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Urdaneta gets new leaders after dismissal of mayor, vice mayor
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Councilor Blesildo Sumera assumed the mayoralty seat of Urdaneta City on Monday after taking his oath of office on Friday. Sumera's ascension to mayor followed the Office of the Ombudsman's dismissal of Mayor Julius "Rammy" Parayno and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno for "grave misconduct." They defied
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