A bank and a backward town

Thank you for that very nice and reliable article. Congratulations. I appreciate so much this article and finally the Cabangan town is captured by attention.

Continue to expose Cabangan… we will pray for your success!!!

About the mayor (jessie mendigorin) of Cabangan.

There’s only one person who can beat Jessie Mendigorin and that’s no less than my brother Dr. Reydante Edora. He used to be the town doctor and in-charge of the infirmary clinic. He’s the reason why Cabangan has that Infirmary Clinic (used to be Rural Health Center) and he started that 24-hours duty of a health practitioner in this town. Mayor Mendigorin’s very lucky that my brtoher didn’t run against him. You can ask Mayor Mendigorin and he won’t deny this. Cabangan residents can attest to this.

Thank you for visiting our hometown and thank you that someone like you had pay attention to it. Everything you have said is true. He needs to go. We don’t need leader like him. I hope the people of Cabangan will be enlightened by this article. Thank you so much and May God bless you!

I can’t thank you enough for the articles you have written about Cabangan and the Mayor. God answered my prayer. I e-mailed the show IMBESTIGADOR, 3 weeks ago about the harassments being made by the Mayor towards my mother, and I am still waiting for their reply. Here’s my story. My name is Marilou de Gracia. I presently live in Chula Vista, Ca. My mother has a titled property in San Isidro beach since 1996. Mayor Mendigorin has claimed that the property owned by Municipality of Cabangan. We showed him the title but he did not believe us. Year 2004, I was in Cabangan, he hired men to placed fences around the property right infront of our eyes. We could not believe what he has done to us. We were crying as we watched them putting the iron fences. Everything you wrote in the article is true. He even grabbed the property of his aunt in San Isidro where the antenna for GLOBE is standing. He is a greedy man. Maybe, he wants to create a totalitarian form of government in Cabangan. We sued the Mayor 3 years ago but the hearing kept on postponing by both lawyers. Before summer time came, this year, my mother start building small cottages to the property and Mayor Mendigorin gets very upset and sent policemen to my mother’s house to threatened her. My mother showed them the title and left the house embarrased. Ang sabi daw ng mga pulis, “napag-utusan lang po kami ni Mayor”. I wrote a letter to Gov. Magsaysay, Vice Governor Lacbain,and PNP director to report his bad behavior but none of them responded to my letter. I e-mailed DENR and DILG to checked with them whether my mother has a ligitimate title, DENR responded to my mother that she has to settle this case to the court because my mother had the title for several years.My mother is 85 years old and lives alone. Nandito kaming lahat ng mga anak sa Amerika. She’s too old to have this kind of problems. By the way, my mother’s name is Aurora A. Ecdao. She lives in Barangay San Antonio. Please interview her and Dorcas Mendigorin of San Isidro. Sila ang mga taong inagawan niya ng property. Imbis na tulungan ni Mayor Mendigorin ang mga tao, perwisyo naman ang ginagawa niya. May rumors na marami pa raw siyang inagawan ng mga lupa. Lalabas ang mga taong ito kung may pupunta doon na mag-imbestiga. I pray that he will not win this Election and I hope the people of Cabangan will be awaken by your articles and not to vote for him ever again. Thank you for listening to me!. Again, thank you so much. Take care and May God Bless you!

So sad, but Cabangan is not alone. Try visiting Bamban, Tarlac - another classic example of governance neglect!

This is sad…Cabangan is my home, I was born here. It breaks my heart to know that the town I love is just about the same as it has been, or worse. This town needs a break, it has a lot of potential for growth and development. If only they (town officials) can realize that there’s so much they can do to make things better for the town itself and for everybody who calls this place “home.”

Sad news, but true. Cabangan needs and deserves a good leader. Until then, we’re not going to see any changes…better changes.

Keep it up, you’re doing a very good job. This article is well-talked about here in San Diego.

your article is moving and very truthful. Zambales is impaired by dynasty regardless of what municipality. StaCruz is the same as Cabangan and its probably worst.

Not sure if you are familiar with Zambales but as far as my memory will go. Sta.Cruz was once a town were commercial trade is big and we were most progressive town as far as Alaminos Pangasinan. Since we left in 1989, the town was progressing. When Mayor Chito marty was elected, since then StaCruz has not progress an inch.

Putting a building or a road here and there, to me is not progress. Progress is when people and community is thriving and their life is improving. Look at the municipal hall 3yrs to build trusses and foundation. I don’t see that as progress.

Like Cabangan, Sta.Cruz is rule by dynasty. Zambales is rule by dynasty (Magsaysay). Dynasty is not bad if there is progress but most of the time , dynasty kills new ideas, new progress, new development, new enthusiasm to move the organizations forward.

This May election, Sta.Cruz is hoping to make the history. The history is to end Marty’s dynasty in Sta.Cruz. The history were Doctors will eventually move the town to progress.

It’s so sad that this man has been allowed to gouge his own constituents like this just to pad his own pockets. It’s amazing he isn’t ashamed he’s had a hand in stopping the town’s progress these past twenty years he’s been in office.

Aren’t there any strong people in the town who are pressing for changes in their economy?

This man needs to step down and let someone else lead Cabangan to a better future.

I feel sorry for the town of Cabangan. It could have been a beautiful town with pristine ocean and mild weather, but it is still so remote with no modern technology available anywhere, not even cable. It is definitely not an attractive place to retire!