Pangasinan 
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Comelec control of Dasol, Pangasinan worries mayor
By BUENA BERNAL PANGASINAN’S coastal town of Dasol was placed under the control of the Commission on Elections last Saturday, but reelectionist Mayor Noel Nacar said on Monday the move was unnecessary and has tainted the town’s image. On May 3, Nacar’s political rival, Sergio Jimenez, filed a two–page petition accused Nacar of using the »Read More
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PPCRV Dagupan finds PCOS machines in good order
By FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN Archdiocesan Social Action Apostolate Lingayen-Dagupan DAGUPAN CITY.—All in good condition. This was the conclusion of a contingent from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (ALD) that inspected the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that will be used in some parts of Pangasinan »Read More
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Citizen journalists gear up for election coverage in Central Pangasinan
By FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN Archdiocesan Social Action Apostolate Lingayen-Dagupan BINMALEY, Pangasinan. — Come May 10, expect an organized group of citizen journalists in Central Pangasinan to give a blow-by-blow account of the election, said to be a first in the province’s history. “Our Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) volunteers will serve as the »Read More
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Sectors, rival candidates vow clean polls in Pangasinan
Text and Photos by FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN Archdiocesan Social Action Apostolate Lingayen-Dagupan LINGAYEN, Pangasinan.—Political rivals, representatives of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), members of religious groups and ordinary citizens poured out into the streets of this town recently to express their determination to hold clean and peaceful elections in May. In an event called »Read More
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Pangasinan legal, paralegal volunteers prepare for polls
By FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN Archdiocesan Social Action Apostolate Lingayen-Dagupan DAGUPAN CITY. – More than 30 judges, lawyers, and volunteers representing the different parishes of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (ALD) and the Diocese of Alaminos are being trained to serve as legal and paralegal volunteers in the coming elections in Pangasinan. Attending the Legal and »Read More
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Pangasinan bets sign pact for peaceful elections
By FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN Archdiocesan Social Action Apostolate Lingayen-Dagupan DAGUPAN CITY.—Three days before the start of the campaign period for local positions, some 50 political candidates in Pangasinan signed on Tuesday a covenant to ensure an “orderly, clean, honest, accurate, meaningful and peaceful (OCHAMP)” elections in May. Among those who signed the covenant was »Read More
