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                    [ArticleID] => 576337
                    [Title] => Umali, Padiernos top Nueva Ecija polls
                    [Summary] => 

A week after the elections, re-electionist Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali and his running mate, Gay Padiernos, were finally proclaimed winners, with the former extending a hand of reconciliation to the Josons whose half-century reign at the provincial capitol he ended with his 2007 victory.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 526774 [Title] => Ecija vice governor, Robin's brother seal tandem [Summary] =>

The highly anticipated showdown between the Umalis and the Josons in 2010 has been sealed after incumbent Vice Gov. Edward Thomas Joson and movie actor, Senior Board Member Rommel Padilla were proclaimed here Tuesday as the standard-bearer for governor and vice governor, respectively, of the Joson-led Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523935 [Title] => Joson clan pushes Edno for Ecija governor [Summary] =>

First it was Eduardo Nonato. Then it’s Tomas III. Next it’s Josie Manuel. Then it’s Edward Thomas. Now, it’s Edno (Eduardo Nonato’s nickname) again.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 500779 [Title] => Comelec control, Ecija gun ban backed [Summary] =>

The Josons, once the dominant political dynasty in Nueva Ecija, are supportive of proposals for the imposition of a total gun ban and the placing of the province under the control of the Commission on Elections to ensure honest, orderly and peaceful elections in 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496226 [Title] => Leadership: A family legacy [Summary] =>

Drawing on Nueva Ecija’s rich political history and natural wealth, Vice Gov. Edward Thomas Joson was chanced upon by The STAR in a dining nook in Intramuros last week.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274774 [AuthorName] => Donna B. Velasco [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 481995 [Title] => Umalis vs Josons looms in 2010 Ecija polls [Summary] =>

An Umali-Umali tandem against a Joson-Joson team-up is looming in the 2010 local elections in Nueva Ecija as incumbent Gov. Aurelio Umali is reportedly eyeing to tap his younger brother as his running mate against comebacking former three-term congresswoman Josie Manuel-Joson and Vice Gov. Edward Thomas Joson.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 480362 [Title] => Taruc V urged to run for Ecija governor against 2 others [Summary] =>

The running mate of incumbent Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali is being wooed to run for governor as the race for the Capitol is shaping into a three-cornered fight in the 2010 elections.  

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2591 [Title] => Will the next Miss U be an Asian? [Summary] =>

The 56th Miss Universe Pageant will be held in Mexico City today (May 29 Philippine time, and that’s tomorrow, to be covered by ABS-CBN starting at 8:30 a.m. with a one-hour pre-pageant special hosted by Boy Abunda; live telecast starts at 9:30).

[DatePublished] => 2007-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377086 [Title] => Lakas-CMD headed for split in Ecija’s 3rd district [Summary] => CABANATUAN CITY — The Lakas-Christian, Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) in Nueva Ecija appears headed for a split as the party’s provincial chairman, Rep. Aurelio Umali, who is eyeing the governorship, has decided to field his wife as a candidate in the third congressional district against a close relative of President Arroyo.

Umali admitted to The STAR that his wife Cherry will run for Congress against former three-term third district congressman Pacifico Fajardo in the May 2007 midterm elections.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252681 [Title] => Tight race for Nueva Ecija governorship eyed in 2007 [Summary] => CABANATUAN CITY — Barely three weeks after the May 10 elections, political analysts in Nueva Ecija are already looking forward to the gubernatorial race in the 2007 elections.

With re-elected Gov. Tomas Joson III now in his last term, three prominent politicians are expected to slug it out in a mad scramble for the governorship. They are Josons’ younger brother, Vice Governor-elect Mariano Cristino Joson, re-elected third district Rep. Aurelio Umali and former two-term congresswoman Julita Lorenzo-Villareal.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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