PNP MAINTAINING CLOSE WATCH LINGAYEN—AS of May 8, five barangays in Pangasinan were confirmed to have been placed under Category 1 of election watch list but this could increase to seven and even more if the shooting incidents that killed an incumbent councilman (kagawad) of Urdaneta City and a former…
WATCH out for the list of candidates for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections who took drug tests to prove they are clean. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has given the go-signal to police stations to post the list of candidates in their towns or cities, and barangays who…
IN DAGUPAN CITY ONE candidate for barangay chairman and two for sangguniang kabataan chairman in Dagupan City are running unopposed in the Barangay and SK elections on May 14, according to the complete list of candidates released by the office of City Elections Officer Ericson Oganiza. The unopposed candidate for…
LINGAYEN—It’s official. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) has verified that 296 persons involved in illegal drugs have filed their certificates of candidacies for various posts in the May 14 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the province. These include 121 incumbent barangay officials (29 barangay chairmen and 92 kagawads) seeking reelection, while…
NO TERM-SHARING AGREEMENT LINGAYEN—Ties in votes of candidates in the May 14 elections will be settled right away in the polling places with or without the presence of the involved candidates, Provincial Elections Supervisor Marino Salas has announced. He said the ties would be settled through drawing of lots. Provincial Elections…
IT’S all systems go for an orderly election on May 14 in all polling places in Pangasinan. This was the assurance made to the public following a final coordination meeting of the joint command conference of the Pangasinan Comelec and its election officers, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office and police chiefs,…
DESPITE SUMMER DENGUE case continues to rise in Pangasinan this year despite the hot weather. Records at the Provincial Health Office (PHO) show that from January 1 to May 7 this year there were 1,152 cases of dengue, including five deaths, compared to only 427 cases and three deaths for…
PINOY ENTREPRENEUR – Personal selling by the baywalk in Lingayen is what works for this bamboo bed maker. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ILLUSION IN THE SKY — A Cessna trainer plane appears to be in a near collision with a kite flown by an enthusiast participating in the competition at the Capitol beachfront in Lingayen, as part of the activities in celebration of Pista’y Dayat 2018. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL STO. TOMAS—Despite being unopposed in the barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections, all the candidates still do what other aspirants do to be elected: campaign for support for their platforms. Councilor Anacleto Aquino, president of Liga ng Barangay here, said all candidates were given two minutes…
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