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The deputy mayor of Lynbrook and two residents who were vocal opponents of a recent development proposal in the village announced on Wednesday that they have formed a new political party and will run for three village board positions up for election in March. Village residents Antoniella Tavella and Steven Liguori said they will run for trustee seats on the village board, challenging trustees Robert Boccio and Ann Marie Reardon. In a statement provided by a spokesman, Beach confirmed the three incumbents are running for re-election. "I ... believe our past record of success and future vision for our Village will be well received by voters," Beach said. “I will do everything in my power to prevent this project from moving forward,” Becker said, backed by about 30 supporters who stood on the steps of Village Hall waving signs bearing the candidates’ names. The village board in November unanimously rejected the proposal for the six-story, 200-unit apartment complex called the Cornerstone at Lynbrook, saying the project was too big for the community. Anthony Bartone, the developer behind the project, said Wednesday that “there are no new plans” for the project. But the candidates said the village board had not in fact rejected the project, and instead voted only to cancel a public hearing on it. Becker, whose father was Lynbrook's mayor, also has a real estate business in the village. Neither Liguori nor Tavella have previously held elected office, they said.

MANILA - Investigators are looking at politics and business as possible motives behind the fatal ambush on the mayor of Sudipen, La Union. Mayor Alexander Buquing and his wife, Vice Mayor Wendy Buquing, were on their way home when unidentified gunmen strafed their vehicle near a school in Sudipen on Monday night. Alexander was declared dead on arrival at a hospital, authorities said. Silverio Ordinado, public information officer of the La Union police, told reporters. (We are looking at the politics side. The mayor is also a businessman so we're also looking at the business side.) The filing of certificates of candidacy for next year's mid-term elections is scheduled this month, he noted. Alexander was supposed to seek re-election, his OIC executive assistant Reina Catcatan earlier told ABS-CBN News. The mayor owns a rice field and is a distributor of soft drink products, she said. Alexander is the 17th elected official killed during the Duterte administration.

MANILA -- (UPDATED) The Philippine National Police (PNP) is looking into politics as the possible motive in the fatal ambush on Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan of Trece Martires, Cavite. Edward Carranza confirmed this to ABS-CBN News on Sunday, saying Lubigan was set to run for a "higher position" in the 2019 mid-term elections. Lubigan was in a sports utility vehicle when gunmen in another SUV opened fire on Saturday. The vice mayor, who was serving his third term, was not on the government's drug watch list, said Cavite police chief Senior Supt. William Segun. Tanuan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili, who was linked by President Rodrigo Duteerte to the narcotics trade, was gunned down during a flag-raising ceremony last Monday. Mayor Ferdinand Bote of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija was shot dead inside his vehicle a day after. PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde promised to solve the killings, which he said have "disturbed and saddened" the police force. "We likewise appeal for any information which may help us quickly solve these cases so that justice will be served to the victims and their families," he added in a statement. With a report from Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News