NPC, LP throw support
behind Alvarez, Lacson
TRANSPARENCY IN GOV’T VOWED
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Nationalist People’s Coalition gubernatorial bet, Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez Jr., Saturday vowed to give Negrenses a pro-people, transparent and consultative brand of leadership as governor of Negros Occidental.

The province must be more responsive to the individual needs of the people, he said, citing his program called “from birth to death, from basket to casket, and from womb to tomb.”

The NPC and the Liberal Party officially threw their support behind the gubernatorial bid of Alvarez and his running mate, Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson, of the NPC at rites held at L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City Saturday, attended by about 450 people.

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Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco raises the hands of Evelio Leonardia and Jude Thaddeus Sayson as the NPC congressional and mayoral bets of Bacolod City*

Leonardia, Sayson
named official bets
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson were officially endorsed as the Nationalist People’s Coalition candidates for congressman and mayor, respectively, in Bacolod City Saturday.

Rep. Henry Cojuangco (Tarlac, 1st District) said “Leonardia is our candidate for congressman and Sayson for mayor.”

His brother, NPC chairman emeritus Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco raised the hands of Leonardia and Sayson during the mass oathtaking ceremony of the NPC at the L”Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City, Saturday.

Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said yesterday that even if the Nationalist People’s Coalition and Liberal Party have declared support for his opponents in the 2013 elections, it is not a problem because many of their members are still supporting his bid for re-election.

Marañon said he is not backing out from the race, and the United Negros Alliance that he heads, is ready to field its candidates for congressmen down to councilors.

However, he said he is not fielding mayoralty bets in Kabankalan City and San Carlos City because mayors Isidro Zayco and Gerardo Valmayor Jr., respectively, are his friends.