COMELEC HELPLESS BINMALEY—Unless the economy improves and the poor have more productive sources of income, vote buying will continue as in the just-concluded midterm elections. Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, who cast his vote here in his hometown last Monday, made this assessment amidst accusations from opposing…
NATIONAL bridges in Pangasinan, as in the rest of the country, are being painted “safety” orange, an international engineering color commonly used for warning signs. Engineer Rodolfo Dion, head of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Second Engineering District, said they have finished painting with international orange the Dawel…
BINMALEY—Pangasinan’s senior citizens and youth eagerly participated in the midterm elections last May 13, casting their votes for local government positions and 12 senatorial slots. There was Emiliana Aquino who went to her designated precinct for her ballot despite being frail and suffering from poor eyesight at age 79.
NO TO VOTE-BUYING—Youth volunteers of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) raise placards condemning vote-buying during the Lakad Pangasinan organized by PPCRV last May 4. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas led the march. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
LET’S celebrate a Sunday Mass in every barangay. This was the call made by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas to priests in the archdiocese in a pastoral directive dated May 7.
IT’S not just the liquor companies and sellers, but also the police, who are glad about the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) on the five-day liquor ban in relation to the May 13 election. Senior Inspector Ryan Manongdo, spokesperson of the Pangasinan police provincial office…
A GRENADE was found in front of the house of Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Gregorio “Bobom” Perez IV, a day after his birthday and two days after he hosted a luncheon for President Benigno Aquino III who was in town for the election campaign.
LINGAYEN—Is 20-year old Richard Ortega ironically being held against his will over a kidnapping charge he filed? Ortega earlier filed a complaint against re-electionist 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil for alleged illegal detention tantamount to kidnapping after he was allegedly questioned by a group of men, including Bataoil, for taking…
LINGAYEN—A motion has been filed before the Commission on Election (Comelec) First Division in Manila seeking the suspension of the proclamation of 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and his brother, Lingayen Municipal Councilor Ramon Bataoil, should they win in their respective re-election bids.
VOTE according to your conscience. This was the advice given by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to beneficiaries of the national Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), some of who have reportedly been threatened by incumbent mayors running for re-election.
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