tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42242881235825568442024-03-13T03:03:49.617-07:00Mortz OrtigozaMortz C. Ortigoza is synonymous to hard core political bug since his college days. He would rather sacrificed a gastronomic delight to delectable political thoughts from 16th Century Niccolo Machiavelli to 21st Economic Genius Lee Kwan Yew, from the writings of Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau to those of Washington Post and New York Times columnists Bob Woodward and Thomas L. Friedman.Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.comBlogger525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-46945188124836392452024-02-06T02:54:00.000-08:002024-02-06T16:55:44.252-08:00Huge White 4-Engine Jet's Flyby in Dagupan By Mortz Ortigoza When I heard a loud roar of an aircraft at 8 to 9 A.M today, I thought it was either Pangasinan Governor Monmon Guico or Pangasinan 2nd District Congressman Mark Cojuangco’s P40 million Robinson 44 helicopter in-flight from eastern Pangasinan to their offices in Lingayen, Pangasinan.“Mga 7:30 AM dumadaan kayo sa itaas ng bahay ko,” I told once the young governor – a Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-13300856635739698942024-02-03T20:09:00.000-08:002024-02-03T20:09:29.098-08:00 Magka-Coup ba ang Away Duterte, Marcos? By Mortz C. OrtigozaPalala' ng palala' ang pagtuligsa ni dating President Rodrigo Duterte sa kay President Bongbong Marcos. Pagkatapos niyang banatan si Marcos sa Anti –Charter Change Rally na ginanap noong January 28 sa Davao City, isang patutsada na naman ang binitawan niya sa ginanap na press briefing noong January 30:“Sinasabi ko lang sa kanya huwag kayong pumasok diyan (amendment of Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-15702250296252046782024-02-03T20:07:00.000-08:002024-02-03T20:07:09.594-08:00We Fear China’s Economic Retaliation By Mortz C. OrtigozaIf not dangerously water cannoned and intentionally rammed countless of times our supply mission vessels to our Marines ensconce in the ghost ship’s BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57) at the Second Thomas Shoal (known too as Ayungin Shoal), the Chinese Coast Guard brazenly coerced recently our poor fishermen to throw the shells they caught back in the water ofMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-27218691232929094702024-02-03T20:03:00.000-08:002024-02-03T20:03:21.523-08:00 Busty Actresses Prostituting with Politicians By Mortz C. OrtigozaFormer Datu Unsay town Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. was convicted recently by the Sandiganbayan (criminal court) with 210 years of jail time after he embezzled P44.184 million from the provincial government of Maguindanao – whose governor then was his father and namesake Andal, Sr. – of fabricated delivery of 1.14 million liters of diesel.Photo of a sultry lady is an Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-5106812338313121072023-11-11T01:38:00.007-08:002023-11-11T01:48:02.138-08:00 Q&A: Hamas Attacks Worse than the 3 Major Arabs-Israeli Wars – Amb.Political columnist Mortz C.
Ortigoza interviewed recently Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines His
Excellency Ilan Fluss. The Ambassador – a former naval officer wore a skullcap
or kippah - was accompanied by Consul Moti Cohen when they visited the office
of Binmaley Mayor Pete Merrera in Pangasinan. The envoys were in the town to
attend the internment of Hamas terrorists murdered caregiver&Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-29099209666074236542023-08-14T19:27:00.002-07:002023-08-14T22:04:33.519-07:00 PRESENCE, APPEARANCE MATTER IN WINNING ELECTION By Mortz C. OrtigozaThose who are running for election in the October 30, 2023 village and May 2025 local and national polls could learn lessons how the Americans operate their political campaign.In Chapter 25 of Rage – a 452 –page’s oeuvre d'art non-fiction by Bob Woodward (Yes Virginia the renowned Washington Post’s correspondent who was the beneficiary of Deep Throat (the scorned for promotionMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-7061020633332974722023-08-11T16:33:00.007-07:002023-08-11T16:35:49.634-07:00Mayor Sinisigawan, Pinapalayas ng Vice Mayor sa Sesyon By Mortz C. OrtigozaBINMALEY, Pangasinan – Galit na humarap sa isang press conference ang mayor ng bayan na ito matapos siyang palabasin at bastusin kamakailan ng vice mayor sa loob ng sesyon ng Sangguniang Bayan (SB) dito.“Tingnan po natin Vice Mayor baka sakali gisingin kita sa pagkakamali mo na ikaw ay hindi ka dapat magmura sa ating mayor. Hindi dapat palabasin ang mayor sa session hallMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-87381218415138470672023-08-11T16:28:00.007-07:002023-08-11T16:28:57.030-07:00Life Styles of U.S Military to Filipino Soldiers By Mortz C. Ortigoza AS SEEN on the photo below, American pilots and non-officers readied themselves to check in at the swanky, classy 5-Star Holiday Inn at Mimosa where Duty Free shops, fancy chain of stores, bars, golf courses, etc abound.When I asked the bell boy fixing our hotel room if the U.S soldiers checked in too in their hotel during the Balikatan and the recent Cope Thunders Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-73955467122020854492023-08-11T16:24:00.002-07:002023-08-11T16:24:05.339-07:00 P400-K Barong of a Solon in the SONA By Mortz C. OrtigozaA friend in the southern island was awed that a Congressman was garb on the almost P400, 000 barong sewed for him by a famous tailor in Manila. He used the expensive outfit for the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. last July 14. Many Congressmen and Congresswomen try to outdo each other for sartorial elegance in the SONA as if Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-11163483913494358012023-08-11T16:16:00.003-07:002023-10-15T20:21:55.533-07:00 American Impression of Filipino Pilots in Cope Thunder 23.2 By Mortz C. OrtigozaDuring the media interviews by international and local reporters with the United States Air Force (USAF) A-10 Warthog pilot Captain Liam Baldwin and C-130-J Capt. Cole Wise and Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50 fighter pilots Major Ronholp S. Ausa, Major Virgilio K. Villanueva and Capt. Philip Vincent Roy R. Freire (Alternate) - moderated by PAF Major Joseph Calma (Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-67204847494810292192023-08-11T16:10:00.003-07:002023-08-11T16:10:17.398-07:00 Ignorant Media Men By Mortz C. OrtigozaThe problem with opinion writers in Pangasinan: They know how to write in English but are ignorant about the rules and laws that govern the issue they espoused. The same too with the radio commentators who opined on issue that they have bereft knowledge to it.For example: They kept repeating for several months now that after the opposition majority councilors in the Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-55602632483089399252023-08-11T16:00:00.002-07:002023-08-11T16:01:45.598-07:00 Sino ang Salarin sa Pagbagsak ng Dagupan?By MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA, MPAKahit na tumatakbo sa 2022 reenacted budget ang local government unit (LGU) ng Dagupan City dahil naabutan siya ng prescriptive period ng March 31, 2023 para mapirmahan ni Mayor Belen T. Fernandez ang ni vetoed na 2023 P1.3 billion budget, walang nagbabawal na e refile ng mga allies niya sa Minority Bloc sa Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) ang original 2023 proposed budget. Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-72469020649600089982023-06-03T00:40:00.001-07:002023-07-12T21:50:25.387-07:00Narcos Still Avoid Davao City Like the PlagueBy Mortz C. OrtigozaWhile I was inside a taxi last Wednesday bound to the Davao International Airport from my short stay in a Cotabato town, I asked the driver if illegal drugs have returned to Davao City after President Rodrigo Duterte ended his six years in Malacanang Palace.The chauffeur told me the southern island city – the biggest in the south – continue to enjoy the almost Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-86697978378770946222023-05-20T17:29:00.002-07:002023-05-20T17:29:08.926-07:00 Ni Suwapang nila Cong. ang Kickback By Mortz C. OrtigozaNagpapasalamat ang isang Mayor sa Diyos dahil iyong nilalakad niyang malapit sa two hundred million pesos na project na galing sa national government ay ni download na sa bank account ng municipio.“Walang mangyayari pag ni download nila sa DPWH hindi na sa amin mapupunta na kay Congresswoman na” ani Mayor.Anong ibig sabihin pag napunta na ang project kay Congresswoman? Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-14782085417379363382023-05-20T17:26:00.010-07:002023-05-20T17:26:53.389-07:00 Away ng Narco Cops sa PDEG at ang P6.7- B ShabuBy Mortz C. OrtigozaSa hearing kamakailan ng Committee on Dangerous Drugs ng House of Representatives na pinamumunuan ni Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert “Ace” Barber, pinagsasabihan ni Antipolo City 2nd District Cong. Romeo Acop (dating police Heneral at Hepe ng Inspector General Office) ang nasasadlak na si Police Col. Julian Olonan (chief of Philippines DrugMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-34697207236139289572023-05-20T17:23:00.002-07:002023-05-20T17:23:36.364-07:00 Ret. Generals Recall Acorda During Their Stint By Mortz C. Ortigoza Retired police generals congratulated, well-wish and recollected the days when the newly appointed chief of the 28,000 strong Philippines National Police was a cadet, junior officer and a colonel.Former Police Major General and Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil told Northern Watch Newspaper that he told Police Director General Benjamin Casuga Acorda, Jr. inMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-55119232683851569352023-05-20T17:05:00.008-07:002023-05-20T17:50:00.172-07:00Murang mga Kaldero, Kawa, Kawali Gawa sa M'langBy Mortz C. Ortigoza M’LANG, Cotabato – Hindi gaya ng
dambuhalang kaldero na nagkakahalaga ng P50 million na ginawang pang ilaw sa
2019 Southeast Asians Game (SEAG) sa Capas, Tarlac, dito sa first class na
bayan na ito ang mga kalderong ginagawa ay nagkakahalaga lamang ng P925 sa
pinakamalaki. Ganoon din sa mga kawa at kawali na may ibat ibang presyong
mapapamura ka dahil sa sobrang Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-60976084484813214652023-03-24T05:05:00.001-07:002023-03-24T05:05:04.992-07:00Mga Sari-Saring Jokes ni Joker M. - Part -1 BULAG SUMAKAY NG TAXI SA EDSADRIVER: Alam niyo po ba Mama’ ang pupuntahan ninyo e bulag po kayo?BULAG: Wag kayong mabahala dahil alam ko ang pupuntahan ko sa pamamagitan ng malakas na pang amoy ko. Nasa Guadalupe na tayo dahil naamoy ko na ang mga hinog na mga manga.DRIVER: Ang galing ninyo talaga Ma’, alam na alam ninyo.BULAG: Ngayon nasa simbahan na tayo ng Baclaran dahil amoy kandila na!Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-28282095499307795002023-03-11T21:50:00.016-08:002023-03-13T19:02:43.731-07:00 Labrador Mayor Cites P400-M Yearly Benefits for Hosting Nuke By Mortz C. Ortigoza
LABRADOR, Pangasinan – The mayor in this one
of the poorest towns of Pangasinan cited the approximately P400 million a year business tax
and other benefits incase its coastal municipality host a nuclear power plant
proposed by the leadership of the country.
“Ito ginagawa ko lang dahil gusto kung
umasenso rin ang buhay ng Labrador (I am doing this to make better the Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-30110593762354413852023-01-29T17:51:00.001-08:002023-01-29T17:51:06.013-08:00How a Corrupt Politico Enriches HimselfBy Mortz C. OrtigozaMany mayors did not only enrich themselves through the S.O.P (heck no! Not the standard operation procedure but a bastardize euphemism of the Pinoys for “cut”) given by suppliers and contractors for their local government unit. Some of these Hizzoners are smarter than their counterparts because they become the suppliers and contractors themselves through a dummy. Aside from Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-67042888351763887882023-01-09T00:20:00.004-08:002023-01-09T04:49:50.999-08:00Coup Rumors By Mortz C. OrtigozaA police Colonel assigned in Metro Manila called my attention last Saturday that there was a brewing coup rumor in the country as armored personnel carriers were ubiquitous in the police camp.“Heightened alerts ang dalawang kampo,” he told me through Messenger about the highest level of alert in Camp Crame and the nearby military headquarter's Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-61225146722492839472023-01-09T00:12:00.004-08:002023-01-09T00:12:45.552-08:00 Where Indeed MacArthur Landed in Pangasinan? By Mortz C. OrtigozaAfter the new year dawned on January 1, 2023. What’s next? In my province it’s the January 9 historical landing of United States Supreme Commander for the Pacific’s General Douglas “Dugout Doug” MacArthur in Pangasinan.This landing however is still being disputed by historical buffs in Dagupan City and Lingayen who want to claim the glory in hosting the “first step” on Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-16915712187857164482023-01-08T23:58:00.004-08:002023-01-08T23:58:29.124-08:00 He Lives Like King but Dies like Pauper By Mortz C. OrtigozaIn a huddle with a seasoned former mayor, he told me that an ex- city mayor, after several attempts to reclaim his post, lives now in a financial distress.The former Hizzoner and his favorite contractor for nine years live in an economic agony.The misery of the veteran politician was aggravated by his addiction to casinos while the contractor – one of the biggest in the Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-63801284150887214492023-01-08T23:54:00.000-08:002023-01-08T23:54:00.476-08:00 Filipinos as Infamous CheatersBy Mortz C. OrtigozaMany Filipinos have been scandalized about the cheating bravado of international renowned boxing referee Carlos “Sonny” Padilla on the match of the then unheralded Manny Pacquiao and Australian Nedal Hussein as shown on his video interview. This was a day before his August 2022 induction at the iconic Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in the United States. The Fame Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-62011531501062073702023-01-08T23:34:00.007-08:002023-01-08T23:34:55.546-08:00 Bantag could Suffer the Fate of Mafia’s Boss Al CaponeBy Mortz C. OrtigozaFormer Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag was caught lying through his teeth when exposed by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla that he ordered the excavation through a deep hole and a tunnel at the compound of the BuCors to foray for the fabled Yamashita Treasure.The beleaguered Bantag told the media in November 11 he ordered the excavation to Mortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com0