Poll winners proclaimed in Northern, Central Luzon
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.
In the gubernatorial race in Pangasinan, unofficial and partial results from the monitoring of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) showed reelectionist Gov. Amado Espino Jr. leading Alaminos Mayor Hernani Braganza.
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.
DAGUPAN CITY—Despite throwing his support behind Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in the 2007 and 2010 elections, former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., this time, has declared his support for the gubernatorial bid of Espino’s rival, Liberal Party (LP) candidate Hernani Braganza. “Governor Espino is a dear friend. But he has done nothing to [...]
Fresh from a May 1 rest due to cough and colds, President Benigno Aquino III bounced back on Thursday to make a last-minute pitch for Team PNoy candidates in vote-rich Pangasinan.
For gobbling up two grilled “bangus” (milkfish) in a little over a minute, Edgar Grado erased last year’s bangus-eating contest record during the Bangus Rodeo, an event of the Bangus Festival here.
A hand grenade was thrown at the house of Mayor Rodrigo Orduña of Bugallon, Pangasinan, early morning Wednesday but police said no one was hurt from the blast.
Former President Fidel V. Ramos and his sister, former Sen. Leticia Ramos-Shahani, are on different sides of the political fence as far as the gubernatorial race in their native Pangasinan is concerned.
Liberal Party (LP) members in Pangasinan condemned what they said is the disinformation campaign being waged by supporters of Nationalist People’s Coalition re-electionist Gov. Amado Espino Jr., saying this was a “desperate measure meant to arrest the dwindling public support for his re-election bid.”
A man was injured Tuesday when an armored van accidentally smashed through a bank in Pangasinan after a security officer without a driver’s license was ordered to park the vehicle “properly,” police said Wednesday.
A reelectionist councilor of Mangatarem, Pangasinan was hurt Thursday night after he was hit by a stray bullet as he passed by a political rally in a village there, police said.
Police on Wednesday arrested seven people and seized guns and illegal drugs in nine raids in different towns and cities in Pangasinan.
The commemoration of the 433rd founding anniversary of Pangasinan highlighted the revival of cultural awareness of Pangasinenses through language, literature and history.
