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UNITY BEYOND POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. <\/em><\/strong>ABC president Eche Ponge, a mayoral aspirant,<\/em><\/strong> and other candidates for different positions in Olongapo City, join a Unity Walk that aims to promote solidarity and cooperation among local leaders for the 2025 midterm elections. PHOTO BY KEVIN GALANG<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CANDIDATES for mayor, vice mayor and councilor in Olongapo City recently set aside their political interests and joined a Unity Walk for a peaceful, credible and orderly May 12, 2025 elections.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Four mayoral aspirants – incumbent Mayor Lenj Paulino, ABC president Eche Ponge, Vice Mayor Jong Cortez, and Arnold Vegafria,- along with their supporters, recently gathered at the Olongapo City National High School Quadrangle.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The political aspirants then walked towards the SMX Function Hall at SM Olongapo Central, symbolizing a collective commitment for a peaceful, honest and orderly polls.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ponge, known for being kind, generous and helpful to her constituents, vowed to continue the good and quality public service.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vice mayoral candidates Rodel Cerezo, Gina Perez, Prudie Jalandoni, Kaye Legaspi, and Luigi Lipumano, and city council aspirants from various political parties were also present in the event.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Among the early arrivals were councilor hopefuls Ying Anonat, Randy Sionzon Jr., Donald Aquino, Rody Catologan, Noel Atienza, and Rowel Catigawan.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rolen Paulino Sr., director of the <\/strong>Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), <\/strong> Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) city director Zotico Villanueva, and several barangay officials also graced the occasion, further emphasizing its bipartisan nature.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Unity Walk, a community-driven initiative, aims to foster understanding and goodwill among candidates and their supporters, reinforcing the message that public service transcends political differences.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNITY BEYOND POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. ABC president Eche Ponge, a mayoral aspirant, and other candidates for different positions in Olongapo City, join a Unity Walk that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12156,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12154\/revisions\/12156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}