Ombudsman suspends Boracay village chief

 The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has slapped a two-month suspension order against the village chief of Barangay Yapak, Boracay.

Ace Azarcon, Aklan provincial director of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), said the suspension order will be in effect until April 10, 2014.

"We had received the suspension order and we forwarded a copy of which to the local government of Malay. The local government in turn served the copy to the office of Hector Casidsid, the suspended village chief," said Azarcon.

A private citizen complained against Casidsid for misconduct after the latter used a private property without permission on dumping wastes of the village. The case was filed two years ago.

Because of this, the DILG warned residents to temporarily refrain from transacting business with Casidsid because this may be deemed illegal.

"We also encourage Casidsid to file a counter charge against the complainant if he feels doing it," said Azarcon.