Upsets mark Central Luzon polls
By Anselmo Roque, Robert GonzagaUpsets scored by candidates against established names will usher in new faces in the political landscape of Nueva Ecija, long dominated by political dynasties.
Upsets scored by candidates against established names will usher in new faces in the political landscape of Nueva Ecija, long dominated by political dynasties.
In what could be an upset, the daughter of former Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso, Cheryl Deloso-Montalla of the Liberal Party, defeated reelectionist Zambales Rep. Jun Omar Ebdane in the race for the province’s second congressional district.
A Zambales town mayor, who is undergoing trial for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in 2010, is running unopposed in the May 13 elections.
IBA, Zambales—Just into his first term, Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has started flexing his political muscle in the province that had been dominated by political families for many years. His ally, Vice Gov. Ramon Lacbain II, expected the political party formed by Ebdane—Sulong Zambales Party (SZP)—to dominate the May 13 elections due to [...]
Throwing out the three controversial “common” candidates has if anything improved the chances of the United Nationalist Alliance because a streamlined team would work better in a campaign, according to some UNA senatorial candidates.
The lawyer who represents environment advocates, residents and business locators opposing the construction of a 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant here has accused the project proponent of engaging in a “deceptive media campaign” to distort a recent ruling on the project by the Court of Appeals (CA).
The Court of Appeals (CA) has invalidated the lease development agreement and the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) of a consortium of energy firms proposing to put up a coal-fired power plant inside this free port.
Outrage consumed most residents and businessmen here at a Thursday forum organized by Zambales officials after word spread that the government had approved the Subic coal-fired power plant project despite near unanimous objections.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Despite widespread protests and an almost unanimous rejection by Subic stakeholders, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is set to ratify tomorrow (Friday) a lease development agreement (LDA) with RP Energy Inc., the consortium of energy companies which plans to operate a 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant here. Environment groups expressed outrage [...]
Barrio Baretto here has always been the enclave of foreigners, whether as the unofficial red light district catering to the Subic naval base until 1991 or as a community of expatriates.
Six people, four of them foreigners, were killed when fire broke out in a hotel in Olongapo City before dawn Friday, police said.
The Subic Bay, one of the country’s top tourism destinations, possesses a deep harbor protected by mountains and the Grande Island, making it an ideal port for vessels and site for the once US naval base—the American government’s largest military installation outside of the mainland from the late 1940s to the early 1990s.
A judge has ordered the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to suspend the collection of a controversial fee meant to recover its expenses for services, such as street cleaning, street lighting, fire fighting and law enforcement inside the economic zone.
