The Provincial Board, which received the complaints filed by Narra Vice Mayor Crispin Lumba and members of the municipal council late July, voted 13-0 on Tuesday recommending the long-term suspension of Danao, or effectively through most of the rest of his regular 3-year term.
Mayor Danao said Monday in a press conference that the recent charges against him prompted him to file dereliction of duty, grave misconduct, gross negligence, and violation of Section 3 of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against each of the respondents at the Palawan provincial board.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is under fire for allegedly failing to file criminal cases against 70 fishermen who were recently apprehended...
