LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN—For imprinting their faces and names on the side of the town ambulance, the mayor and vice mayor of Asingan town in Pangasinan province were suspended for one year without pay by the Office of the Ombudsman. Chua and Lopez could not be immediately reached for comment. The decision reached them on Thursday by official mail. Dorao said she had reminded Chua and Lopez of a memorandum circular of the Department of the Interior and Local Government in two letters she sent in October last year. In their joint counter-affidavit, Chua and Lopez said they immediately removed their pictures and names from the ambulance on the first week of November.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 14, 2017 23:15 UTC