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Politician’s bodyguards nabbed in Cebu for drugs

by EVMail News on March 14, 2010

Mayor Eric Codilla signs the covenant for peaceful elections sponsored by PPCRV and Comelec.

ORMOC CITY – Two alleged bodyguards of an unnamed politician, reportedly from this region, were caught in Cebu City during a buy-bust operation for drugs last March 4, Thursday. The two were caught with three others, all natives of Cebu, who are known members of a notorious drug ring.
The car used by the gang to transport the drugs, on the other hand, is owned by an Ormocana Alice Jean Catingub, the daughter of local fishing magnate Rosita “Cita” Catingub.
The alleged bodyguards of the unnamed politico are Ronie Pocson y Tomada, 38, of Barangay Mabini, this city, and Cipriano A. Diano, 36 of Brgy. Tinago, Benolho, Albuera, Leyte. [click to continue…]

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Sen. Mar Roxas obliges Nacho Chu, son of Chinoy businessman Warren and Twinkle Chu, with an autograph. His young fan was ecstatic.

Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr. and Mar Roxas III, standard bearers of the Liberal Party, vowed that they would not fall into the pit of corruption if they get the people’s mandate on May, saying that this early, they are telling everyone   they will not seek ways to prolong their stay in power.
Senator Aquino, in an exclusive interview over lunch last Wednesday, March 3, said that all they want it to bring normalcy back into the democratic institutions that were skewed by the current dispensation, and after that, leave their offices with clean slates.
This was his answer to the question whether he can guarantee that he will not end up more corrupt than his other predecessors. [click to continue…]

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2 marijuana pushers nabbed in separate operations

by EVMail News on March 14, 2010

TWO PUSHERS selling marijuana were nabbed in separate police operations last February 27 and March 4, 2010.
The suspects were identified as Michael Ferrer y Mellang, a resident of Camp Downes and Jaime Pagay, 40, a resident of Naungan. [click to continue…]

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Water project claims another victim

by EVMail News on March 8, 2010

Senator Manny Villar pays Ormoc pineapple king Sabin Larrazabal and wife Rosie a private visit. Also seen are the couple's children.

THE CODILLA version of the Locsin initiated Comprehensive Waterworks Program which was only started during the term of Mayor Eric Codilla has claimed another victim last Saturday evening, February 27, at around 8:20 PM.
A motorist died after bumping a pile of gravel from a road digging dumped on the road at Brgy. Bantigue, just in front of DYRR, with no proper warning devices in place.  The victim was coming from Albuera, on his way home to Kananga town. [click to continue…]

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Tsunami warning causes panic in seaside towns

by EVMail News on March 8, 2010

THE TSUNAMI alert raised around the world after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile in South America has elicited various reactions, even panic, here in Eastern Visayas where four provinces were included.
The tsunami alert has caused a wave of evacuation from coastal areas in the four provinces, even those not facing the Pacific. [click to continue…]

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Senator Manny Villar with 5th district representative Carmen L. Cari and former Leyte governor Matin Petilla.

BAYBAY CITY – Senator Manny Villar said that the only other presidential candidate that he considers as a real contender is Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr., and even so, he has already eclipsed him in the latest surveys.
Villar said this when asked whether he thinks former Pres. Joseph Estrada would continue to pursue his candidacy. Estrada also counts as his bailiwick the vote rich Tondo, where Villar comes from.  “Huwag na nating pagusapan ‘yan, si Noynoy na lang”, he said, in an exclusive interview over lunch at the house of Rep. Carmen L. Cari (Lakas) in Baybay City. [click to continue…]

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Lucy breaks silence, urges Codillas to take the high road

February 28, 2010

LUCY TORRES-Gomez, Ormoc’s homegrown beauty and one of the most respected stars in our local tinseltown, has broken her silence and is urging her husband Richard Gomez’s political opponents “to take the high road”.
In a Skype videoconference with Lucy, she answered “warnings” leveled against her and her husband by Edwin Codilla and Winnie Codilla, that [...]

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Richard says he can still be voted upon, and his votes counted

February 28, 2010

ACTOR RICHARD Gomez, who is seeking the congressional seat of the fourth district of Leyte against the incumbent’s son, urged supporters not to be “discouraged” with the resolution of the Comelec disqualifying him.
He said his name will continue to appear in the Certified List of Candidates issued last January 30 yet, and the votes cast [...]

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Winnie says he’s only fighting “fair and square”

February 28, 2010

EUFROCINO “WINNIE” Codilla Jr. is happy. He is happy because he has triumphed on the first round of a disqualification case filed against his leading opponent, actor Richard Gomez, by an ally, former Libertad barangay chairman Ben Juntilla. He is also confident that the disqualification will be sustained in any Court that Gomez will go [...]

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Leyeco V asks council’s help for power contract

February 21, 2010

ORMOC CITY – Executives of the Leyte Electric Cooperative V (Leyeco V) here were told by city dads to muscle for priority status from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), especially in times of power shortage, saying that this is embodied in an agreement made between the PNOC-Energy Development Corporation and the National [...]

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