Benjamin Abalos, second from right, head of the Commission on Elections, makes his way through a crowd at a press conference at his house in suburban Mandaluyong on Monday. (AP photo)
MANILA –- Lawyers for Commission on Elections (Comelec) Benjamin Abalos Sr. said they would file perjury and damage suits against Commission on Higher Education (Ched) chairman Romulo Neri and businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III.
Gabriel Villareal said it is Abalos who decided not to sue Neri and de Venecia III until he has resigned so as not to be accused of abusing his power for being the election chairman.
CEBU CITY -- Fourteen Cebuano crew-members are missing while four others were rescued after a cargo vessel owned by JPS Shipping Lines capsized last Friday in Cabile Island between Tubbataha and Cagayancillo Islands in Palawan.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Tension gripped Camp Evangelista Monday as Army personnel clad in full battle-gear and two battle tanks guarded a camp perimeter where hundreds of illegal settlers were being evicted.
DAVAO CITY -- A municipal councilor and his wife were killed in an ambush by motorcycle-riding gunmen along the national highway in the coastal town of Lebak in Sultan Kudarat on Sunday.
