ELECTORAL OFFENSE DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and members of the Nacionalista Party ticket are facing possible disqualification and imprisonment if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) determines that the “Bingo Bonanza” they are organizing prior to their mini rallies in the city’s barangays are deemed violations of the campaign and…
AFTER declining to endorse any local candidate, not even revealing his personal choices, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas issued a 10-point guideline that could help voters in deciding whom to vote for in the May 13 elections. Archbishop Soc issued a pastoral letter read last April 14 in masses in all churches within…
SOME 300 deans, alumni and students of Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) signed a petition en masse asking the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) to sanction five Dagupan-based broadcasters for “maliciously reading and commenting” in their respective programs an unverified and unsigned letter alleging irregularities in the school. The group…
APRIL 30 will be a special non-working holiday in Dagupan as the city celebrates the main event for the two-week long Bangus Festival. The declaration was issued last April 11 by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. by authority of President Benigno S. Aquino III through Proclamation No. 570 upon the…
LINGAYEN—Members of the provincial board and 30 of the 44 municipal mayors are seeking for the “recall or revocation of appointment” of Senior Supt. Marlou Chan as officer-in-charge police director of the province due to the unsolved killings in the province and his alleged political biases. In a petition, the…
NOT ME—Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil holds a copy of the Supreme Court decision denying with finality the motion for reconsideration filed by his opponent in the 2010 election, Kim Lokin, regarding a case she filed against him before the House Electoral Tribunal during a press conference Friday. In the…
LINGAYEN—A case of grave threats, kidnapping, and of the election code have been filed against re-electionist 2ndDistrict Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, his brother, Councilor Ramon Bataoil, who is also running for re-election, and four John Does at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office Friday afternoon. The complainant is a supporter of congressional candidate…
THREATS and cuss words have been thrown at election officers by candidates for the May 13 election but they are standing firm on the implementation of “Oplan Baklas” where illegal campaign materials are torn down and confiscated. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said Commission on Elections (Comelec) officers, including…
LINGAYEN—The summer fun at the beaches here were spoiled last April 14 as three adults and one teenager drowned in two separate incidents in two areas. This prompted the Provincial Disaster Risk Rescue Management Center (PDRRMC) to call on municipal and city DRRMCs to reinforce their response teams and at…
LINGAYEN—About 70 personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be deployed around the province before May 5 to augment the local police force for the May 13 elections. This was announced by Deputy for Integrated Police Operations (DIPO) Northern Luzon Director James Bucayu last April 15 during…
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