THEY were bitter enemies during the campaign, but both candidates have proven to be gentlemen and statesmen in both victory and defeat. Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim has conceded defeat to House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. who won by a wide margin in the fourth district congressional race. In…
Alipio Fernandez Jr. has returned as mayor of Dagupan. And with majority of his team elected alongside him, he has vowed to move the city forward. Fernandez, who served as mayor from 1992 to 2001 after which he was appointed immigration commissioner, said the new city administration that will take…
STA. BARBARA—Retired police Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco was proclaimed winner on Wednesday by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the hotly fought mayoralty race here. Velasco garnered a total of 15,827 votes against his rival Carlito Zaplan, who got 12,441. Winning with Velasco were his vice mayor and six…
LINGAYEN–Peace generally prevailed in Pangasinan on voting day despite the pre-election violence, according to Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, police provincial director. Only fistfights and other pormahan (posturing) among hot-tempered supporters and relatives of candidates in some towns in this vote-rich province were reported and were promptly acted upon by the…
AFTER suffering a major setback in his political career, Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim is raring to buckle down to work at the Dagupan City Hall. “It is still my duty to administer the city in the remaining days of my administration,” Lim said on Thursday at a news conference….
The Dagupan City government buckled down to work on the litter and vandalism committed during the campaign and on election day. In a memorandum dated May 15, 2007, one day after polling, City Administrator Rafael Baraan ordered City Engineer Virginia Rosario to implement a massive clean-up drive to remove all…
SAN FABIAN- Re-electionist Atty. Mojamito Libunao Jr. of Lakas-CMD, who is on his last term as mayor, won over Roland Villegas of Kampi, president of the Association of Barangay Captains, in the mayoralty race. Libunao obtained 16,122 votes while Villegas obtained 13,119 votes. Romulo Magliba of Kampi and a former…
LINGAYEN–A man posing as a member of the Alex Boncayao Brigade- Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army was arrested on Tuesday by the police in an entrapment operation after he tried to extort P180,000 from the provincial engineer. Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, said a team led…
A bad joke was made and who could be laughing? People trooped to the home of Speaker Joe de Venecia, Jr., in Bonuan Binloc on Wednesday after receiving gossip spread through text messaging that he was giving balato (reward tips) to all those who supported him. Bong Visperas, a spokesman…
DAGUPAN’S WINNERS—Newly-elected officials of Dagupan headed by Mayor-elect Al Fernandez and Vice Mayor-elect Belen Fernandez are proclaimed by members of the City Board of Canvassers led by Atty. Vanessa Roncal (fifth from left). The other elected officials are, from left, Jesus Canto, Michael Fernandez, Farah Decano, Librada Reyna, Alfie Fernandez,…
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