Updated February 2, 2018, 4:40 PM By Analou De Vera The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) has denied the request of customs “fixer” Mark Taguba to remain under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and ordered his immediate transfer to the Manila City Jail. Mark Taguba (JAY GANZON / MANILA BULLETIN) The…
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines — Gunmen ambushed two police teams — one in Basilan and the other in Lanao del Sur — in separate attacks Thursday. Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares of the Police Regional Office-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said Friday no one from among his subordinates got hurt, but the attacks caused panic among villagers near the scenes of the incidents….
THE number of drug addicts in villages across the country have increased, even as Metro Manila residents think there are fewer drug addicts in their communities, a nationwide survey taken in the last quarter of 2017 revealed. The Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Friday showed that families in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao believed…
While the Constitution is not perfect, many argue now is not the time to change it Published 3:30 PM, February 02, 2018 Updated 3:31 PM, February 02, 2018 HIGHEST LAW. The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is attempting to change the Constitution to make way for Federalism. Photo by Rappler MANILA, Philippines – The 1987…
Published February 2, 2018, 5:50 PM By Aaron Recuenco LEGAZPI CITY — Authorities here have ordered a decamp of all persons living outside the eight-kilometer extended danger zone to solve the problem of heavy congestion in the evacuation centers. Claudio Yucot, director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) of Bicol region, said he had…
MANILA – The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Friday condemned an apparent online attack on the website of the alternative news outfit Kodao Productions, (www.kodao.org) coming as it does “when other media organizations are also under relentless attacks from enemies of press freedom and other human rights.” Kodao suspects its website was…
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The Lumad will be relocated to temporary shelters that will be modeled after those units the government built in Lanao del Sur for the evacuees from the war-torn Marawi City, the President says Published 9:38 PM, February 01, 2018 Updated 9:38 PM, February 01, 2018 DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Leaders of indigenous peoples (IP) in…