DILG to serve dismissal order on Moreno

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/16/2017

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Jerome Gonzales revealed that the dismissal order will be served against Aloguinsan Mayor Augustus Caesar Moreno once they receive a copy from the Office of the Ombudsman. But…

Aloguinsan mayor resigns

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/14/2017

Aloguinsan Mayor Augustus Caesar Moreno has tendered his resignation as mayor of the town, citing “personal problems” as his reason why he is giving up his position. In a phone interview, Department of Interior and Local Government…

Tining starts serving 90-day suspension

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/13/2017

Provincial board member Celestino “Tining” Martinez has started serving his 90-day suspension on Monday. His suspension was in connection with the alleged misuse of P15 million in pork barrel funds intended for an anti-drug abuse program of…

DILG brings federalism discussions to the barangays

Victor Anthony V. Silva and Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/11/2017

With over 200 village officials and local Interior officials in attendance, the Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG-7) kicked off on Saturday the discussions on the proposed federal system of government at the…

Osmeña formally asks DILG-7 to approve his caretaker choice

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has formally asked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Manila, on Wednesday, to approve his choice of caretaker for Barangay Ermita. In a letter to DILG Secretary Ismael Sueno,…

Osmeña announces new Ermita caretaker

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/07/2017

NO LONGER SPO1 DUMPIT A day after Ermita residents staged a protest against the mayor’s designation of SPO1 Adonis Dumpit as their barangay caretaker, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced on Tuesday that he will be designating…

THE MISSING P10 THOUSAND

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/03/2017

Ombudsman orders dismissal of Dumanjug Mayor Efren Gica for allegedly pocketing P10, 000 In what is another twist in the long-standing feud between two political rivals, Dumanjug Mayor Efren “Gun-gun” Gica now seems to find himself at…

DILG: Tumulak is Ermita caretaker

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Edison Delos Angeles 02/03/2017

Councilor Dave Tumulak will assume as temporary caretaker of Barangay Ermita until President Rodrigo Duterte confirms eight appointees for the posts that were temporarily vacated there. Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueño said the posts of barangay chairman…

Ermita leadership vacuum

Editorial 02/02/2017

There is some merit in the proposal to allow the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to temporarily take over Barangay Ermita in Cebu City for six months. After all, it is the President who will…

Ermita officials start serving 6-month preventive suspension

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/31/2017

CEBU CITY—The signing of documents has been withheld in a village in Cebu City following the suspension of all its officials pending investigation on the allegation that they didn’t cooperate during a raid on a “shabu tiangge.”…

DILG still to implement Ombud’s dismissal and suspension orders against 2 mayors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/30/2017

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) had yet to implement the dismissal order meted by the Office of the Visayas Ombudsman against Aloguinsan Mayor Augustus Moreno and the suspension order of Ramonito Durano III, Danao…

Durano contests suspension order

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/28/2017

  Danao City Mayor Ramonito “Nito” Durano III filed a motion for reconsideration on the three-month suspension imposed on him by the Ombudsman for failing to reinstate seven employees whose appointments he revoked in 2013. Durano’s lawyer…

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