Different fates befall show biz couple Gomez
By Joey A. Gabieta
Actor Richard Gomez’s political ambition ran into a brick wall again when he failed to clinch the mayoral position in Ormoc City, Leyte.
Actor Richard Gomez’s political ambition ran into a brick wall again when he failed to clinch the mayoral position in Ormoc City, Leyte.
Old political families maintained their grip on Eastern Visayas with the exception of the Dazas in Northern Samar.
Mayor Alfred Romualdez just received a fresh mandate and could not hide his happiness.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has disqualified two scions of a powerful political clan in Samar from running for mayor and congressman for failure to meet the residency requirement.
A police officer was killed while a village security watchman was wounded on Saturday when unidentified armed men peppered them with bullets in a remote village in Borongan City, Eastern Samar.
Who’s afraid of Kris Aquino? A senatorial candidate of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Saturday belittled the impact President Benigno Aquino III’s younger sister might have on the Team PNoy ticket at this stage of the campaign.
A suspended mayor and his son were shot and wounded outside their house on Thursday in Victoria town, about 50 kilometers west of this capital town.
The opening of the new seaport here will not only improve the transport sector but will boost Calbayog’s economy and tourism industry, according to President Aquino.
Police have identified 173 cities and towns in the Visayas as areas of concern for the May 13 elections.
The Philippine National Police has identified 173 cities and towns in the Visayas as “election watchlist areas” in relation to the May 13 elections.
An alleged communist rebel was killed in an encounter with Army soldiers in Paranas town, Samar past noon on Monday.
Twenty-two candidates running for various positions in Eastern Visayas claim to have received threats to their lives and have asked the police to provide them security detail.
At least 155 people were given recognition for their efforts to search for survivors in the landslide that hit the geothermal facility of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte.
