By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent . THE Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water Inc. (Cobi) has failed to increase its delivery of treated water to the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) despite efforts to put in place booster pumps that adversely affected the water supply here on two occasions this month. …
Read More »Dacer loses political grip on Puntod: ex-vice mayor
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent . FORMER councilor Alexander Dacer’s two-year absence from local politics loosened his grip on voteich Puntod, the barangay that served as his decades-old political career’s launchpad, a former vice mayor said on Wednesday. Dacer, one of the most loyal political lieutenants of ex-mayor Vicente Emano, lost …
Read More »Comelec list of overaged SK winners in Oro up from 7 to 14
FROM seven, the number of winning candidates in the just-held Sangguniang Kabataan elections facing disqualification cases increased to 14 yesterday. The number was increased even as the 1st Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ordered the suspension of the proclamation of the 14 winning candidates, according to city elections …
Read More »Fire destroys 20 houses in Gingoog city
By EDWIN IYO Correspondent . GINGOOG City — Fire broke out and destroyed at least 20 houses in Purok 7, Barangay 18-A here on Thursday morning. SF03 Elias Taneo of the Bureau of Fire and Protection in the city said there were no casualty reports in the fire that razed …
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Read More »Guevarra respects move to abolish OGCC, PCGG
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday said he respects the move of the Lower House seeking to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) to further strengthen the powers of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). Guevarra, however, said he would …
Read More »A coup d’état in May
William Adan . NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental – May 11, 2018 will go down in history as a day of infamy in the country’s judiciary. On this day, the Supreme Court decided 8-6 to remove its own Chief Justice on a quo warranto petition filed by the Solicitor General of the …
Read More »How important is the barangay election?
Cesar Gorillo . THE barangay elections is not just that important. It is the life blood of the smallest set of government of the Republic of the Philippines. Consider my barangay known as Barangay Don Paulino in Dapa, Surigao del Norte. Even before I was born, that barangay site was …
Read More »The real winners
Egay Uy . CONRATULATIONS to many, and better luck next time to some others. A total of 80 new and recycled barangay chairpersons and 560 barangay councilors will have successfully hurdled the elections last Monday. Sincerest congratulations to those who, without buying votes, won the elections. You really won that …
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