MANILA, Philippines — Again! the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal of Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno over a series of cases involving lease of equipment from 2007 to 2012. Moreno’s case stemmed when he was still serving as Misamis Oriental Governor. On August 30, 2017 , the Office of the Ombudsman released […]
Archives for August 2017
Ombudsman suspends Toledo City mayor Osmeña
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the suspension of Toledo City, Cebu Mayor Mayor John Henry Osmeña after he was found guilty for grave abuse of authority. This as the Sandiganbayan is set to try Osmeña over six counts of graft. The Ombudsman cited Osmeña for consistently refusing to release the quarterly […]
Presidential daughter rents gown
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Eyes were glued on a rushing “little lady” as the Linggo ng Wika culmination day was about to start at the Stella Maris Academy here. Little did they realized, the elegant “little lady” is no less than the Presidential daughter Veronica Avanceña Duterte or Kitty. Rachel Balisanzo, who took the […]
Beauty queen return home to protect environment
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — Reigning Miss Earth Philippines-Fire 2017 Nellza Mortola-Bautista returned to her hometown to do what she loves most — advocate for the environment. A native of Villanueva town in Misamis Oriental, Bautista was crowned last month along with four other pageant winners who form part of the “elemental court” of […]
DFA to relax guidelines in aiding OFWs in distress
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is working to relax guidelines for the provision of assistance to nationals (ATN) to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in distress in a bid to make the support more inclusive. Lawyer Raul Dado, DFA Executive Director for Migrant Workers Affairs, said the department aims to adopt […]
Duterte will not establish revolutionary gov’t
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of establishing a revolutionary government during his term. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella is a statement pointed out that the President is just musing out loud over an alternative approach to resolving hindrances to progress when he made the remarks. Abella’s statement stressed “The President’s remarks on […]
Female soldiers, cops sent to Marawi to help the evacuees
LAMITAN City, Philippines — An emotional welcome greeted the more than 100 women government troopers when they set foot in Marawi City Sunday afternoon. The Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police sent a contingent composed of 102 women to help the Internally Displaced Persons of Marawi as rehabilitation process starts soon. Some of the […]
Salute to Philippine Heroes
Lorenzana blames rebels for undeveloped countryside, NDFP says Lorenzana a peace spoiler
MANILA, Philippines — No less than Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana blanmed the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA)for the non-development of the Philippine countryside due to the 40-year armed conflict. This after National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF-P) spokesperson Fidel Agcaoile earlier blamed Lorenzana as “peace spoiler”. “The leaders and members of […]
Military hosts 5-day educ tour for 35 Marawi kids
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The Joint Task Force Marawi is hosting a five-day educational tour for 35 children in Manila, a top military official announced Monday. Brig. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, Joint Task Force Marawi commander, said the tour is from August 28, to Sept. 1, which kicked off with a simple send off ceremony […]
Duterte promised Kian’s parents, No cover up in son’s case
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte embraced and empathized with the parents to Kian Loyd delos Santos on Monday, August 28 and promised them impartial investigation on the killing of their 17-year-old son. After leading an event in Pampanga Duterte rushed to Malacañang and had lunch with Kian’s parents Lorenza and Saldy delos Santos. The […]
Father of Maute brothers died while in detention
MANILA, Philippines— Engr. Cayamora Maute, 67, the father of the Maute terror group died Sunday at about 3:07 in the afternoon in Taguig-Pateros District Hospital. Cayamora, is the father of Abdullah, Omar Maute and Madie, are leading the attack in Marawi City since May 23. Government authorities consider Cayamora as a high risk individual for […]
DavOr Caravan served 6,000 far-flung villagers
MATI CITY, Philippines — Villagers from remote areas of Davao Oriental numbering to about 6,000 happily received the foodstuff from the local government. The August 22 and 23 province-wide caravan dubbed as Nakakaisang Lingkod-Bayan ng Davao Oriental was participated by 37 local and national government agencies. Government agencies served the villagers from food to seedlings […]