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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
COMELEC junks Paras
petition vs. Limkaichong
BY ALEX PAL
The Commission on Elections First Division has dismissed the petition of congressional candidate Olivia Paras seeking to annul the proclamation of Jocelyn Sy-Limkaichong as first district representative of Oriental Negros.
In a seven-page decision dated June 29, a copy of which was obtained by the DAILY STAR yesterday, Commissioners Resurreccion Borra and Romeo Brawner said the Commission has made it very clear that pending disqualification cases involving issues of citizenship, among others, do not suspend the proclamation of winning candidates.
A May 17 Joint Resolution of the Comelec Second Division had disqualified Limkaichong as a candidate after winning the election, on the ground that she was not a natural-born Filipino. 
| LA LIBERTAD AMBUSH The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has found probable cause for the filing of multiple charges for the ambush-slay of seven persons and the wounding of five others on March 9, in La Libertad, Oriental Negros, against five suspects, some of whom were identified to be working with a defeated mayoralty candidate in the town. In a 14-page resolution, the panel of prosecutors recommended the filing of the complex crime of murder with frustrated multiple murder against Sandalo “Randy” Mongolore, Fernando “Boy” Dorimon, Wilfredo “Freggie” Aurellano, William Paunilian and a certain Tikyo Manait, before the Regional Trial Court in Guihulngan town. The victims were participants of a two-day seminar in Poblacion, La Libertad who were ambushed in Manluminsag on their way home to Barangay Aya on board the Cobra truck owned by the municipality. |
| Parishioners seek ouster More than 4,000 parishioners in Zamboanguita town have filed a petition calling for the ouster of their two parish priests for alleged politicking activities during the last polls. The signed petitions contained in 10 folders representing the 10 barangays of Zamboanguita were submitted yesterday to Dumaguete Bishop John Du. The group are seeking the ouster of Frs. Lyndon Zerna and Jay Enriquez. The parishioners were led by Association of Barangay Captains president Nemesio Cabus, Parish Pastoral Council president Sammy Elnar and some of his members, and seven Sangguniang Bayan members of Zamboanguita. |
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