LINGAYEN– Governor Amado Espino III (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino ) will serve his second term as governor after defeating his lone rival Alaminos City Mayor Arthur F. Celeste (Nationalista Party).

Espino garnered 782,073 votes while Celeste had 582,872 votes or 199,201 votes margin.

Filled with mixed emotions, the young Espino credited his father, former governor and incumbent 5^th District Rep. Amado T. Espino, Jr., who directed the blueprint for the province, fully mobilizing the provincial government agencies in improving public services. 

“Maraming maraming salamat po sa suporta at pagmamahal na ipinakita po ninyo. Susuklian po natin ng taos-puso na serbisyo ang inyong pagtitiwala; at ipagpapatuloy ang progreso at pagmamahal sa ating probinsya,” Espino said in an interview after his proclamation by the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) on May 16 at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall.

The reelected governor vowed to continue and to further expand the flagship programs of his administration in health, infrastructure, livelihood, employment and community-based projects.

He appealed to his fellow public servants who won to prepare for the hard work in the next three years.

Other elected provincial officials were: Mark Lambino (Vice Governor); Board Members – Donabel Fontelera and Orange Humilde-Verzosa (1^st District), Nestor Reyes and Von Mark Mendoza (2^nd District), Vici Ventanilla and Angel Baniqued, Jr. (3^rd District), Jeremy Agerico Rosario and Liberato Villegas (4^th District), Chinky Perez-Tababa and Nicholi Jan Louie Sison (5^th District), and unopposed Noel Bince and Salvador Perez (6^th District). (With report from PIO)

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