View here all lists of the Nueva Ecija official candidates for all political seats for the May 13, 2013 Philippine general elections, as released by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
The lists includes gubernatorial positions, vice-governor, a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, and representatives for the four districts of Nueva Ecija.
Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija (Balane) is fielding Rep. Josefina Manuel-Joson (first district) as one of the Nueva Ecija official candidates against reelectionist Gov. Aurelio Umali, while her husband, Quezon Mayor Mariano Cristino Joson, will seek the congressional seat she is vacating.
Rep. Czarina Umali, the governor’s wife, is seeking reelection in the third district.
Former San Isidro Mayor Sonia Lorenzo will run for representative of the fourth district against Magnolia Antonino, daughter of outgoing Rep. Rodolfo Antonino, and San Leonardo Mayor Froilan Nagaño.
Nueva Ecija, often referred to as the Rice Granary of the Philippines is the largest province and the biggest rice producer in Central Luzon. Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province located at the interior of Central Luzon.
The province is bounded on the north by Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan, on the east by Aurora, on the south by Bulacan and Pampanga, and on the west by Tarlac.
Among its main tourist destinations is the Pantabangan River, the country’s first multi-purpose infrastructure, which stands today as a phenomenon in Filipino engineering feats. Another is the Pampanga river, cutting across a rich valley floor, famed for irrigation, the generation of hydroelectric power, and the mitigation of flood damage.
Other tourist spots in Nueva Ecija are Minalungao National Park in General Tinio, Rizal Hot Spring, Palaspas Falls in San Jose City, and Pantabangan Dam.
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