Polls usher in changes in south Luzon
By Redempto AndaThe race is over for top posts in local elections in Palawan and in mayoral races in Los Baños town and Lucena City where prominent names such as Mitra, Genuino and Talaga got trounced.
The race is over for top posts in local elections in Palawan and in mayoral races in Los Baños town and Lucena City where prominent names such as Mitra, Genuino and Talaga got trounced.
The race is over for top posts in local elections in Palawan and in mayoral races in Los Baños town and Lucena City where prominent names such as Mitra, Genuino and Talaga got trounced. In Palawan, businessman Jose C. Alvarez (Nationalist People’s Coalition) is the new governor. He beat incumbent Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra (Liberal [...]
A female broadcast journalist in Quezon was abducted by unidentified armed in men in Candelaria town predawn on Sunday, police said.
Now that manual elections look to be a thing of the past, people can afford to wax nostalgic over the much-derided slow and lengthy method of casting and counting the votes.
Lucena Bishop Emilio Marquez expressed alarm Tuesday over election-related violence in Quezon after two community organizers of re-electionist Gov. David Suarez were shot dead in Tiaong town late Monday night.
Trained in political organizing, former New People’s Army rebels who have gone back to the mainstream have been tapped by politicians as “operators” to promote their candidacy.
In an effort to stay neutral in the shooting war pitting the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) against the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, the government looks like a weakling.
A man who was detained for involvement in the killing of Palawan environmentalist and journalist Gerry Ortega has been found dead inside the Quezon provincial jail in Lucena City, the inmate’s wife said.
The alleged lookout in the hit team in the Gerry Ortega murder case was found dead by strangulation at the Lucena provincial jail, the wife of the victim, Dennis Aranas, said Wednesday morning.
Newly installed Lucena Mayor Rhoderick Alcala and former Mayor Ramon Talaga Jr. nearly came to blows on Thursday in front of public school teachers.
Lucena Vice Mayor Roderick Alcala on Monday appealed to Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga and her husband, former mayor and current city administrator, Ramon, to respect the decision of the Supreme Court unseating Barbara and allow a peaceful transition of power.
A court battle looms anew between the top two officials of this city despite a Supreme Court ruling that unseated incumbent Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga (Lakas-Kampi) and ordered her replaced by Roderick Alcala (Liberal Party), her vice mayor.
Stacks of illegally cut fully grown mangroves in a one hectare coastal area were discovered in a village here Wednesday by provincial officials and environmentalist group Tanggol Kalikasan.
