Moises Padilla
Local News: In 5th District Special Poll: Filing of Candidacy Starts Today
The filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the June 2 special election in the 5th District of Negros Occidental starts today, until Wednesday, May 16, based on the calendar of activities of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
So far, only two incumbent officials have signified their intention to run for the post. They are Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol and 5th District Board Member Emilio Yulo III.
CONSULTING MEDIA COLLEAGUES ON 5TH DISTRICT PLANS
CONSULTING MEDIA COLLEAGUES ON 5TH DISTRICT PLANS. Former Moises Padilla (Magallon) town councilor Dolly Yasa (4th from right) who served as aide of the late 5th district Cong. Iggy Arroyo, and who is an active member of the media, listening to what her media colleagues commenting on her contemplating whether to run as congresswoman in the 5th district this June, 2012 or next year 2013. Yasa had been getting advice from some officials in the 5th district to run. She said she is still studying all scenarios before deciding.*
Local News: Farmer Shot Dead in Revelry
A farmer was killed while attending a revelry, recently at Brgy. Crossing Magallon in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.
Demetrio Arce Jr., 26, of Hacienda Sto. Domingo, Brgy. Crossing Magallon was shot dead by an unidentified assailant using an unknown caliber of firearm. He was pronounced dead by attending physician at Ignacio Arroyo Memorial District Hospital. He sustained a gunshot wound on the chest.
Local News: ‘Petition vs Special Poll Politically Motivated’
The petition of an election lawyer with the Supreme Court to stop the scheduled June 2 special poll in the 5th District of Negros Occidental is "politically motivated," according to the long-time partner of the late congressman Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo.
Local News: In 5th District Special Poll: Election Period Starts Today
The election period for the June 2 special poll in the 5th District of Negros Occidental to fill the post vacated by the late Congressman Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo, starts today, April 18, until June 17, 2012.
Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said that during this period, a gun ban will be implemented in the 5th District which covers Himamaylan City, La Castellana, Moises Padilla, Isabela, and Hinigaran, with a voting population of more than 200,000.
Local News: Armed Men ‘ Assassinate ’ CAFGU Auxiliary Member
A paramilitary trooper moonlighting as a "habal-habal" driver, ferrying passengers in a remote area in the boundary of Barangays Macagahay and Trinidad, was shot dead in a successful assassination operation in Brgy. Tubod, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, the town’s police chief told Aksyon Radyo Bacolod in an interview yesterday.
Local News: For 5th District Special Poll: UNA Endorses Mirasol
The United Negros Alliance (UNA) has endorsed the candidacy of Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol for the congressional post in the 5th District of Negros Occidental in a special election on June 2.
The endorsement was officially announced by UNA during its caucus in Bacolod last Saturday that was presided by its chairman, Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., according to 4th District Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer.
Local News: Zubiri, Gov. Marañon Lead Groundbreaking of Housing Project in Moises Padilla
Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. together with former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Mayor Francisco Nazareno of Moises Padilla led in the groundbreaking ceremony of the 1.6-hectare property of the town that will be the site of the Barangay Kauswagan project, yesterday.
Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr., former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Moises
Padilla Mayor Fran-cisco Nazareno (6th, 5th and 1st from left), at the laying of
the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kauswagan Village
project in the Municipality of Moises Padilla, yesterday.* (Capitol photo)
Local news: No Consensus Voting in 5th District Today
Grace Ibuna, long-time partner of the late Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, yesterday said she will run for congresswoman in a special election in the 5th District if her bet, Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol, backs out of the race or is not chosen in a consensus voting supposedly scheduled today.
Ibuna explained that she is supporting the candidacy of Mirasol as “I can trust him to continue the projects that Iggy had started in the district.”
Local News: In 5th District, Comelec Readies Funds for Special Poll Will Abide by House Order to Hold Election
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Head Office has asked the complete list of precincts in the 5th District to determine the budget needed in case a special election there pushes through.
Based on Comelec records, there are about 1,500 established precincts, and 398 clustered precincts in the 5th District.
