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(Eagle News) — Dumaguete City Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova died of a heart attack on Sunday, May 30. According to reports, the vice mayor had collapsed on his bicycle after participating in a benefit bike run for the Philippine Army. Cordova was 53 years old. He had just reportedly recovered from COVID-19. In a statement, Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, who remains in isolation for COVID-19, expressed his condolences to Cordova’s wife and their three […]
(Eagle News)–Murder charges were filed on Friday, Feb. 21, against Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam over the killing of a vice mayor last year. Also charged for the death of Batuan, Masbate vice mayor Charlie Yuson III before the Department of Justice were her son, Marco Martin Cam; Nelson Cambaya; Junel Gomez; Bradford Solis; Juanito de Luna; and Rigor dela Cruz. Acting as complainants were Yuson’s widow, Lalaine; Charlie, Yuson, Jr., and […]
(Eagle News)—Charges are slated to be filed against the mayor and vice mayor of a town in Masbate after raids of their residence and resort yielded firearms and explosives. The charges for illegal possession of the same are slated to be filed against Batuan Mayor Charmax Jan Yuson and his father, Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III, who were not in the mayor’s house nor in the Yuson Beach Resort when the searches were conducted there on […]
(Eagle News) — The police have launched dragnet operations against those behind the ambush of Balaoan, La Union Mayor Aleli Concepcion and her father, Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The attack that took place in Barangay Antonino at 8:22 a.m., according to Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, left the vice mayor and his aide, Michael Ulep, dead. The Balaoan mayor, for her part, survived the attack and is being treated in the […]
(Eagle News) — The vice-mayor of the town of Sapa-Sapa in Tawi-Tawi province was shot repeatedly by an unknown gunmen on Wednesday, at around 5 pm, and was later declared dead after being brought to the hospital. Vice-mayor Haji Al-Rashid Mohammad Ali Lipae was shot in Zamboanga City while trapped in rush hour traffic along Gov. Alvarez Avenue, just a kilometer away from downtown Zamboanga City, according to reports. Four caliber 45 bullets hit […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, July 6, “strongly condemned” the killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan, the third high-ranking local government official to be killed this month. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also called on the Philippine National Police “to conduct a fair and thorough investigation and spare no effort in getting to the bottom of this latest crime.” “We must band together and put an end to the worrisome […]
Vice mayor’s driver also killed; another seriously injured (Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Trece Martires, Cavite was shot dead on Saturday, July 6. The police said Alex Lubigan was on board a black Toyota Hilux, with conduction sticker Y0477, on Trece-Indang Road in Barangay Luciano when a black Montero fired at it at 3:15 p.m. Lubigan was killed on the spot. His driver Romulo Guillemer was seriously injured and was rushed to the General Emilio […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte resigned from his post today, December 25, 2017, citing “unfortunate events” linked to his first failed marriage, his public squabble with his daughter, and the maligning of his reputation due to the reported shabu smuggling incident at the Bureau of Customs. Vice-Mayor Duterte also announced his resignation even as the city council was meeting over a deadly mall fire in Davao City where dozens had […]
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Panalo bilang mayor at vice mayor ang tambalang magkapatid na Guiani sa Cotabato City. Pormal ng naiproklama ni City Election Officer Atty. Joyce Moran si Japal Guiani Jr. bilang mayor sa kanyang pangatlong termino at ang kapatid niyang si Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi bilang vice mayor ng lungsod. Ito ang unang pagkakataon sa Cotabato City na parehong nahalal ang magkapatid sa dalawang pinakamataas na posisyon sa lokal na […]
