Incumbents proclaimed in Mt Prov; Mayaen wins big

By Gina Dizon

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Re-electionists Rep. Maximo Dalog, Gov. Leonard Mayaen and unopposed Vice Gov. Bonifacio Lacwasan were proclaimed May 14 by provincial Election supervisor Nicasio Jacob.

Mayaen hauled substantial number of 40,260 votes from his hometown in Besao, Bauko where he grew up, Tadian, Sagada, capital town of Bontoc, Sadanga, and the eastern towns of Barlig, Natonin and Paracelis over rival Arnulfo Pilando’s 27,151 votes.

A total of 78,202 or 72% cast their votes from the 108,111 total registered voters of Mountain Province.

Dalog’s 32,597 votes  won by  3,379 points over congressional aspirant  Jupiter Dominguez’ 29,218  votes  having garnered winning votes from his hometown in Sabangan and Sagada where his mother  Imelda  Dominguez comes from, and Sadanga town.

Dalog got a number of votes from his hometown in Bauko and nearby Tadian, and Bontoc where his wife Cecilia Yawan comes from.

Dalog was governor of Mountain Province from 2004-2010.

Former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways and congressional aspirant engineer Roy Manao bagged substantial number of votes from the eastern towns where he comes from with 7,772 votes from vote-rich Paracelis and nearby Natonin winning over Dalog and Dominguez in this side of the province.

Winning members of the  Sangguniang  Panlalawigan  incumbents  Alfonso Kiat-ong and Raul Lapon, and incoming  board members Florence  Taguiba and Steve Afuyog for District 1; and  incumbent Randy Awisan, incoming  Francis Tauli  and Romeo Pagedped  and comebacking board member  Winston Calde of  District 2  were  proclaimed May 14.

Jacob noted that the PBOC of this province was the earliest among the six PBOCs in the region and two cities BOC’s to have proclaimed all the winning candidates of respective province.

The PBOC here  proclaimed winning  candidates  May 14  following a resolution arrived at by the PBOC  from an  earlier complaint  filed  May 13  questioning the composition of the provincial board of  canvassers.

Meantime, incumbents ruled mayoral votes in the municipal level namely mayors Donato Danglose of  Sabangan, Anthony Wooden of Tadian, Abraham Aquilet of  Bauko, Eduardo  Latawan of  Sagada,  Wellington Pooten of Besao, Matthew Chiawan of  Natonin, Gabino  Ganggangan  of Sadanga  having won by 2 votes, and  incoming  mayors   Gavino Bucok of Paracelis, Clark Ngayya of Barlig  and  comebacking mayor-elect Franklin  Odsey of Bontoc.