OCCCI executives indicted

on November 12, 2018

By Lalaine Marcos

ORMOC CITY – The City Prosecutor’s Office here has formally charged two execu-tives of OCCCI (Metro-Or-moc Community Coopera-tive) for qualified theft and violation of the provisions of the Cooperative Code of the Philippines, after find-ing probable cause that they have conspired to get a total of 4.8-million pesos from the cooperative coffers.

They are Mizpah Aira Taala and Arvin Villeza, OCCCI chief operations officer and chief administrative officer, respectively.

Villeza has been charged for two counts of qualified theft, one of which no bail is recommended, and another two counts of violation of Article 45 in relation to Article 140 (5) of RA 9520 or the Cooperative Code. read more

Espinido calls Ormocanons taga-bukid

on November 5, 2018

ORMOC CITY – Ch. Insp. Jovie Espinido, former Re-gional Drug Enforcement Unit chief in Eastern Visayas at the height of the drug infestation in the city, has called Ormocanons ‘tagabukid’ (hicks in English) for idolizing actors and actresses, even the professionals and rich people.

“..Di ta mahibung, ang mga tawo usahay diha, dili sa pagdaot ba, magluhod-luhod og kanang mga artista, murag taga-bukid ba nga ang artista kahadlukan, mga propesyo-nal ug mga datu man unta ning mga taga Ormoc,” he said in an interview with Magdaleno Estremos aired on radio Tuesday, October 23. read more

Codilla Camp files CoCs

on October 30, 2018

By LaLaine Marcos & Marie Tonette Grace Marticio

ORMOC CITY – The Codil-la camp here has filed their Certificates of Candidacy (CoC) at the City Comelec on Tuesday, October 16, led by former Mayor Eric Co-dilla. They filed as LAKAS-CMD.

His slate is composed of Jose Conejos Jr. as vice mayor, and, for council are Voltaire Conejos; Ra-fael Benjamin Omega III; Alfredo Capahi Jr.; Pedro Godiardo Ebcas; Manuel Paete; Dennis Capuyan; John Eulalio Nepomuceno Aparis II; Lea Doris Villar; Gerald Sia Jr; and, Pedro Pepito. read more