THE MoNoPal team staged Friday its opening salvo, at the Bacolod Reclamation Area beside SM City Mall.
The team was led by Lakas-Kampi-CMD mayoralty candidate Representative Monico Puentevella, congressional candidate Renecito Novero and vice mayoralty candidate Ann Marie Palermo. As the start of local campaign period Friday, the MoNoPal team held its caravan from the three points of convergence in the City of Bacolod with their supporters from different barangays. Puentevella led the Lopue’s East group, Novero in Bangga Pepsi, Bata and Palermo in Sum-ag. Puentevella said the accomplishments of their team speak highly of their qualifications to lead and revive the city from malgovernance and indebtedness compared to the shallow bench of the rival camps. Under the MoNoPal Team for city councilor candidates include incumbent Councilor Catalino Alisbo, former councilors Archie Baribar, Bobbie Lucasan, Elmer Sy and Sonia Verdeflor, Rotary leaders Nanette Garcia and Elcid Familiaran, who was a many-time barangay captain, businessman Jose Marie Regalado, lawyer and former DILG regional director Lorney Dilag, former Bacolod City College president Norma Juarez and top broadcasters Marlon Solidum and Buen Gallenero. Puentevella is backed by his solid performance as Bacolod City congressman from 2001 until June 2010. He delivered basic social and health services to over 60,000 Bacoleños in the City of Bacolod through his “Monico Kabuhi Ko” (MKK) program, supporters said. Puentevella said during the campaign he had sent hundreds of students from indigent families to college, widened Bacolod roads and highways, built new classrooms and day care centers, fast tracked the operation of the new Bacolod-Silay airport as the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, and assisted 70,000 residents affected by floods and gave relief assistance to over 10,000 people fire victims in the city. Furthermore, Novero served as three-term Bacolod City councilor in 1988-1998, and vice mayor from 2004-2007. He was the main author of the proposed Squatters Welfare Ordinance, and championed the teachers’ ECOLA and scored series of victories up to the Supreme Court. Palermo, in the meantime, is a multi-awarded public servant, civic leader and NGO volunteer for 20 years. The eldest daughter of the late Judge Edmundo Lingco Palermo and Atty. Thelma Villanueva, the former city councilor author 26 city ordinances centered on strengthening families and promoting safety of homes and city streets, as well as giving poor residents access to education. Merlinda A. Pedrosa Sun star
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Lakas-Kampi congressional candidate Ricardo “Cano” Tan and the MONOPAL Team held separate political rallies and caravans yesterday in Bacolod City as the 45-day campaign period for local candidates started.
Thousands joined the caravan of the MONOPAL team yesterday to the Pope John Paul II Tower in Bacolod City where the group held their opening salvo. The caravan kicked off at about 4 p.m. from three points of convergence, with Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella, Lakas-Kampi mayoralty candidate, leading the Lopue’s East group, congressional candidate Renecito Novero from Bangga Pepsi, Bata, and vice mayoralty candidate Ana Marie Palermo from Sum-ag. Former Bacolod Mayor Luzviminda Valdez, the team’s campaign manager, said their opening salvo is a test of strength of their political organization. It showcased the strength of their slate, which is comprised of seasoned political leaders, advocates and business personalities, Ramon Viva, Puentevella’s spokesperson said. The MONOPAL slate, which has Bangon Bacolod as its battlecry, are incumbent Councilor Catalino Alisbo, former councilors Archie Baribar, Bobbie Lucasan, Elmer Sy and Sonya Verdeflor, Rotarians Nanette Garcia and El Cid Familiaran, a former barangay captain of Brgy. 13, businessman Jose Marie Regalado, lawyer and former Interior and Local Government regional director Lorney Dilag, former Bacolod City College president Norma Juarez, and broadcasters Marlon Solidum and Buen Gallenero. Meanwhile, Tan held his opening salvo in front of the Barangay Hall of Brgy. Villamonte with guest candidates re-electionist Councilor Celia Flor, Jenny Doro and JV Hinlo who are running for councilors of Bacolod after a motorcade in the 61 barangays in the city. Also present were former Bacolod Mayor Oscar Verdeflor, former Councilor Joaquin Torre, lawyer Alex Espino, Barangay Captains Rocky Lizares and Ruel Cordova, of Barangays 40 and Banago, respectively, former board member Socorro Tuvilla, Tan’s campaign manager former Councilor Arturo Parreño, and his leaders. Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue said she held her campaign yesterday in Villamonte along the circumferential road and that she will continue to campaign in the different barangays in Bacolod. She attended the first mass at the San Sebastian Cathedral with her supporters and visited the three major public markets in the city. On the other hand, mayoralty candidate Andrea Lizares-Si will hold a “caravan for good governance” today starting from the Capitol Lagoon. The Grupo Progreso led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and former Presidential spokesperson Dr. Anthony Golez, who is running for congressman, will hold their opening salvo on Sunday. Also holding their opening salvo on Sunday is the group of mayoralty candidate Vladimir Gonzalez and Councilor Wilson Gamboa, who is running for vice mayor. Congressional candidate John Orola Jr. said he will announce his opening salvo after the Holy Week.*CGS Visayan Daily Star |
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