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From fish vendor to town mayor
POOR MAN’S BET Former fish vendor Rodrigo “Onoy” Rivera in one of his campaign sorties as a mayoral candidate in Dolores, Eastern Samar. —PHOTO BY FRANCIS ALGIE RIVERA
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July 29, 2022September 23, 2023Local News

From fish vendor to town mayor

by Boy Villasanta

I was in Dolores, Eastern Samar, a few weeks ago and had a chance to take a photo of the new mayor of the third-class municipality (annual income: P15-20 million) facing the Pacific Ocean, on a billboard near the port. The story of Rodrigo “Onoy” Rivera, 62, a fish vendor who became mayor, is one...

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