TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite: The coming elections may be for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials, but that does not mean that mayors and their political rivals can t get into the action.On Friday, October 20, the city s chief executive was accused of fraud and vote buying by a former mayor.Melencio de Sagun Jr., the former mayor, went to the Trece Martires City Police Office and filed a complaint against the incumbent Gemma Lubigan.In de Sagun s statement to the police, he alleged that Lubigan had gathered residents and voters at the Queen s Joy Resort in Barangay San Agustin at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday.He accused the mayor of giving money to the voters in exchange for votes in the October 30 polls.The police are currently investigating the complaint filed by the former mayor.The police also forwarded the complaint to Trece Martires City election officer James Andrew Recio.Mayor Lubigan could not be reached for comment.
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(Photo courtesy of JICA Philippines) MANILA - A new five-hectare, 480-bed capacity Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) was inaugurated in Barangay Osorio, Trece Martires City, Cavite last June 14 to help drug dependents and provide immediate interventions toward rehabilitation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Friday. "Our journey towards bringing our illegal drug dependent kababayans closer to reintegration and recovery is now closer to reality with this five-hectare DATRC here in Cavite. This is another part of the Duterte Legacy that has truly impacted the lives of our fellow Filipinos," Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano said in a news release. As the chair of the DATRC Interagency Task Force, he thanked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for being firm in putting an end to the illegal drug menace in the country paving the way to innovations such as the DATRC and the Community-based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP). He said t
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