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DILG to 16 mayors “missing in action” during “Ompong” onslaught: Explain your absence

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government is asking sixteen mayors to explain their absence in their areas of jurisdiction during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong.” DILG spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the nine mayors from the Cagayan Valley and seven mayors from the Cordillera Administrative Region will be issued show-cause orders for that purpose. He said the show-cause orders, signed by the DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order and the officer […]

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Two senators lash out at mayors who were allegedly missing in action at the height of “Ompong”

(Eagle News) — Two senators slammed ten mayors who were reported to have been missing in action at the height of Typhoon “Ompong” in their areas of jurisdiction. “Bakit nandito sila sa Maynila habang ‘yung kanilang mga lalawigan at munisipyo ay dinaraanan ng bagyo?” Senator Franklin Drilon said. According to Drilon, this was tantamount to “gross neglect and should be investigated.” Senator Panfilo Lacson agreed. “Negligence or parang similar to being insensitive. Kasi araw-araw nakakarinig […]

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