traffic enforcer, at mga empleyado ng Munisipyo noong Mayo 22. Tinalakay ni PMSG. Crisalyn de Villa ang Safe Spaces Act o “Bawal Bastos Law,” habang ibinahagi naman ni Mr. Benson Resuello ng LTO-Bayambang ang mahahalagang kaalaman sa road safety at traffic laws. Binigyang-diin nina Atty. Rodelynn Rajini Sagarino Vidad, Municipal Administrator at BPSO OIC, at 1Lt. Amory Junio, TFD Deputy at BPSO Chief Operation, ang kahalagahan ng patuloy na pagsasanay upang mapanatili ang kaayusan at kaligtasan sa mga kalsada at pampublikong lugar sa bayan.

3.     Ballerinang Bayambangueña, Nagpamalas ng World-Class na Performance

Nagpamalas ng world-class ballet performance si Cassandra Venice Santos, isang Bayambangueñang ballet dancer mula sa Barangay Inirangan, ngayong Mayo 25. Sa murang edad, kinatawan na niya ang Pilipinas sa mga prestihiyosong dance festival sa Malaysia at South Korea at nagwagi sa ilang international dance competitions. Nagsanay din siya sa Vaganova Ballet Academy at Bolshoi Ballet Academy sa Russia at kasalukuyang apprentice ng Quezon City Ballet at Halili-Cruz Dance Company.

4.     Mga Batang Ballerina, Nagpakitang-Gilas sa Dance Recital

Matagumpay na nagtapos ang unang batch ng Summer Dance Class sa pamamagitan ng isang dance recital na ginanap sa Balon Bayambang Events Center noong Mayo 26. Ipinamalas ng mga batang ballet dancer ang kanilang talento at mga natutuhang kasanayan sa sayaw matapos ang ilang linggong pagsasanay. Matapos ang pagtatanghal, ginawaran sila ng Certificate of Completion bilang pagkilala sa kanilang dedikasyon at matagumpay na pagtatapos ng programa. Si Coach Perry Sevidal naman ay tumanggap ng sertipiko bilang pagkilala sa kanyang mahalagang ambag sa paghubog ng mga batang mananayaw.

5.     Bayanihang Bulilit, Sinimulan sa Child Development Centers

Opisyal nang inilunsad noong May 25, 2026 ang “Bayanihang Bulilit” sa lahat ng Child Development Centers bilang paghahanda sa pagbubukas ng klase ng Pre-K at ITED learners.

Katuwang ang mga magulang, barangay officials, at komunidad, isinasagawa ang clean-up activities upang matiyak ang maayos at ligtas na mga pasilidad. Tumatanggap din ang ECCD ng mga donasyong cleaning materials para sa patuloy na pagpapanatili ng kalinisan sa mga daycare centers.

6.     ARTA, Nagsagawa ng Monitoring Inspection sa LGU Bayambang

Noong May 25, nagsagawa ang Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Northern Luzon Regional Field Office ng monitoring inspection sa mga opisina at departamento ng LGU Bayambang upang suriin ang pagsunod nito sa mga probisyon ng Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018.

Kabilang sa mga sinuri ang pagpapatupad ng Electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS), Citizens' Charter, Public Assistance and Complaints Desk (PACD), at iba pang programang naglalayong mapabilis at mapabuti ang paghahatid ng serbisyo publiko sa mga mamamayan.

7.     QMS Orientation at Re-Orientation para sa mga LGU Employees, Isinagawa

Bilang paghahanda sa nalalapit na ISO 9001:2015 Recertification Audit sa Hulyo 2026, nagsagawa ang LGU Bayambang ng QMS Orientation para sa mga bagong empleyado noong Mayo 26 sa Balon Bayambang Events Center. Pinangunahan ni Mr. Ricky V. Bulalakaw, Overall Document Control Custodian, ang pagpupulong kung saan tinalakay ang kahalagahan ng Quality Management System (QMS), risk management, at iba pang preparasyon upang mapanatili ang mataas na kalidad ng serbisyo publiko sa lokal na pamahalaan.

8.     2nd Quarter MAC Meeting, Tinalakay ang Updates para sa 4Ps Beneficiaries

Ginanap noong May 26, ang 2nd Quarter Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) Meeting sa pangunguna ni Municipal Administrator Atty. Rodelynn Rajini Sagarino-Vidad, kung saan tinalakay ang mga updates at accomplishments ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) sa nagdaang unang quarter, kabilang ang compliance turnout, validation ng beneficiaries, at monitoring ng Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) para sa patuloy na pagpapalakas ng mga serbisyo para sa mga benepisyaryo sa bayan.

9.     COA Exit Conference, Ginanap

Nagsagawa ang Commission on Audit (COA) ng exit conference noong Mayo 26, 2026 sa Mayor’s Conference Room bilang bahagi ng preparasyon para sa Annual Audit Report kaugnay ng mga transaksyon ng LGU Bayambang para sa Calendar Year 2025. Tinalakay sa pagpupulong ang iba’t ibang audit observations, recommendations, at status ng implementasyon ng mga naunang rekomendasyon ng COA, kasama ang pagdalo ng mga concerned department heads ng munisipyo upang tugunan ang mga usapin sa financial management at operasyon ng LGU.

10.  BPSO at Task Force Disiplina, Bantay sa Kaayusan at Trapiko

Patuloy na pinaigting ng Bayambang Public Safety Office (BPSO) Traffic Enforcers katuwang ang Task Force Disiplina ang pagpapatupad ng mga batas trapiko at lokal na ordinansa upang mapanatili ang kaayusan at kaligtasan sa bayan ng Bayambang. Kabilang sa mahigpit na ipinatutupad ang tamang paradahan, pagsusuot ng helmet, pagbabawal sa obstruction sa kalsada, at pagsunod sa traffic signs at signal, kasabay ng pagbibigay ng traffic at security assistance sa iba’t ibang pampubliko at pribadong establisimyento sa bayan.

11.  ₱20/Kilo na Repolyo mula Benguet, Dinumog ng mga Mamimili

Matagumpay na isinagawa ng Munisipyo noong Mayo 28 ang bentahan ng murang repolyo mula sa mga magsasaka ng Benguet sa harap ng Municipal Hall, kung saan ibinenta ito sa halagang ₱20 kada kilo. Umabot sa apat (4) na toneladang repolyo ang dinala ng Bosigan Multi-Purpose Cooperative ng Balili, Mankayan, Benguet bilang bahagi ng inisyatibong naglalayong makatulong sa mga magsasaka at makapagbigay ng abot-kayang gulay sa mamamayan sa gitna ng epekto ng krisis sa gasolina at El Niño, kasabay ng pagpapakita ng diwa ng bayanihan sa komunidad.

12.  39 Applicants, HOTS sa Job Fair para sa Local at Overseas Employment; Jensen Int’l Corp, Nagsagawa ng SRA

 

Noong May 28, nagkaroon ng Job Fair para sa Local and Overseas Employment ang PESO Bayambang, katuwang ang iba’t ibang kumpanya at partner agencies, na nagbukas ng iba’t ibang oportunidad para sa mga Bayambangueño. Kabilang sa mga lumahok na kumpanya ang SM Hypermarket Rosales, Sutherland Global Services, Alfamart, Wheeltek, AILC, Blue Sky Theme Park and Events Center, Julius K. Quiambao Medical and Wellness Center Inc. (JKQMWCI), at iba pa habang mayroong 39 hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) ang nasabing aktibidad. Kasabay nito ay ang Special Recruitment Activity ng Jensen International Corporation.

13.  KSB Year 9, Inihandog sa Brgy. Tampog

Muling inilapit ng lokal na pamahalaan ang mga pangunahing serbisyo sa pamamagitan ng Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan (KSB) Year 9 na isinagawa sa Tampog Elementary School para sa mga residente ng Brgy. Tampog, San Vicente, at Warding noong Mayo 26, 2026. Sa naturang programa, naipagkaloob ang iba’t ibang serbisyong medikal, legal, at social assistance para sa mga residente, na umabot sa kabuuang ₱123,284 na halaga ng serbisyong naihandog sa mga benepisyaryo.

 

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BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO!

 

Kuya Ngen, pasok!

 

Bayambang, dapat alam mo… kung may isang investment na hindi kailanman lugi, ‘yan ay edukasyon. At mukhang gets na gets ‘yan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon dahil sunod-sunod talaga ang suporta para sa mga estudyante, guro, at paaralan sa bayan.

 

Una, dapat alam mo na noong 2015 bago umupo ang Administrasyong Quiambao Sabangan wala pang 2 milyon ang pinagkakasya sa mahigit 56 na pampublikong paaralan, but nowww umaabot na sa 8 milyon hanggang 11 milyon taun-taon ang Special Education Fund o SEF para mas maraming educational programs, projects, at school needs ang masuportahan. Dahil na rin ito sa masigasig na pangongolekta ng amilyar…. Oops sa ibang episode ko idiscuss to! dagdag pa rito, ang sahod ni former CTQ and Mayor Nina ay sa edukasyon binigay kasama na rin ang mga tulong sa ating mga kababayan… oo totoo yan walang sahod sila Mayor since 2016… wala silang nahihita sa munisiyo… kahit gasolina, security at sasakyan hindi charge sa munisipyo… kaya niyo yornnn??

 

Kasi real talk lang, hindi sapat ang “good luck students” lang. Ang pag-popost sa FB page. Dapat may actual support. Hindi pwedeng “manifesting” lang ang baon ng mga estuzents.

 

At speaking of support, Bayambang, dapat alam mo rin na libo-libong school supplies ang ipinamamahagi para makatulong sa mga mag-aaral lalo na sa mga estudyante mula Kinder to grade 6 sa lahat ng elementarya sa bayan. Actually, kahit yung mga schools sa labas ng Bayambang pero karamihan ng students ay mga taga Bayambang, tulad ng Nalneran Elementary School sa Basista at Batangcaoa South Elementary School at Baug Elementary School sa Urbiztondo.

 

Kung noon aligaga, hindi mapakali, hindi magkamayaw, at may agam-agam ang magulang kung saan kukuha ng pambili ng gamit ng mga bata, ngayon dahil sa adminsitaryong Quiambao Sabangan ay siguradong papasok ang mga bata na may gamit na…

 

For your information nga, for this school year 18 thousand na mga bata ang mabibigyan ng gamit! Pasabog! Atake!. Papasok ka nalang na nasa schools na ang mga gamit mo talaga….

 

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na noon ay kelangan pa ng mga guro na manghingi kani-kanino ng mga gamit panglinis at pintura para sa brigada Eskwela… pero ngayooon! Dahil kay Mayor Nina intant na instant may panimulang gamit at pintura na ang bawat paaralan mula elementary hanggang high school. Oh teka, teka, teka! Start pa lang ito, pwedeng pwede ka paring magdonate, wag ka na lang papilit para hindi stress sila Sir and Madam… by the way highway, today is the start of brigada, samahan natin sila, ano tara?

 

At syempre, hindi pwedeng maiwan ang tekenoloja! tekenoloja!

Kung noon ang mga guro ang bumibili ng sarili nilang gamit… Dapat alam mo na ngayon ang LGU Bayambang ay namigay at namimigay rin ng printers, TV, ICT equipment, at iba pang learning tools para sa mas moderno at effective na pagtuturo. Kasi beh, digital era na tayo. 75 inches TV binigay ng LGU ha! Kita pati pores ni Auntie sa laki ng TV! Alam mo ha?

 

Pero hindi lang academics ang priority.

Bayambang, dapat alam mo rin na tuloy-tuloy ang suporta para sa mga atleta ng bayan. Mula trainings, kagamitan, at assistance sa competitions, mas nabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga kabataang may talento sa sports na mas mahasa pa ang kanilang kakayahan. Actually, sunud-sunod ang panalo ng mga pambato natin. Ang problema? Habang pataas nang pataas ang level ng kompetisyon, pataas din nang pataas ang presyo ng pamasahe—at siyempre, ang kaba ng ating mga atleta na baka hanggang panalo na lang sila, pero hindi makalipad papuntang susunod na laban.

 

Kaya naman para sa Palarong Pambansa 2026, hindi hinayaang mapurnada ni Mommy Niña ang kanilang pinaghirapan. Gamit ang personal niyang pera, naglaan lang naman sha ng mahigit ₱170,000 para sa plane tickets ng ating mga atleta upang makabiyahe at makalaban sa Agusan. Dahil for her, ang problema ng pamasahe ay hindi dapat maging hadlang sa pangarap na magdala ng karangalan para sa Bayambang. Malay niyo ang susunod na Carlos Yulo ay nasa barangay niyo lang pala.

Keri pa ba? Yung totoo? …. Oh ito pa ang pasabog ng taon…. Noong 2016 bago maupo ang Team Quiambao-Sabangan, muntikan na tayong manakawan ng isang bilyong piso… yan kasi ang halaga ng lupa ng old Central School….whaat!!! oo dahil illegal na kinuha  ang old central school… buti na lang to the rescue sila Mayor…. Kaya matapos ang halos isang dekada, Nabawi na natin ang lupa ng old central school…. Yehey yehey….. pero teka tatanungin mo siguro baka paalisin na yung mga bata sa bagong central school sa Magsaysay… don’t ya worry!

 

Dapat alam mo na ang lupa, mga buildings, sugar, spice, and everything nice sa bagong Central school… nabili na ng LGU… ibig sabihin forever na ang bagong Central School… hindi na ito mananakaw at hinding hindi mapapalis ang mga bata….

 

At eto ang talagang pinakamalaking flex.

Dapat alam mo na noon ay kelangan pang maglakad ng mahigit 3 kilometro ang mga taga ligue at karamihan sa kanila ay hindi na nakakapagtapos ng elementary dahil sa layo ng paaralan. Well, well, wititi na ngayon dahil nagpagawa lang naman tayo ng bagong elementary school sa ligue. Ang  Don Teofilo C. Mataban Memorial School

 

Dapat alam mo rin na dahil sa Kasama kita sa Barangay Foundation ay naipatayo ang unang mga classrooms… oh yes donasyon ulit ito nila Mayor! Isa kang genius na niallang, Mayora! Maliban na rin sa donasyong lupa ng pamilya mataban…. Oh edi bong is ga talaga! At sa ngayon nakapagpa-graduate na ang school ng first batch ng Grade 6 last March. San ka pa? 

 

Bukod sa basic education syempre nandyan ang Bayambang Polytechnic College na patuloy na nagbibigay ng oportunidad sa mga kabataang gustong makapag-aral at makapagtapos. Imagine mo ‘yun. Mas maraming pangarap ang nabibigyan ng chance maging reality. Dahil ito sa 20 million na yearly donation ni Mayor Niña! Main character behavior. Kween things. Slay! Slayyyyyy! Sa BPC may TESDA programs at mga 4-year degree courses… at ito pa beh!
Pogi daw yung presidente jan… uhmmm check natin? Ehhh chismosa! free Tuition Fee talaga ang check, at itong batch naman free graduation fee pa… check na check!

 

 

Pero kung akala mo season finale na… ay beh, pilot episode pa lang yan sha! Dahil sa dami ng suportang ibinibigay ngayon sa edukasyon, hindi pa rin ito tapos. Mas marami pang programs, scholarships, school improvements, at educational opportunities ang inaasahan sa mga susunod na taon.

 

Kaya Bayambang, kung napapansin mong mas lumalakas ang suporta sa edukasyon ngayon… hindi ka nag-iilusyon. Hindi ka nagdedeliryo. Totoo talaga sha! Hindi ka nanaginip…dahil totoong gising na gising ang Bayambang sa dami ng tulong at suporta sa edukasyon… oh ano gising ka na ba belek???

kaya mga kabaleyan, handa tayo sa pagbubukas ng pasukan ngayong June 8… Samahan natin ang ating mga magigiting na guro at mga mahal nating students…

 

Bayambang, ang lahat ng ito ay dapat alam mo!

 

Muli ako si Kuya Ngen na nagsasabing ang weather ay buhay-buhay lang!

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OUTRO

Newscaster 1: At diyan nagtatapos ang ating mga pangunahing balita para sa linggongna ito. Maraming salamat sa inyong patuloy na pagtutok at pakikiisa.

Newscaster 2: Asahan ninyo ang patuloy naming paghahatid ng mga balitang makabuluhan, napapanahon, at kapaki-pakinabang sa ating komunidad. Muli ako po si ______.

Newscaster 1: At ako naman po si ____________, mula sa ____________. Naghahatid ng tapat at makabuluhang balita para sa bawat Bayambangueño.

Both: Ito ang… BayambangueNews!

Bayambang: A Town of Miracles

(I just I have to step out of my moment of deep grieving just to put in a good word for two special people who are relentlessly maligned and slandered for doing good. The nonstop defamation hurts me so much when I personally know how good they are, whether as public servants or as persons or human beings.)

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Bayambang: A Town of Miracles

A new page on FB asks, "Bakit ka proud maging Bayambangueño?" (Why are you proud to be Bayambangueño?)

The innocuous-sounding question made me stop for a moment. "Will I approach the query historically, anthropologically/culturally, sociologically, politically, or generally, as in in terms of current events?"

I've been volunteering nonstop for the town's continuous culture mapping project ever since it started, so this means I have handled the first three aspects ad nauseam.

Part of my creative process is praying to the Holy Spirit for knowledge, wisdom, and understanding because I know I am not as smart and quick-witted as I would like to be. And next is devoting time for sleep, so I prayerfully slept over the question so that my brain could sort things out while on detox mode. "Maybe I should answer the question differently this time?"

Again, why should I be proud? Should I be, in the first place?

I didn't even have to go on a silent retreat to search my heart for the answer. Before, the answer would have been a steely and resounding no, for so many reasons. But today, it would be a big fat yes!

I am proud because, if only people had seen what came before in this town, they could easily tell the difference. The word 'leapfrog' comes to mind, when you consider how this town has changed at an unbelievable pace in an unprecedented way. But the word 'miracle,' often associated with religious apparitions and stuff, is even better.

I am not kidding. I only use hyperbole for comic purposes, not when I am serious.

I can never forget when I came back here from Manila in August of 2016. I was hired by renowned businessman and philanthropist Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao as his PIO when he was elected as a most unlikely mayor and a hesitant election candidate. I didn't know him from Adam, but I had heard only good words about him. ...Foremost of which is that he was "the local boy who made good," in the words of a former president.

One of the first things I noticed when he assumed office was this: He was a workaholic. He 'out-worked' all of us in the LGU, even people half his age of 70-ish years old.

When Mayor Quiambao discovered the amount of the 20% Development Fund earmarked for barangay infrastructure projects, he was so surprised there was even such a significant financial resource. The first thing he did was to order the construction and renovation of core local access roads, farm-to-market roads, eskinitas, covered courts, barangay halls, police precincts, talipapas, stages, drainages, and even waiting sheds in all 77 barangays. A 911-like emergency response system was established for the first time. ...Together with a fleet of never-before-seen responder vehicles including aluminum boats and a shuttle bus. (...Not to mention, on the side, the construction and renovation of chapels and private homes using his personal funds.)

No one can contest these claims--I was his official documenter, and every single one of them was documented and reported on social media and other platforms.

For the first time, residents saw and felt their local government en masse instead of in bits and pieces, here and there--and in an apolitical way too. I have no idea how the municipal engineer at the time managed to survive everything.

Why would a successful Bayambangueño businessman from Indonesia responsible for BOT projects as the Skyway do this? He's not even a politician. What's in it for him? Detractors insist it's all about business, a predatory desire to turn the town into his own business hub for personal gain. This claim has struck me as odd from the get-go. He was already rich long before that, he doesn't need the additional wealth. As far as Maslow (1934) is concerned, he was already on payback mode of self-actualization. Much later, this would be confirmed when I heard him say during a forum, "Hindi naman lahat nabibili ng pera."

But wait, wait, wait. What's wrong with business? With being entrepreneurial? Is it innately evil? My own mother ran a humble sari-sari store; would she be the evil incarnate? Ah, could it be that what they were saying is that it is wrong to be a politician and a businessman at the same time? But then there are rules and requirements to abide by when it comes to that, and he certainly did.

The fervid infrastructure development in what was once dirt road country was just the start. Up next were other big projects that would be of great benefit to the pullulating hoi polloi: an air-conditioned events center that doubled as basketball court with Tarraflex rubber flooring, a tricycle terminal cum bagsakan (public market drop-off point for goods in bulk), a proper bus terminal, a major renovation of the public market, an extension of the market called Bayambang Commercial Strip, four additional rural health units, municipal bonery, new municipal compound facilities, a new garbage truck, ambulance, children's playground with the quality of those found in Manila's malls, new municipal library, new municipal annex building, municipal warehouse, municipal motor pool, municipal hatchery, municipal soil laboratory, farm machines, fishery equipment, goat farm, carabao milk production facility...

With his reputation, he was able to convince various government agencies and functionaries and even NGOs to give the town additional ambulances, a new firetruck, a brand-new fire station, irrigation facilities, 30+ housing units for the most indigent residents...

To tag him as elitist at this point is most puzzling. Quiambao may be rich, but he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He started out small: as office runner and like my own father, even worked on the side as jeepney driver, for Pete's sake. And his parents were of equally humble station all along: they were public market vendors.

Not content with infra projects and with his wife Niña Jose's (yes, the artista) full support, Quiambao sought to change the LGU from within by making institutional adjustments and changes.

He reconstituted the BAC and set business-level standards, and transparency and self-auditing mechanisms using the full benefits of ICT. He created new necessary departments and units, and reconvened and reconstituted dozens of special bodies for participatory governance, with NGOs and CSOs serving as watchdogs. He updated the Comprehensive Land Use Plan with the help of world-renowned urban planner Palafox Associates--who would have thought this could happen in a mere backwater town?

Then he launched an ambitious (because multi-dimensional) anti-poverty plan of action and actually acted on it, unprecedented not just in the annals of the town but also in the country, according to the National Anti-Poverty Commission, no less.

With these initiatives, he was able to increase the LGU's budget, revenue, and number of businesses to unprecedented levels.

And yet, what would some say about all this? Among other things, that he was a landgrabber! By this time, the accusation was head-shakingly laughable even though it sure hurt, both personally and politically.

Focusing especially on education, he surprised everyone by donating his annual salary to the Special Education Fund, the fund used for all sorts of educational needs and services. Is there another mayor who does this crazy thing? Tell me.

Imagine aspiring great, because real, change for your town, and be cut down to being an opportunist pest out to grab other people's real property. How inspiring, right? And yet, even though much aggravated, even perturbed, he bore the cross and the thorn of Christ (the original innocent one accused) and trudged on in his fight against poverty.

To his dismay, Quiambao found that local government resources are much too limited. He had to resort to personal resources to make other things happen beyond the LGU's pathetic means. In terms of jobs-generating tourism, Bayambang had almost nothing. He had to contrive or devise something together with wife Niña and tourism officer, Dr. Rafael Limueco Saygo. It is to then private citizen Niña's credit that the idea of building the tallest supported bamboo sculpture in the world came to fruition. It was eventually built at record speed in honor of St. Vincent Ferrer, the patron saint of builders and himself a renowned miracle worker--no padded bills, no ghost employees, no questionable procedures. The area is now a pilgrim magnet and to quote Saygo, "breakfast capital" for vacationers traveling this side of Luzon. At the time, I was, in fact, incredulous, laughing, shaking my head. "A 50+-foot statue made of bamboo? Why in the world? And how?"

Soon, he would have other previously unthinkable big-ticket projects rising before our eyes like a sleight of hand--none of which was a ghost project. Additional events place (Pavilions I & II at St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park). Post-harvest complex by AILC. A tertiary hospital named in honor of a beloved departed son, the Julius K. Quiambao Medical and Wellness Center. A proper theme park, Blue Sky. A new business hub and town center, BYB Metro.

And because education is key to stamping out poverty, a new college too for underprivileged students, Bayambang Polytechnic College (BPC). I couldn't believe what was happening in my little old town. For instance, where would you be able to find anyone willing to shell out P20,000,000 annually to cover the tuition fees of around 1,000 students of BPC?

Dr. Quiambao was noticeably into so many other 'firsts,' big and small. He had this habit of pioneering a lot of things just to test the waters, and he delivered the goods: traffic lights, Broadway-level theater production, official anthem, tourism jingle, official social dance, a permanent municipal museum, an institutionalized municipal accolade (Matalunggaring Awards, the highest accolade), a 3D LED screen, hoverboards, Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays, unique and marvelous Christmas shows (all for free), musical extravaganzas featuring the biggest names (again, all for free), ISO certification, a farmers' app called E-Agro that helps deliver an assortment of assistance to farmers at one's fingertips, and so on. Niña's Cafe, a new café that he and his wife put up in 2017, ushered in a thriving coffeeshop culture in town. You will know where the heart of a public servant lies, even from the little things.

Still, he was not yet happy with all of these. His dream is to see the town, even the country, reach the level of Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan... To realize a full-blown business zone employing workers by the thousands. ...To see full-on industrialization that is mindful of the environment. I wonder whether this dream strikes other people negatively as well. Because there are those who claim that his desire for socioeconomic progress is displacing the poor from their own land. Where is the evidence to back up this claim, which strikes me as odd because CTQ is foremost a philanthropist long before he was a public figure? He is known to secretly extend an assortment of help to his friends and the needy, including hospitalization, benefiting even non-constituents and most especially kabaleyans who might not even have voted for him (oh, the irony).

In 2020, he decided not to finish his term, but instead fielded his wife, another non-politician, into the messy world of politics and public service. Of course, tongues kept on wagging, this time about his wife, another unlikely town chief.

Perhaps people were expecting a 'mayora' to be like those they have grown to love before. This one proved shockingly unorthodox to their taste. They were too unprepared for a stunningly beautiful, statuesque, and glamorous celebrity mestiza with her own ways and personality. Kind but not naive; in fact-straight-talking if needed. They often judge her as bratty and fussy (maarte)--they probably expected someone matronly or perhaps schoolmarmy.

But they never ask what triggers her temper. If only they tried, they would have known it's mostly negligence in service, dishonesty, inaction, corruption. Considering her young age...who is not like exactly that at that age? As for 'maarte,' show me a person who has no 'kaartehan sa katawan' and I'll show you a person who is not in a good place; fussing over oneself is a sign of healthy self-regard.

Going back to my main point, what are the odds of her being mayor? It's already a miracle that someone like Dr. Quiambao would rise as a politician when it didn't even cross his mind. How much more someone like Niña Jose from the showbiz world--that's right, from PBB--who of course would go on to make history as Bayambang's first female local chief executive, Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao? What a ridiculous turn of events in Bayambang's history. But yes, it actually happened. We all saw it with our own eyes.

And these two miracle workers have just begun. Because the work is far too extensive for just one leader leading within a limited time frame.

And yet others have the gall to think they are power-hungry when it would have been much more convenient for them not to care. Frankly, I don't understand a lot of my own people anymore. I hope all of those who have benefitted from their multitude of assistance and donations in one way or another would come out in their defense.

I don't understand all that creatively varied accusations and non-stop animosity being thrown at the town's first couple--election time or not. I am proud of many other things about my town, but in my book, what I am proud the most today as a Bayambangueño is this: the continuous work output of these two instruments of God's love and mercy for His people, everything they have been doing for the sometimes undeserving and ungrateful people of Bayambang.

I appeal to those who are too hungry to serve right now to please allow the Quiambao-Sabangan team to finish their grand project first and cooperate instead with their good works. Criticism, if valid, is welcome, but outright slander is another story. Please wait for your turn, but first please prove that you can achieve even a tenth of the good governance breakthroughs these two 'miracle workers' have achieved through good intent and action.

Better yet, let us thank God for blessing us with such a rare, undeserved gift, one that comes only once in 400 years. Let us thank God for showing us, through them, the meaning of grace.

BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO! - Noon vs Ngayon

BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO!

Kuya Ngen, pasok!

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na ibang-iba na talaga ang Bayambang ngayon kung ikukumpara noon.

Ito ‘yung klase ng improvement na kapag matagal kang hindi umuwi ng Bayambang, mapapahinto ka talaga at mapapasabi ng: “Wait! Bayambang pa rin ba ‘to?”

Dapat alam mo na simula nang maupo ang kasalukuyang administrasyon, Team Quiambao-Sabangan, sabay-sabay at sunud-sunod ang mga infrastructure project sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng bayan. At hindi lang ito isang project dito, isang pintura doon.

Literal na malawakang development. Na para bang walang pahinga ang construction era ng Bayambang.

Dapat alam mo na noon, iilang barangay lang ang may covered court. Pero ngayon? Halos lahat na ng 77 barangays ay mayroon na! From basketball liga, barangay assembly, evacuation, feeding program, graduation, hanggang Zumba dance showdown ng mga tita niyo—covered court ang sentro ng lahat.

Pero wait! There’s more!

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na may ginagawa nang San Gabriel II to Pantol Farm-to-Market Road with Bridge project, salamat sa pondo mula sa DA-PRDP o Philippine Rural Development Project. Kasi noon, ang daang ito ay para bang trial version ng off-road adventure ang atake talaga. Kapag umulan? Automatic putikan edition.

Pero ngayon? Mas magiging maayos na ang biyahe ng mga magsasaka lalo na ng mga nagsisibuyas, mas mabilis na naihahatid ang mga produkto, at mas napapadali ang transportasyon sa mga barangay.

Noon, tignan niyo ang itsura ng covered court ng Munisipyo na dating events center. Ikumpara niyo ito sa Balon Bayambang Events Center ngayon.

Noon, dalawa lamang ang ating RHUs. Ngayon, mayroon na tayong anim na RHU upang makarating ang mga health services sa pinakamalalayong barangay.

Noon, mayroon lamang tayong dalawang police precincts. Ngayon, may himpilan na ang pulisya sa lahat ng siyam na distrito upang mapanatili ang kapayapaan kahit saanman.

Noon, wala tayong maayos na Tricycle Terminal para sa ating mga trike drivers. Ngayon, malayong mas kumportable na ang ating mga driver ng trike.

Noon, walang maayos na bagsakan. Pero ngayon, kitang-kita naman ang layo ng pagkakaiba sa ating bagong bagsakan.

Noon, ang ating central terminal ay napakaliit at napakasikip. Ngayon, pagmasdan natin ang ganda at aliwalas ng ating modernong Central Terminal sa PSU.

Pero, Bayambang, eto ang pinaka-nakakagulat. Ito ang plot twist! Sa dami ng nagawa sa loob lamang ng ilang taon, tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang development tulad ng BPC campus at mga cold storage. Meaning, hindi pa ito peak o final form!

Kaya kung noon, ang tingin lang ng iba sa Bayambang ay ordinaryong bayan… ngayon? Bayambang is proving na kaya rin nating sumabay sa modernong development basta tuluy-tuloy ang proyekto, malinaw ang direksyon, at may maayos na namumuno.

Bayambang, ang mga pagbabagong ito… ay dapat alam mo!

Muli, ako si Kuya Ngen, na nagsasabing ang weather ay buhay-buhay lang!

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BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO! - Ang Bayambang Noon at Ngayon

 BAYAMBANG, DAPAT ALAM MO!

Kuya Ngen, pasok!

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na ibang-iba na talaga ang Bayambang ngayon kung ikukumpara noon.

Ito ‘yung klase ng improvement na kapag matagal kang hindi umuwi ng Bayambang, mapapahinto ka talaga at mapapasabi ng: “Wait! Bayambang pa rin ba ‘to?”

Dapat alam mo na simula nang maupo ang kasalukuyang administrasyon, Team Quiambao-Sabangan, sabay-sabay at sunud-sunod ang mga infrastructure project sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng bayan. At hindi lang ito isang project dito, isang pintura doon.

Literal na malawakang development. Na para bang walang pahinga ang construction era ng Bayambang.

Dapat alam mo na noon, iilang barangay lang ang may covered court. Pero ngayon? Halos lahat na ng 77 barangays ay mayroon na! From basketball liga, barangay assembly, evacuation, feeding program, graduation, hanggang Zumba dance showdown ng mga tita niyo—covered court ang sentro ng lahat.

Pero wait! There’s more!

Bayambang, dapat alam mo na may ginagawa nang San Gabriel II to Pantol Farm-to-Market Road with Bridge project, salamat sa pondo mula sa DA-PRDP o Philippine Rural Development Project. Kasi noon, ang daang ito ay para bang trial version ng off-road adventure ang atake talaga. Kapag umulan? Automatic putikan edition.

Pero ngayon? Mas magiging maayos na ang biyahe ng mga magsasaka lalo na ng mga nagsisibuyas, mas mabilis na naihahatid ang mga produkto, at mas napapadali ang transportasyon sa mga barangay.

Noon, tignan niyo ang itsura ng covered court ng Munisipyo na dating events center. Ikumpara niyo ito sa Balon Bayambang Events Center ngayon.

Noon, dalawa lamang ang ating RHUs. Ngayon, mayroon na tayong anim na RHU upang makarating ang mga health services sa pinakamalalayong barangay.

Noon, mayroon lamang tayong dalawang police precincts. Ngayon, may himpilan na ang pulisya sa lahat ng siyam na distrito upang mapanatili ang kapayapaan kahit saanman.

Noon, wala tayong maayos na Tricycle Terminal para sa ating mga trike drivers. Ngayon, malayong mas kumportable na ang ating mga driver ng trike.

Noon, walang maayos na bagsakan. Pero ngayon, kitang-kita naman ang layo ng pagkakaiba sa ating bagong bagsakan.

Noon, ang ating central terminal ay napakaliit at napakasikip. Ngayon, pagmasdan natin ang ganda at aliwalas ng ating modernong Central Terminal sa PSU.

Pero, Bayambang, eto ang pinaka-nakakagulat. Ito ang plot twist! Sa dami ng nagawa sa loob lamang ng ilang taon, tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang development tulad ng BPC campus at mga cold storage. Meaning, hindi pa ito peak o final form!

Kaya kung noon, ang tingin lang ng iba sa Bayambang ay ordinaryong bayan… ngayon? Bayambang is proving na kaya rin nating sumabay sa modernong development basta tuluy-tuloy ang proyekto, malinaw ang direksyon, at may maayos na namumuno.

Bayambang, ang mga pagbabagong ito… ay dapat alam mo!

Muli, ako si Kuya Ngen, na nagsasabing ang weather ay buhay-buhay lang!