Rama’s chief of staff runs for brgy. capt

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama’s chief of staff, Philip Zafra, resigned from his post to run for barangay captain of Tisa.

Meanwhile, Lemar Alcover, son of former party-list representative Jun Alcover, is also running for barangay captain of Sambag 1.

Zafra and Alcover were among the 184 candidates who filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) in Cebu City yesterday.

Zafra filed his COC in the morning accompanied by his whole barangay council slate and some supporters. They wore green and yellow shirts, the campaign colors of Team Rama.

Alcover arrived at 2 p.m.

In his application for transfer of voter’s registration, he said he has lived for 38 years in Sambag 1. Alcover ran for mayor of Tabogon town last May but lost. He has a pending criminal case with the City Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly falsifying documents claiming that he had lived for over 37 years in Tabogon. /Jose Santino S. Bunachita