TACLOBAN CITY – Three city councilors from the Liberal Party (LP) and one barangay chairman in Calbayog City resigned from their posts before the end of their terms on June 30. This was confirmed by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Samar Director Judy Batulan. A report identified
Published March 12, 2021, 6:07 PM
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Partylist Rep. Jericho Nograles on Friday, March 12, added his voice to the growing number of critics of the Philippine National Police leadership’s warning against couples engaged in public display affection (PDA).
Instead of interfering in personal relationships, the PNP must concentrate in trying to save its image which is “at all-time low” because of the series of scandals involving its personnel, said Nograles.
Nograles, vice chairman of the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development, urged the PNP to cleanse its ranks of scalawags and misfits.
The ambush-killing of Mayor Ronald Aquino of Calbayog City and the shootout between PNP operatives and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority Quezon City are just two of the recent incidents that placed the police under a shroud of suspicion.
Published March 9, 2021, 4:28 PM
Calbayog Bishop Isabelo Abarquez has called for a thorough investigation on the killing Mayor Ronald Aquino and his aides.
“The wheel of justice is the proper venue for resolution of any case,” he said in a CBCP News post.
“We therefore call on the proper authorities to conduct a thorough and speedy investigation on the killing of Mayor Ronald Aquino, his driver and bodyguard and bring into the bar of justice the ones responsible,” added Abarquez.
The prelate said they “condemned in strongest terms” the incident that left the city’s mayor, his driver and bodyguard dead.
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