Easy come, easy go? One candidate for councilor under the PDP Laban ticket has already withdrawn from the race, fueling speculations that the hastily-formed ticket of mayoralty candidate Brian Lim is not standing on solid ground. Victor Ramos, a retired colonel and president of the Dagupan City Tricycle Drivers and…
Mayoralty candidate Alipio Fernandez Jr., who is seeking to return to the top post in Dagupan under the “United Dagupan” ticket, has belied rumors that his son will soon be running as his substitute. In an interview during a brief respite in his campaign in barangay Bonuan Gueset here, Fernandez…
The Northwestern Luzon Chapter of the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists (PSA), Inc. will host the group’s convention scheduled on May 2-4 in Dagupan City. Preparations began as early as November last year when the city was presented as an alternative site for the meeting given its available hotel accommodations, beautiful…
It’s all in the family! A number of parent-child and husband-and-wife line-ups and a whole team of parents and a child even, are gunning for various local positions in the province in the May 14 election. Pangasinan’s current first couple is in the race with graduating Governor Victor Agbayani vying…
LINGAYEN—An official of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) has admitted that several police officers in Pangasinan are being investigated for their alleged involvement in partisan politics. In a talk with newsmen, Napolcom Provincial Officer Benigno Dizon declined to name the police officers under investigation but warned other members of the…
Only a candidate’s disqualification, permanent disability or death will pave the way for substitution in the coming mid-term election and candidates cannot slide down to a lower position in place of another candidate. These clarifications were made by Provincial Elections Supervisor Reddy Balarbar in response to numerous inquiries received by…
The sudden leaves of absences taken by police officers are being linked to the May 14 election. But Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, police provincial director, is quick to clarify that the decision of his two police chiefs to go on leave two weeks ago were personal decisions and not imposed…
They could very well be winners by default. Without an opponent in the May 14 election, a good number of candidates for various positions around the province are already sure winners, including two for congressman, six for mayor, five for vice mayor and eight for councilor. Leading the rank of…
At least 59 firearms have been confiscated by the Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial force from January 14 to April 7 this year in connection with the enforcement of the gun ban. This resulted in the filing of 68 cases against 88 persons in different courts of justice. Most of…
ECONOMICS AND POLITICS—House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. briefs his guest, Ai Ping, director of China’s international department of the Communist Party of China and member of the party’s central committee, about economics and politics in the country, in their one-on-one meeting at his farm house in Dagupan City. The…
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