CEBU CITY – A blatant disrespect of the law. This was how a mayoral candidate in Palompon town, Leyte province described the non-appearance of the municipality’s former mayor who was supposed to be arraigned for two criminal charges filed against him. PALOMPON, Leyte mayoral candidate Dr....
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has directed the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to immediately implement the collection of penalties from dismissed Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate. The penalty is equivalent to Oñate’s salary for six months as mayor. The...
CEBU CITY – The Court of Appeals has junked the petition of former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate and other local officials for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against a ruling by the Ombudsman dismissing them from public service. The decision of the CA 15th Division has put the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate expressed optimism that investors will increase in their municipality following the declaration of Stable Internal Peace and Security on Friday, May 17. "There is no prosperity if there is no peace," the mayor said during the signing of a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Palompon, Leyte, through the Palompon Dialysis Center, offers free dialysis not only to its residents but also to people in the fourth district of Leyte. THE PALOMPON Dialysis Center. Mayor Ramon Oñate said that the initiative is part of his...
TACLOBAN CITY – To highlight the collaborative spirit of the fishing community and its role in promoting sustainable fishing practices, the local government of Palompon in Leyte held the first-ever offshore jigging tournament at the famous Kalanggaman Island in Palompon on Sunday, April 28. In...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate has expressed concern over the alleged dumping of over 50,000 chickens in a poultry farm in Sitio Canlutaw, Barangay Naghalin, Kananga, Leyte, recently. The mayor has called on Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia...
CEBU CITY – A Tacloban City court has dismissed two petitions seeking to invalidate the search warrant it issued against the site where a controversial chicken breeder farm is located. DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources-Eastern Visayas personnel collect water and soil samples from a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez had a "purely advisory" role in the People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change (Cha-cha), nothing more. Romualdez gave this clarification Tuesday, Jan. 30,...
People’s Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (PIRMA) National Lead Convenor Noel Oñate said that they sought the help of House Speaker Martin Romualdez as well as other congressmen in their signature drive for their People's Initiative (PI) push to amend the 1987 Constitution. PIRMA...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer has appealed to the public to help “spread the truth in Palompon” amid the protracted legal battle over the alleged illegal dumping of chicken and other solid wastes at the Palompon Protected Watershed Forest Reserve in Palompon, Leyte. AN excavation is done in an area in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau-8 has dismissed the complaint filed by former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Myra Georgina Arevalo to cancel the Environmental Compliance Certificate of DBSN Farms Agriventures Corp. owned by incumbent Mayor Ramon Oñate. In a 50-page decision...
