Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson administers the oathtaking of Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña and Vice Mayor Anthony Gerard Suatengco at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City. Capitol PIO photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Serving more three years as governor of Negros Occidental, Eugenio Jose Lacson assured Negrenses that the provincial government will
BACOLOD CITY - Spouses, siblings, parents, and children have dominated the winners' list for the top elective positions in Negros Occidental for the May 9 elections. At the Capitol, vice governor Jeffrey Ferrer was reelected for a second term while his wife Rep. Juliet Ferrer of the fourth district also won a fresh mandate for a third and last term. In this capital city, former third district congressman Alfredo Benitez was elected mayor while his son Javier also topped the mayoral race in Victorias City. Benitez's younger brother Jose Francisco won a fresh mandate as the third district representative. Brothers Laurence Marxlen and Nehemiah Joe de la Cruz of Don Salvador Benedicto won their reelection bids for mayor and vice mayor, respectively. In Toboso, Madonnah Jaojoco was elected mayor, succeeding her husband Richard, who was voted the town's number one councilor. Down south in the fourth district, Lorenzo Suatengco, who substituted for his father Antonio, who passed a