Puno steps in mayoral row

MALOLOS CITY, Philippines – Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno has stepped in to ease the tension between two rival camps claiming the mayoral post in San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan.

Puno said acting Mayor Reynaldo San Pedro should give way to Angelito Sarmiento who was declared by the Commission on Elections the winner in an election protest filed against the late Mayor Eduardo Roquero.

San Pedro assumed the post on Aug. 25 after Roquero died of heart attack. – Dino Balabo