Published February 1, 2018, 12:05 AM By Minerva BC Newman Cebu City–A team from the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC) and Interpol NCB Manila secretariat winds up today its Operational Exercise on Bioterrorism Evidence Exploitation at the Mactan Cebu International Airport. The team will hold its next exercise at the Davao International Airport. Assistant…
(UPDATED) Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales says the order is ‘not an inadvertent error but a clear affront to the Supreme Court and an impairment of the constitutionally enshrined independence of the Office of the Ombudsman’ Published 4:27 PM, January 31, 2018 Updated 7:50 PM, January 31, 2018 DEFIANT. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales will not enforce…
MANILA, Philippines — Seven leftist party-list lawmakers belonging to the Makabayan bloc want the House of Representatives to look into the government-approved Chinese maritime research in Benham Rise. The seven, led by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, suggested that the House committee on foreign affairs conduct the inquiry. In Resolution No 1623, Zarate and his…
MANILA, Philippines — Jail officials and inmates gave a warm welcome yesterday to former Bureau of Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon after he was transferred to the Pasay City Jail from the Senate that had ordered his detention for contempt. Faeldon, wearing a black shirt with the words “Truth is justice” printed on it, was admitted…
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[embedded content] ‘The worrisome part of this is that most of the sources of disinformation is being perpetrated by government officials on taxpayers’ money,’ veteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas tells a Senate panel probing the proliferation of fake news Published 4:13 PM, January 30, 2018 Updated 7:41 PM, January 30, 2018 VETERAN JOURNALIST. Veteran journalist Ellen…
Published January 30, 2018, 11:26 PM By FRANCO G. REGALA CLARKFIELD, Pampanga – Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena on Tuesday turned over P108-M worth of seized illegal drugs shipments to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) here. MAJOR SEIZURE — Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña turns over 18 kilos of seized illegal drugs to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)…
MANILA, Philippines — With chili-spiced or flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon Volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon, whose…