CEBU CITY — The nephew of former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was accused of mauling a barangay official past midnight on Tuesday, June 3. Noel Quemque Flores, a barangay councilor in Alang-Alang, Mandaue, reported the incident to the Station 1 of the Mandaue City Police Office on Tuesday...
CEBU CITY – Former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has filed an urgent motion to post bail in the graft charges filed against him. Invoking judicial expediency and practicality, Cortes filed the motion before the Mandaue Regional Trial Court Branch 89. Cortes asked the court to grant the instant...
CEBU CITY – The camp of a mayoral candidate in Mandaue City has complained about the presence of watchers possessing IDs bearing the name and ballot number of another candidate. Incumbent Cebu Provincial Board Member Jonkie Ouano complained that the presence of watchers with IDs containing the...
CEBU CITY – Legal obstacles may still continue to hound dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes even if he wins in the May elections. CORTES (FB) Despite an order by the Office of the Ombudsman perpetually disqualifying him from holding public office, Cortes was still allowed to run as mayor in...
CEBU CITY – The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the Temporary Restraining Order that dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes filed to contest his one-year suspension. CORTES (FB) The CA 12th Division said there was no basis to issue a TRO against the order of the Office of the Ombudsman...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes clarified that he remains loyal to One Cebu, an influential political party headed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia. FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte endorses the reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes. (FB) Cortes issued the...
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 – 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...
