In Sorsogon, political clan patriarch takes on ‘Justin Bieber’
By Jonas Cabiles Soltes
With signature bangs and dance moves, Eric Dioneda, 29, cuts an image of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber.
With signature bangs and dance moves, Eric Dioneda, 29, cuts an image of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber.
MASBATE CITY—How do you stop election-related violence in a province notorious for it? There is no guarantee, said Masbate’s top police officer, despite the nearly 3,000 police officers and soldiers who have been deployed to ensure the safe and peaceful conduct of election in the province tagged as an election hot spot by authorities. [...]
The late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo’s widow is literally following in his footsteps.
Two weeks before the elections, posters calling Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero a liar appeared out of nowhere in Sorsogon City, which along with neighboring towns is the bailiwick of the Escudero family.
Forget about finding Nemo. At least four whale sharks that have made the waters of Donsol, Sorsogon, their home and feeding grounds for years—long enough for locals to give them names—are nowhere to be found.
The Philippine National Police has seized prohibited drugs worth almost a million pesos from a former barangay (village) chief in this city, the top police official in Masbate said Thursday.
The entire police force of Batuan town on Ticao Island in Masbate province, including its chief, were relieved from their posts on Friday after allowing 30 suspected illegal fishers to go scot-free.
A campaign coordinator of Fr. Leo Casas, the Catholic priest running for governor of Masbate under the Liberal Party, was shot and wounded by still unidentified assailants yesterday in Barangay Katipunan in Placer, Masbate.
A supporter of Father Leo Casas, a Catholic priest running for governor in Masbate under the Liberal Party, was shot by two men on Saturday morning in Barangay (village) Katipunan in Placer, Masbate, the top police official in the province said.
Police are looking into several angles in the killing of the live-in partner of Mayor Herminigildo Betonio III of Pio V. Corpus town, Masbate and the wounding of his sister shortly after their arrival in Cebu Monday morning.
A councilor of Barangay Puro in the municipality of Aroroy in Masbate was shot dead on Wednesday evening by two unidentified gunmen, the Special Task Force Masbate said on Thursday.
Election campaigning and its divisive nature in Masbate must step aside for the Rodeo Masbateño Festival, which celebrates one of the people’s unifying factors—a thriving cattle industry born from the exploits of ranch hands.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified from running for a House seat an heiress of a powerful political clan in Marinduque, an administration candidate, for false statements about her citizenship and residency in her certificate of candidacy (COC).
