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THE Ombudsman-Visayas ordered the dismissal of a municipal engineer of Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu for soliciting P500,000 from a construction firm in exchange for the release of their final inspection report. Danilo Phua was found guilty of…
A shootout at dawn with policemen yesterday ended with the death of a barangay councilman identified with Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia and another man in a mountain barangay in Ronda town. Police operatives said both fatalities, barangay…
Three men were arrested by Dumanjug police in relation to Friday’s strafing of a vehicle owned by the vice mayoral candidate of the Liberal Party-Cebu for Dumanjug town. One of the suspects still at large, Nilo “Tating”…
SUSPENDED Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia said he will resume his post anytime soon after receiving a June 25 letter from the Office of the President confirming the stay of execution of his six-month suspension order pending his…
LAST week’s Makati City Hall episode in which followers of Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay clashed with police who were trying to serve a second suspension order against him is but reflective of how incumbent officials facing…
Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia has filed a manifestation before the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) withdrawing the complaint he filed against Dumanjug Vice Mayor Efren Guntrano Gica. Garcia stated that he is withdrawing the case out of “utter…
The Cebu Provincial Board approved the six-month suspension of Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia on charges of grave abuse of authority in their session yesterday. PB member Arleigh Jay Sitoy, who chairs the committee on complaints and investigation…
The lawyer for Vice Mayor Efren Guntrano Gica called on the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) to impose the six-month suspension on Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia. “It would be an awkward decision on the part of the committee…
The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) deferred action on a committee report recommending the six-month suspension of Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia for grave abuse of authority. PB Member Alex Binghay, an ally of Garcia, said he only received…
BOUNTY OF THE SEA A ban on commercial fishing in the biodiversity-rich Tañon Strait between Cebu and Negros islands remains its main source of protection but illegal operators still pose a major threat. The ban…
Cebu Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy is proposing an ordinance providing a “more effective set of rules to ensure the speedy resolution of the cases” filed before the province. “There is an impending need to adopt, incorporate…
After serving his 60-day suspension, Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia has decided to withdraw the civil suit he filed against Gov. Hilario Davide III and Dumanjug Vice Mayor Efren Gica. Garcia filed a notice of dismissal of his…
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