LEGAZPI CITY — Vice Gov. Baby Glenda Ong-Bongao has assumed the post as acting governor of Albay on Monday following the six-month preventive suspension imposed on Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman by the Office of the Ombudsman due to jueteng payola bribery.

Bongao told The Manila Times that her office received a copy of the Oct. 10, 2024 order from the Office of the Ombudsman on Monday.

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