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By MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB district congressman. approval on lowering the controversial after he reballed dac and Rep. Ru.ffy Biazon.
threshold. the gasoline allowance of Fresnedi defeated fdr
Same facos Tobv sdrved as mavor from members of the city police mer Bureau of Immigratio
More incumbent local official6 in Metro Manila re- The Tiangcos continued . 2000 t6 2610, when ;'ohn Rey force. deputy commissioner Mar
tainpd their posts in Monday's midterm eleclions. their two decades-rule in took ove/ when he ran for Asked about his spat with Red Marifias bv more tha
Navotas after Rep. Toby Tiang- LOngrcss. acting Marikina police chief 110,000 votes. '
In Caloocan City, Mayor percent of the total votes cast co reclaimed the mayoral seat The Tiangco brothe rs Col. Redrico Maranan, the In a statement, the ma)
Oscar Malapitan was rcelected at 428,954. from his brother John Rey, vowed to continue the pro- mayor said it was a "miscom- or's office clarified that th
for the third time. There are 475,5114 registered who is taking his congressio- grams they implemented in munication that has been graft complaint filed agairu
Malapitan's two s ons voters in Caloocan. na1 post. the city. settled." him before the Office o
topped the congressional and Malapitan was proclaimed Toby won with 7$nSvotes in Marikina, incumbent Teodoro said he might the Ombudsman bv forme
council seats, reinforcing their duly elected mayor by the lo- over Councilor Dan Israelltng, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro and choose Maranan as permanent councilor Rafael Ar.iugu orr.
hold on Metro Manila's third cal Commission on Elections who garnered 33,216 votes. his runningmate, Do Marion city police commander. the alleged overpricing of
largest city. (Comelec) yesterday. John Rey, who completed. Andres, were proclaimed "If his performance is good, parcel of land has not bee
"As long as we can delivel, His son, Along, won his his three terms as mayot won mayor and vice mayor, re- I might choose him," he said. resolved.
what's wrong with that? We third term as representative the city's lone .congressional spectively. In Muntinlupa City, in- The mayor said he ha
don't have a law prqhibiting of the city's fust district with seat with 80,265 votes over Teodoro, who rin unop- cumbent Mayor ]aime filed a motion to dismiss th
lpolitical dynasty. We should ,283,693 votes. Councilor Marielle del Rosario posed, gamered 159,590 votes. Fresnedi won by a landslide case.
respect the will of the people," The mayor's other sor; En- who got 30,050 votes. Andres, a former councilot along with his allies. Fresnedi and Simunda
Malapitan said in an interview teng, topped the council race Comelec officer Jerico Ji- got 105,244 votes. He defeated Fresnedi, who ran under also said they are not faciq
with The STAR. with 252118 votes. menez said the Tiangcosl Evan Aguirre by a margin of the Liberal Party, was pro- a complaint for vote buyinS
I He ran against five con- Liberal Party's Edgar Erice proclamation was delayed as around 53,000 votes. claimed by the Comelec along - With Emmanuel Tupa!
tenders. But he received 90 won his last term as second they awaited the poll body's . Teodoro recently became with Vice Mayor Temy Simun- Ghio Ong
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