CEBU CITY – Petitions that sought to nullify 278 voters in Mandaue City have been junked. In a Feb. 10 decision, Municipal Trial Court in Cities Judge Francis Ian Birondo junked all the 28 petitions filed by an ally of dismissed Mayor Jonas Cortes. Former Barangay Subangdaku Captain Ernie...
CEBU CITY–Key officials were among the 26 employees of the Mandaue City Hall who were suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for padlocking a property that has a private claimant. Among those suspended for nine months without pay are the OIC head of the Housing and Urban...
CEBU CITY – A group of residents in Mandaue City, Cebu has appealed to officials to issue a cease-and-desist order against a cement batching plant. A GROUP of residents in Barangay Labogon, Mandaue City are asking the city government to halt the operations of a batching plant in their barangay....
CEBU CITY – For padlocking a disputed property, several officials and personnel of the Mandaue City government are facing graft charges after the Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to indict them for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. HAPPY Melendres...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes welcomed the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order by the Supreme Court that allowed him to seek reelection in May. Cortes denied allegations that a P1-million bribe was involved in the granting of the TRO against the Commission on...
CEBU CITY – The legal debacles of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes continue to pile up after he received another unfavorable ruling, this time from the Court of Appeals (CA). CORTES (FB) The CA has denied Cortes’ plea for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and Writ of...
CEBU CITY – As far as the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) is concerned, the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is already cancelled. CORTES (FB) Comelec-7 chief Francisco Pobe issued the clarification to rectify a local newspaper report...
CEBU CITY — The order cancelling the Certificate of Candidacy of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is final and executory after the Commission on Elections en banc issued a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment. CORTES (FB) A 1993 Comelec Rules of Procedures was cited...
CEBU CITY – The reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was dealt another major blow after the Commission on Elections junked his appeal to reverse a previous order cancelling his Certificate of Candidacy in next year's elections. The Comelec en banc affirmed the Second...
CEBU CITY – The Mandaue City Police Office is ready to secure political events with the campaign period for next year’s election just months away. Police Lt. Col. Mercy Villaro, information officer of MCPO, said they are working closely with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to come up with...
CEBU CITY - A 29-year-old drug pusher tagged as a high-value individual was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Friday night, Dec. 20. Police recovered 4.5 kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P30.6 million from Kent Kirk Calonge Ponsica, who was arrested on M....
CEBU CITY – The bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes to return to the City Hall next year has suffered a major blow. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division canceled Cortes’ Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for material and false representation. The cancellation of...
