Manila, July 19 -- Mayor Edgar Labella of this city has been elected on Friday as the national chairman of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP).
In a video message posted on his social media page, Labella said his election during the group's 68th General Assembly and Election of Board Members at the Edsa Shangri-La in Manila was a "pleasant surprise."
"I am just an ordinary who ran against a political royalty in the May 2013 elections," he noted, adding that he is "honored, at the same time humbled."
He, however, told his fellow city mayors that he is not new to public service, enumerating his positions in various government entities, including his stint as an anti-graft investigator before he became director of the Ombudsman-Vi...