CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A minority legislator here has said that budget deliberations at the city council should be scheduled to enable them to carefully examine the programs and projects of each department and determine if enough money has been earmarked for these. ABBU (FB) “If you see...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – A municipal councilor was wounded but survived an attempt to kill him in front of his residence in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Police Major Joanne Navarro, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-10 (Northern Mindanao), said Councilor Hermil Valledor, 45, is...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four former staff members of city Councilor Agapito Eriberto Suan who were not renewed since December last year exposed the legislator’s alleged unfair labor practice in a press conference here on Thursday, October 26. FOUR former staff members of city Councilor Agapito...
CEBU CITY – A municipal councilor was fatally shot by unidentified assailants past midnight on Friday, October 6, in Buenavista town, Bohol province. The victim, Buenavista Councilor Danilo Añora, died on the spot from a bullet wound in the head. Police said the victim had just attended a...
BACOLOD CITY – A member of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) was installed as a new member of the municipal council of Isabela, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, October 4. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Commissioner Jeorge Largado said Teresita Sinceda is the first representation...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor here expressed dismay on Tuesday after he was barred from entering the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod during the first State-of-the-City Address of Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on July 28. During his privilege speech, Councilor Nilo “Small” Abellera...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A legislator in this city has said that the lack of engineers in the local government may have been one of the factors behind over 100 delayed infrastructure projects here. The city council committees on public works, finance, and appropriations conducted a joint hearing on...
CEBU CITY – Motorcycles will have to use the right most lane when traversing the South Coast Road (SCR) here starting next week. The move is part of the measures to reduce vehicular accidents in the area, said Councilor Joel Garganera. GARGANERA Garganera had filed a resolution asking the Cebu...
PILA, Laguna – A municipal councilor of Santa Cruz, Laguna accused of rape surrendered to the police here on Wednesday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Mark Anthony Joven, 41. Joven was accompanied by his lawyer after an alleged warrant of arrest was issued by the Regional Trial...
COTABATO CITY – Police created on Wednesday a special body to probe the murder of Datu Salibo town, Maguindanao del Sur province Councilor Demson Dagloc Silongan on Monday, April 17. Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police director, said he...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A still unidentified gunman shot dead a municipal councilor in Datu Salibo town, Maguindanao del Sur province while on his way to the Sangguniang Bayan session hall around 9 a.m. on Monday, April 17. SILONGAN Police Major Roldan Kuntong, Datu Salibo municipal police station...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman and former councilor was robbed of more than P1-million in jewelry and cash in his house in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 1. Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz police chief, said the 59-year-old victim left his house on March 31 for a...