(UPDATE) FOUR local officials, including Abra Gov. Dominic Valera and his daughter Vice Gov. Maria Jocelyn Valera-Bernos, and the Paraynos of Urdaneta City — Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno — were suspended by Malacañang allegedly for various offenses.
The Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs (Desla) of the Office of the President (OP) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, suspended Governor Valera and his daughter for 18 months for administrative blunders in handling the replacement of a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member in Bucay town who succumbed to illness in 2023.
