BINALONAN Mayor Ramon Guico Jr.  said the popularity of the administration’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, Gilbert Teodoro Jr. and Edu Manzano, has began to rise across the country. Though the official campaign period has yet to start, Guico, president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, noted that…

RETIRED high-ranking police and military officers are leaping into a second career in politics. The local election in the province has four former generals and one vice admiral in the running for either mayor or congressional representative.

NO PROTESTS EXPECTED LINGAYEN–If the auto-mated polling system delivers what it promises, next year’s elections will enable the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to release unofficial results within 24 hours after the voting, and allow Congress and board of canvassers to proclaim the winners in both national and local elections within…

WHILE the country faces a record number of presidential aspirants in the May 2010 elections, some towns in Pangasinan have top position candidates who are unopposed. Lawyer Reddy Balarbar, provincial election supervisor, told The PUNCH that these unopposed candidates are practically assured of victory.

BISKEG na Pangasinan, the only provincial party here accredited by the Commission on Election, is fielding 287 candidates for various local positions, from the governor to councilors. Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr, founding chairman of the party, said most of its candidates are either incumbent or seeking higher posts, and in…

FORMER Dagupan City Councilor Alex De Venecia is reviving his political career as councilor. De Venecia, a member of the slate of Mayor Al Fernandez, said he decided to run again because of a “burning desire to continue unfinished programs, projects and new ordinances that will improve the community as…

THE green light is on for the congressional bid of Gina de Venecia in the 4th District. She will file her certificate of candidacy for the position to be vacated by her husband, Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., who will finish his last term of office on Monday.

BINALONAN Mayor Ramon Guico Jr., who was included in the administration party’s senatorial candidates in the May 2010 election, said he is still considering his original plan of running as congressman for the 5th District. Guico, president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo…

TAYUG–A new face is joining the congressional race in the 6th District with a vision to turn around the area’s agriculture sector and build a new middle-class society from among the farming communities.

LINGAYEN–Presidential aspirant Gilberto Teodoro, the candidate of the ruling party Lakas-Kampi-CMD, and his vice-presidential mate Edu Manzano arrived in the Capitol for an assessment of voters preference in Pangasinan, one of the provinces in the country with the highest number of registered voters.