CASTILLEJOS, ZAMBALES: The Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) refusal to issue the appointment of the vice mayor to take over as acting mayor has affected the operation of the town, including some 300 municipal workers who were unable to receive their salary.

The Manila Times was told by Bernardo Tiong, secretary to suspended mayor Jose Angelo Dominguez, that not only the salaries of the municipal employees were affected. Even the municipality’s regular expenditures, including social and medical services have been hampered by the dilemma.

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