Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez took over as acting mayor of this city on Thursday, after Mayor Benjamin Lim suffered a stroke and was brought to Metro Manila for treatment.
A supporter of a mayoral candidate sustained a gunshot wound in the leg Saturday during the delivery of precinct count optical scan machines and other election materials to a mountain village in Tuburan town, but police were doubtful he was shot by an assailant.
A barangay captain died while his cousin was wounded when an unidentified assailant fired at them in Taal town, Batangas on Friday night, the police said.
The police in Candaba, Pampanga, on Saturday filed a case against a mayoral candidate’s coordinator who was caught giving out money to villagers in the town in exchange for votes, a prohibited act under the Omnibus Election Code (OEC).
It started as a cordial handshake between two gentlemen.
Lapu-Lapu city businessman Efrain Pelaez Jr. filed a total of 16 cases with the Visayas Ombudsman’s office since 2007, excluding the new plunder case he filed against the Radazas yesterday.
Because vote buying can’t be stamped out permanently, former president Joseph Estrada proposes a simple fix: “Take the money, put it in your pockets but still vote for Estrada.”
The son of Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez bolted out of the city’s police detention cell late Wednesday night, three days after he was arrested for illegal possession of explosive and firearms.
Unidentified armed men tried but failed to snatch the father of reelectionist Mayor Joseph Peñas on Tuesday, the police reported.
The vehicle of the incumbent mayor of Viga in Catanduandes was shot by an unknown attacker Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
President Aquino may have accepted his explanation for hosting opposition candidates campaigning in his turf but Albay Gov. Joey Salceda may still be investigated by the Liberal Party.
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza issued on Monday a cease and desist order against the operation of the Yellow Submarine and suspended the business permit of its operator, the Cebu Yellow Submarine Undersea Tour Corp, after its undersea vessel smashed a coral reef off Mactan.
Four persons were killed while six others, including the mayor of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, were wounded after being ambushed by unidentified armed men Thursday evening.
