LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. filed last Friday a motion for a temporary restraining order against the appointment of Police Sr. Supt. Marlou Chan as the Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial director of Pangasinan. The petition filed before the Regional Trial Court in Lingayen further seeks that a preliminary injunction be eventually made permanent,…
LINGAYEN—Embattled Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan, who is facing calls for his removal as provincial police director, is unperturbed by accusations of being biased in the last elections and said the provincial police force’s morale remains high. “From the PO1 up to this representation, we have high-morale knowing na nagawa natin…
THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 40 through Judge Mervin Jovito Samadan has declared as null and void Resolution No. 6738-2002 approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan on April 20, 2012 authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate for the sale of the MC Adore and the Calasiao properties.
NEXT DAGUPAN MAYOR—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (second from left) is proclaimed as the duly elected mayor by members of the City Board of Canvassers City Prosecutor Joven Maramba, City Election Officer Erickson Organisa and City Schools Superintendent Gloria Torres. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
DILG INVOKES LAW VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez, the mayor-elect of Dagupan City following her victory in the May 13 elections, has assumed post as acting mayor last May 16 after outgoing Mayor Benjamin Lim suffered a stroke on May 12 and whose exact condition has remained undisclosed.
OLD AND NEW WINNERS—Nationalist People’s Coalition Provincial Chairman Mark Cojuangco (4th from left) join those officially proclaimed winners on May 15 at the Governor’s Office in Lingayen in raising their arms in triumph, including (from left) re-elected Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Alaminos City Mayor-elect Arthur Celeste, Bugallon Mayor-elect Jumel…
ESPINO-CALIMLIM IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY LINGAYEN—After gaining a third and final term in another landslide victory, Gov. Amado Espino Jr. said he is open to reconciliation with his political opponents as he pledged to pursue his administration’s priority projects. “We are very open to reconciliation to everybody,” said Espino in a…
“THE people of Pangasinan have spoken, and I am ready to accept their verdict.” Losing gubernatorial candidate Hernani Braganza made this statement in a press conference last May 15, the same day his opponent re-electionist Gov. Amado Espino Jr. was officially proclaimed.
THE six who will represent Pangasinan in Congress for the next three years have been officially proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), some without much ado and one with a persistent opposition. First to be proclaimed was re-electionist 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia, then four other women representatives:…
2nd TERM FOR MANAY GINA—4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia (center), joined by her husband former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. (right), is proclaimed winner for a second term in office in the afternoon of May 14 at the Provincial Capitol by (from left) Schools Division Supt. Viraluz Raguindin,…
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