Tuesday, April 03, 2007 (Philippines)

Supporters of Mandaue Mayor Thadeo Ouano are asked by megaphone to leave City Hall and keep the entrances to the building free. They were later ferried by city government bus to their homes. The suspension order on Mayor Ouano may finally be served, DILG having been given by the ombudsman until Wednesday to enforce it. (Sun.star photo/Allan Cuizon) MANDAUE City Mayor Thadeo Ouano and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Arturo Radaza remain suspended from holding office. In separate resolutions, the Court of Appeals denied their petitions for temporary restraining order to stop the enforcement of the preventive suspension order the anti-graft office issued against them and 17 other public officials. The appellate court also ordered the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas and the Department of Interior and Local Government to submit their comments—20 days for Ouano’s pleading and 10 days for Radaza’s. Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 [full story]