ALL is set in Pangasinan for the mid-term automated polls on May 13 with election workers, security forces, and the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in place around the province’s 44 towns and four cities.
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GUBERNATORIAL candidate Hernani Braganza of the Liberal Party has brushed off the results of a survey released two weeks before the elections indicating that his lone rival, re-electionist Gov. Amada Espino Jr. has an insurmountable lead over him.
Braganza says survey a “trick” from Espino camp
URBIZTONDO—Who said it can’t be done, or that nobody will dare do it? For the first time in Pangasinan, and perhaps in the country, a citizen’s arrest was effected against two men from this town who were suspected of violating the election law.
Citizens arrest 2 men for vote-buying
AN OLD FRIEND?– The CIO released this photo to the local media showing Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim (left) shaking hands with candidate Solo De Venecia whom the mayor regards as an “old friend” to refute the latter’s claim that he was berated by the mayor during the Gilon-Gilon event…
AN OLD FRIEND?
BANGUS FESTIVAL POLITICS A CANDIDATE for councilor of the Liberal Party (LP) in Dagupan has complained that he was harassed by Mayor Benjamin Lim, who is running for re-election under the opposing Nationalist People’s Coalition, in the afternoon of April 29 during one of the events of the Bangus Festival.
LP bet accuses Lim of harassment
LIKE father, like son? A businessman and supporter of Liberal Party mayoralty candidate Belen Fernandez complained to the police that he received a threat on his life a day after Councilor Brian Lim slapped his back hard from behind while watching the Kalutan ed Dalan Bangus Festival event on A.B….
Lim son intimidates Belen supporter
A PROVINCE-wide survey commissioned by a potential investor in Pangasinan shows an overwhelming lead for incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. of the Nationalist People’s Coalition’s (NPC) over Liberal Party (LP) bets Alaminos Mayor Hernani Braganza and Arturo Lomibao.
Espino-Calimlim leads survey
MARTINEZ FAMILY BACKS ESPINO—The members of the family of slain Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez urge the Department of Justice to drop the murder charges against Governor Amado Espino Jr. and 1st District Rep. Jesus Celeste in a press conference held April 30 and issued an appeal to politicians to stop…
MARTINEZ FAMILY BACKS ESPINO
AKAP-BATA PARTYLIST MOTIVE QUESTIONED INFANTA–The family members of slain Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez rejected the offer of a partylist to arrange a meeting between them and what they called a “self-styled” witness to the Dec. 15, 2012 murder. The family also questioned the motive of the group, Akap Bata Partylist, in involving…
Martinez family refuses to meet DOJ boy witness
A CONGRESSIONAL candidate of the Liberal Party has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify re-electionist Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. and Rep. Jesus Celeste for allegedly detaining his supporters and preventing them from distributing his campaign materials. Atty. Bodie Pulido, a candidate for the 1st District, said in his…
