Proclamations put period to Luzon election contests
The ballots have been counted in many provinces, giving fresh mandate to new leaders by July.
The ballots have been counted in many provinces, giving fresh mandate to new leaders by July.
Elected for a second term, Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday promised to deliver more services to her constituents in the province’s second district despite her weak health and detention on plunder charges.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Elected for a second term, Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday promised to deliver more services to her constituents in the province’s second district despite her weak health and detention on plunder charges. “You have always served as my inspiration to do more in my work as your representative. I assure [...]
The ballots have been counted in many provinces, giving fresh mandate to new leaders by July.
Despite her absence in the campaign, detained former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appeared headed to serve another term in House of Representatives as unofficial results on Monday night showed her leading her closest opponent by a wide margin in Pampanga’s second district race.
Now that the elections are over and the counting has started, I can make my fearless forecasts in hotly contested areas where my friends are running.
The police in Candaba, Pampanga, on Saturday filed a case against a mayoral candidate’s coordinator who was caught giving out money to villagers in the town in exchange for votes, a prohibited act under the Omnibus Election Code (OEC).
Dynasties are running rampant in central and northern Luzon.
Investigators have ruled out politics or the upcoming elections as a motive in Thursday night’s attack by two gunmen on a lawyer at a busy intersection in the town of Mexico, the town’s chief of police said Friday.
A supporter of former Pampanga governor Eddie Panlilio was shot and killed by two men in Arayat town on Tuesday, police said.
Two girls drowned in the Pampanga River in Apalit, Pampanga, on Wednesday, police said.
The bodies of five people who were reported missing after their boat capsized in the Pampanga River in San Luis on Tuesday were recovered by search teams on Wednesday, police said.
Police are trying to determine the identity of a man who was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in Pampanga, police said Wednesday.
