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BELL THAT “WAR COULD NOT DESTROY” IS BACK IN PH

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – “RETURN TO SOURCE.” “SHIP TO: CLARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION E. QUIRINO AVENUE, FREEPORT ZONE, PHILIPPINES, c/o ATTY. ARTHUR P. TUGADE. “FOR ONWARD SHIPMENT TO: CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CENTRAL EAST, BAUANG, LA UNION, 2...

KOREAN AMERICAN NOMINATED BY OBAMA AS NEXT PH AMBASSADOR

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday (May 18) announced his intention to nominate Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, a career member of the United States Foreign Service, as the next ambassador to the Philippines. Mr. Kim, who is the U.S.’...

OBAMA PHONES DUTERTE

By Journal GlobaLinks   CHICAGO (JGL) – President Barack Obama spoke by phone Tuesday (May 17) to presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to convey his congratulations. PRESIDENT-ELECT RODY DUTERTE   According to a White House statement received by...

GOV. LEE MANHANDLES ALLEGED MINING TRESPASSER

CHICAGO (JGL) – A driver suspected of trespassing in a mining concern in Castilla, Sorsogon in the Philippines, was manhandled by Sorsogon Gov. Raul R. Lee in a video clip that is going viral.

WHO HAS THE HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THEM ALL?

BECAUSE HE has no money to pay for his own billboard, Independent LOLO Bobby M. Reyes is very pleased to see and thankful that the office of Sorsogon City Mayor Sally A. Lee and the Sorsogon City Tourism Office have included his name and photo in the billboard of six of eight Sorsogon g...

COURTESY CALL

LOLO BOBBY M. Reyes (extreme left) paid a courtesy call on Flor Solis (second from left), widow of the late Sorsogon Jose Solis (whose photo is hanging above) of the second district of Sorsogon, who lobbied for the construction of the Bulan Airport, in the house of Mrs. Solis and her da...

TALKING WITH FARMERS

  LOLO BOBBY M. Reyes (right) talks to a farmer, holding his business card, of his plan to employ many farmers in the event the construction of Bulan Airport gets going in case he is elected governor on Monday, May 9, while other farmers look on. The farmers were drying their palay ...

INWARD RUNWAY

LOLO BOBBY M. Reyes (right) surveys the width of the runway of the Bulan Airport, which he said he will try to complete its construction if he were elected Sorsogon governor on Monday, May 9, during his visit to the area recently in Bulan, Sorsogon, Philippines. (JGL Photo by Joseph G. ...