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This, as violence nearly erupted at the municipal hall last Saturday as followers of mayoral bet Mel Lumbang staged a rally. 


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                    [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Police have filed murder charges against two suspects in last Tuesday’s killing of a barangay chairman and campaign chief of a mayoral candidate in Arayat, Pampanga.


Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Mendoza, provincial police director, tagged a certain Romeo Guevarra and Edwin Adona as behind the gunslaying of Leopoldo Pineda, 45, chairman of Barangay San Juan Bano and campaign manager of mayoral bet Chito Espino.


Espino is the nephew of incumbent Mayor Benigno Espino, who opted to retire from politics. 


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                    [Summary] => ARAYAT, Pampanga – Dalawang guwardiya ng utol ng mayor ang kumpirmadong nasawi, makaraang ambusin ng mga hindi kilalang armadong kalalakihan sakay ng van sa Barangay Cacutud sa hangganan ng Arayat at San Fernando City kahapon.


Sa ulat ni P/Sr. Supt. Rodolfo Mendoza, Pampanga police director, ang dalawang napatay ay nakilalang sina Fernando Martinez at Marcelo Perez, samantala, ang driver na si Ramonchito Galang ay malubhang nasugatan.


Ang mga nasawi ay pawang security aide ni Chito Espino, ABC president at kapatid ni Mayor Benigno Espino.


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MAYOR BENIGNO ESPINO

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Arayat mayor to losers: Respect people’s will

By Ding Cervantes | May 17, 2004 - 12:00am

ARAYAT, Pampanga — This town’s outgoing mayor called on the supporters of losing mayoral candidates to "respect the people’s will" and resort to legal means to redress their electoral grievances. This,...

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2 charged for b’gay exec’s slay

February 27, 2004 - 12:00am

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Police have filed murder charges against two suspects in last Tuesday’s killing of a barangay chairman and campaign chief of a mayoral candidate in Arayat, Pampanga. Senior Superintendent...

Nation

Campaign chief of NPC bet shot dead

By Ding Cervantes | February 25, 2004 - 12:00am

Police have declared this town an election "hot spot," the first so far in this province, after three men shot dead a barangay chairman who was the campaign chief of a Nationalist People’s Coalition...

Nation

2 aide ng ABC president patay sa ambus

January 14, 2003 - 12:00am

ARAYAT, Pampanga – Dalawang guwardiya ng utol ng mayor ang kumpirmadong nasawi, makaraang ambusin ng mga hindi kilalang armadong kalalakihan sakay ng van sa Barangay Cacutud sa hangganan ng Arayat at San Fernando...

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