Dys, Albanos running to retain political clout in Isabela
By Villamor Visaya Jr.To keep their political clout in Isabela, major families like the Dys and the Albanos are relying on clan-dominated candidates to win in the May 13 midterm elections.
To keep their political clout in Isabela, major families like the Dys and the Albanos are relying on clan-dominated candidates to win in the May 13 midterm elections.

Four soldiers were injured in a landmine blast followed by an encounter with communist rebels early Friday in Isabela, the military said.

A political rival of slain Isabela town mayor Erlinda Domingo has submitted an affidavit denying any involvement in the murder.

The Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office has recommended a string of charges against the alleged gunman in the ambush of Maconacon, Isabela, mayor Erlinda Domingo after his arrest last Friday during a pot session at the Salaam Mosque compound.

After three days of evading the law, the alleged gunman in the murder of Mayor Erlinda Domingo of Maconacon, Isabela, was captured while sniffing illegal drugs night inside the Salaam Mosque compound in Quezon City late Friday night.

Murder charges were filed on Friday against two men and a woman in connection with the recent ambush-slay of Erlinda Domingo, mayor of Maconacon town in Isabela, and the wounding of her driver-bodyguard, Bernard Plasos.
The daughter of murdered Maconacon Mayor Erlinda Mora-Domingo is being groomed to take her mother’s place as mayoral candidate of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, according to Isabela Gov. Faustino Dy III.

A Quezon City prosecutor has recommended murder and other charges against two men and a woman arrested shortly after the killing of Maconacon Mayor Erlinda Domingo on Tuesday night.
Police are eyeing politics as the primary motive in the murder of Mayor Erlinda Mora-Domingo of Maconacon, Isabela on Tuesday.

Police are eyeing politics as the motive behind the killing of Mayor Erlinda Mora-Domingo of the coastal town of Maconacon on Tuesday night in Quezon City.

A mayor of a town in Isabela province was shot dead outside a Quezon City inn on Tuesday night.

But 16 public schools from around the country managed to make the grass greener and were named winners in the first nationwide search for the best school forest park.

Seven victims of human trafficking, six of whom were minors, have been rescued by authorities in remote towns in Quirino and Isabela provinces, police said Tuesday.