CALASIAO—A 27-year old incumbent councilor has challenged his uncle in the mayoralty race as he led the team under the Liberal Party (LP) to file their candidacy last week. Joseph Arman Bauzon, LP’s mayoralty candidate is running against his uncle incumbent vice mayor Roy Macanlalay. Bauzon said his team is…

WITHOUT BIOMETRIC DATA UNLESS the 84,642 registered voters in Pangasinan still with no biometric registration present themselves to their local Comelec offices on or before October 31 for their biometric registration, they will be stricken off the records and will not be able to vote in May 2016. They only…

THE National Food Authority (NFA) urged consumers to become “food guardians” to help ensure rice is available, accessible, affordable and safe for the public. Chona Maramba of NFA-Western Pangasinan said food guardians are needed to promote NFA’s rice sufficiency initiatives like the “Be Riceponsible” campaign that aims to promote the…

MALASIQUI—Some 1,766 senior citizens will receive P3,000 from the Department of Social Welfare (DSWD) under the social pension program on Friday. Sofronio Domantay, president of the Municipal Federation of Senior Citizens Affair (MFSCA) said the amount is part of their pension for the third and last quarter of the year….

FOR MAR, NOT GRACE FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia, who filed her candidacy for her reelection at exactly 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 15, expressed strong optimism that the fourth district of Pangasinan will go solid for Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Mar Roxas and running mate Leni Robredo in the May 2016 election….

TWO incumbent district representatives seeking reelection were among the early filers of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2016 elections. Consistent with his habit for being the early bird, First District Rep. Jesus ‘Boying’ Celeste was the first to file his COC on Monday at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial…

BOARD Member Amado “Pogi” Espino III and his running-mate, incumbent vice governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. led their group’s provincial candidates in filing their certificates of candidacy (COC) and certificates of nomination and acceptance on the second day of filing (October 13) at the provincial Commission on Election (Comelec) office…

THE Roxas Aliguas Movement (RAM) welcomed the expression of support for the formation of the Partido na Pangasinan (PP) led by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. and Congressman Leopoldo N. Bataoil. Lawyer Liberato Reyna Jr. and civic leader Manuel Roy, RAM chairman and convenor, respectively, said the Partido’s support for…

SAN FERNANDO CITY– Only 13 of the 222 fishermen from Pangasinan who were declared as missing in the West Philippine Sea when Typhoon “Kabayan” hit last Oct. 2 remain unaccounted for. The number could be down to 12 if the body recovered dead by the Philippine Navy at past 4:00 p.m. of…

SOME 2,000 Jaycee members were in Dagupan City for the three-day national convention of Junior Chamber, Inc. October 8-10. National President Marc Brian Lim, also the city’s vice mayor, said the JCI, with its 200-strong chapters, holds the convention annually to provide development opportunities for the youth. Dagupan Bangus Jaycees…