By Juancho Gallarde, Philippine News Agency DUMAGUETE CITY -– Re-elected vice governor Edward Mark Macias has assumed as governor of the province of Negros Oriental by operation of law effective June 17, 2016 following the service of the dismissal order of the Ombudsman by the Department of Interior and Local Government to Gov. Roel Ragay Degamo past 4 p.m. Friday. Photo courtesy of the new governor’s public FB page DILG Negros Island Region (NIR) OIC regional director Margie Biligan implemented the decision of the Ombudsman to dismiss Degamo from the service even if Degamo has refused to receive the order for the reason that he has not received a copy of the Ombudsman decision. Biligan was accorded heavy security in serving the Ombudsman order with more than 100 policemen more or less headed by Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial director Sr. Supt Harris Fama amidst hundreds of Degamo’s supporters blocking [...]
