Powerhouse team vs. “TH” line-up By Eva C. Visperas Maybe you want a peek of the big day when the Fernandez-Fernandez camp versus the Lim-Mata line up filed their certificates of candidacy for the May elections, particularly for Dagupan City. At high noon March 29, cheering supporters, with hundreds of…
Barangay captains By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Supposedly for basically civic intents and purposes, the position of barangay captain has been introduced in the country—not without basis from early Philippine history. That is why the holder of the office has its Spanish title of “Capitan del barangay”. Gradually and…
RP coach Reyes, PBA cagers conduct GenVel’s basketball clinic By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER successfully staging a bicycle road race last year, retired PNP Deputy Director General Reynaldo V. Velasco threw in his support to his second favorite sport, basketball. GenVel, as he is fondly known, sponsored a basketball…
This show must go on! By Emmanuelle Count the city and the towns within this district, and you come out with less than ten digits. With forty-four towns and four cities comprising six districts of the province, this hint would make it a little harder for you to identify the…
DAGUPAN CITY CAMPAIGN THE line has been drawn: It’s the administration’s Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats versus the PDP Laban in Dagupan City. But PDP Laban who? Based on a random survey in the city, PDP-Laban, the opposition party founded by Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, does not ring a bill in Pangasinan….
LET THE CONTEST BEGIN —(Upper photo) Lakas teammates join Speaker Joe De Venecia in applauding former Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez and former Councilor and CSI chair Belen Fernandez as they hold their certificates of candidacy shortly after filing with the City Election Office Thursday afternoon.- (Lower photo): Magic Group executive…
A TOTAL of 47 candidates are in the race for eight provincial posts and six congressional seats. Based on the certificates of candidacy received by the Office of the Provincial Elections Supervisor up to 12:00 midnight of Thursday, six are running for governor, two for vice governor, 14 for congress,…
House Speaker Jose de Venecia is confident about pulling off a victory but is not taking his campaign lightly either. “I want to run scared. I want to work very hard,” said De Venecia who is seeking a third term for the congressional seat in the 4th district and, unlike…
FORMER governor Oscar Orbos had a change of heart, paving the way for a three-cornered fight for the top provincial post in Pangasinan. The race for governorship is now confined among Vice Governor Oscar Lambino representing the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party, 2nd district Rep. Amado Espino, and Dr. Jamie…
At the height of the deadline for filing of candidacies for local positions, two local newsmen grabbed the spotlight as they engaged in a scuffle that was caught on camera and aired on television. Jaime Aquino, publisher of a local tabloid, and fellow mediaman Allan Sison, former station manager of…
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