Ermita residents: Appointed caretaker should be from the barangay

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/06/2017

CEBU CITY—At least 80 residents of Barangay Ermita gathered in front of their barangay hall for five hours on Monday to protest the appointment of a policeman as the village caretaker following the suspension of all village…

Ombudsman orders the suspension of Guardo

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/05/2017

FOR failing to remit financial statements during his time as barangay captain of Sambag 1, now Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo was slapped with a three-month suspension without pay by the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas. In…

Dumpit to handle Ermita

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2017

Starting tomorrow, there’s a new man in charge of Barangay Ermita. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak had barely spent two days as caretaker of the troubled barangay when he was told by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña…

Osmeña names Dumpit as Ermita caretaker

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2017

Starting Monday, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit will act as caretaker of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier announced that Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak will fill in the position while…

Some basic services stalled

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

Many services in Barangay Ermita are now at a standstill following the suspension of all its barangay officials. Among the problems encountered by residents is the non-issuance of barangay clearances, which is a requirement for many transactions,…

Lessons from Brgy. Ermita officials’ suspension

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 02/02/2017

Hopefully, the 6 months preventive suspension slapped on all elected officials of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City will serve them a lesson, although through the hard way. May this incident also serve as a warning to other barangay…

Osmeña to sue Dino for ‘obstruction of justice’

Inna Mejia 02/01/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has threatened to file a case against Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino for alleged obstruction of justice. In a press conference on Wednesday, Osmeña told reporters that Dino’s reported act…

DILG withholds signing of documents sans caretaker

Edison Delos Angeles, Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/31/2017

After all the elective officials of Barangay Ermita were served their preventive suspension, there is no one authorized to sign any official documents, which could include the payroll of barangay employees. Emma Joyevelyn Calvo, acting Department of…

Let DILG decide who to appoint as Ermita caretaker – Dino

Edison Delos Angeles 01/31/2017

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said the new caretaker of barangay Ermita should be a “person whose integrity is beyond reproach.” Appointment should also left for the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to…

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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