Cortes spent half a million for Mandaue re-election bid
MANDAUE City Mayor Jonas Cortes spent P54,000 more than his opponent to easily win a third term in office in last month’s elections.
MANDAUE City Mayor Jonas Cortes spent P54,000 more than his opponent to easily win a third term in office in last month’s elections.
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) may risk losing city government support if Camp Crame doesn’t grant Mayor Michael Rama’s request to choose his own city police director.
Will suspended Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia report to the Capitol today following the lapse of her six-month suspension?
PRAGUE—Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned on Monday over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide and alleged lover that has plunged the recession-hit EU state into a fresh political crisis. “Mr. President, in line with the constitution… I resign,” he told President Milos Zeman, who called for talks with political parties [...]
Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel thanked the world on Monday for its messages of support for the ailing anti-apartheid icon which she said had eased “the burden of anxiety.”
Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested Monday and will be questioned by the Canadian province’s anti-corruption unit later in the day, said a source close to the investigation.
Four young commissioners of the Commission on Elections [Comelec] will lead the upcoming barangay elections, a “dry run” when they finally take over by 2016, Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said on Monday.
This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes.
The Makabayan bloc, a league of militant party-list groups in Congress, is considering cutting its ties with the Liberal Party-led majority in the House of Representatives and adding its voice to the dwindling minority.
Nelson Mandela “continues to get better” after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his condition remains serious, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday.
Of course it is a fact. If we judge by the current quality of most of our leaders we can conclude: There is no hope for the country. We can even go farther and say: There was never any hope. And we might hark back somewhat nostalgic to the old days when we had people like Ninoy, Salonga, Ambrosio Padilla, Roxas, Diokno, Manglapus, even Marcos, the original one, at the country’s national legislature as a small group of us did last night.
Last week while I was in Manila, I received a text message informing me that Miss Annabelle Rama is asking for a refund of the amount of P3 million from Mayor Mike Rama and has blamed Mayor Mike’s girlfriend Joy Pesquera for her defeat.
Nelson Mandela seems to be on the road to recovery from a recurrent lung infection, a grandson said Saturday after visiting the anti-apartheid hero in hospital.
