It’s Bona vs Marilyn in Mangaldan's Mayorship

 By Mortz Ortigoza

MANGALDAN – The reelectionist lady mayor here is being challenged by another woman candidate for the next year’s election.

Mayor Bonafe D. Parayno will be facing Marilyn Lambino for the May 13, 2019 mayoralty election in the Central Pangasinan town.

The camp of Parayno had already filed their certificates of candidacy (CoC) on the first day of the filing in October 11 while those of Lambino will file their CoCs on the last day or on October 17 this year.  

 
                                                  TEAM BONAFE D. PARAYNO

 The filing of CoC will end on October 17 and without an extension, according to the Commission on Election.

The tandem of Parayno for the second highest elective office here will be re-elective vice mayor Pedro “Jojo” Surdilla, Jr. while Lambino’s vice mayoralty bet will be former Vice Mayor Manny Casupang.

Casupang (Nationalist People’s Coalition) and Mayor Parayno (then of Liberal Party) tangled for the mayoralty race in the May 2016 election that saw the former vice mayor lost by garnering only 17, 757 while the mayor got 19,093 votes.

A third mayoralty candidate Joel Meneses (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) got 9,852 votes.

Those who are running for the Sangguniang Bayan (legislature) under Parayno, whose party is PDP-Laban now, are re-elective councilors Baby Abalos, lawyer Joseph Cera, Jojo Quinto, Aldrin Soriano, lawyer Johnny Cabrera, Bernabe Cervas, Arnel Fabia, and former League of Barangays President Juvy Frialde while those of Lambino will be Bong de Vera, former councilor Joel Meneses, Boy Cayabyab, Christopher Romero, Mabel Bautista, Magda Villanueva, Rodolfo Elcano, and Mario de la Cruz.

Lambino is the wife of Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Raul Lambino who was recently appointed concurrent Presidential Adviser for Northern Luzon.

TEAM MARILYN LAMBINO (Internet photo grabbed from Taga Mangaldan Ka 'No)  
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Meanwhile, the officials of this town led by Mayor Parayno won anew this year the Seal of Good Local Governance(SGLC).

For several years, Parayno and this town were recipients of the SGLC.

According to Parayno, this first class town was awarded as one of the 263 local government units that included provinces, cities, and municipalities.

She cited that this burgeoning town was one of the 207 among those in the town level and one of those 23 municipalities out of the 44towns in Pangasinan.

The other municipalities that won were Agno, Aguilar, Alcala, Anda, Balungao, Bayambang, Binalonan, Bugallon, Burgos, Calasiao, Infanta, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Mangatarem, Natividad, San Manuel, San Nicolas, Sta. Maria, Tayug, Umingan, Urbiztondo, and Villasis.

The basis in clinching the SGLG award,where principle '4+1' applies to pass four core areas and at least one essential area, are Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, Social Protection, Peace and Order, Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness, Environmental Management, and Tourism, Culture and the Arts.