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...
CEBU CITY – A mayoral candidate from an influential political family in Mandaue City has been disqualified from next year’s elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc upheld a previous decision declaring Zoilo Cortes a nuisance candidate. Cortes filed his Certificate of Candidacy...
CEBU CITY – Echoing the pronouncement of fellow lawmakers, Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Thursday denied speculations that there are moves to oust Senate President Chiz Escudero. SEN. Bong Revilla denies moves to oust Senate President Chiz Escudero during a press conference in Mandaue City...
CEBU CITY – A parcel that came from the National Capital Region was found to contain dried marijuana leaves when it arrived in a warehouse in Mandaue City, Cebu. BLOCKS of dried marijuana leaves were recovered from a package shipped to a warehouse in Mandaue City. (PDEA 7) The Philippine Drug...
CEBU CITY — A lawyer insisted that dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes violated the law when he failed to disclose that he has a pending dismissal case when he filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for reelection in May. LAWYER Ervin Estandarte shows the portion of a...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman upheld its previous decision suspending Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for one year without pay. CORTES (FB) Junking the motions of reconsideration filed by Cortes, the Ombudsman affirmed its previous decision that found the mayor guilty of grave...
CEBU CITY – Aside from two residents, a lawyer has also filed a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking to disqualify dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes from next year’s polls. Lawyer Ervin Estandarte, a resident of Barangay Pagsabungan, Mandaue, asked the Comelec...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu amounting to P50 million was seized in buy-bust operations in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue on Tuesday night, Oct. 29. SUSPECTED shabu worth P35 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Tuesday night, Oct. 29....
