DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Customs personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have seized 48 cartons of glutathione and beauty products valued at PHP8.65 million from Thailand. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said the NAIA Customs detected irregularities in the baggage when it passed the X-Ray machines after it was offloaded from the plane. The […]
Archives for February 2018
Sandiganbayan charged Ex-PNP Alan Chief Purisima
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan charged former Philippine National Police Director Alan Purisima with eight counts of perjury, for failing to disclose his wife’s property and several firearms in his Statement of Assets and Liability and Networth (SALN). The Office of the Ombudsman filed the case on February 23 but was released to the […]
Zambo Norte wins SWAT team challenge
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team of the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Mobile Company (ZDNPMC) emerged champion in the recently-held 1st Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) SWAT Challenge. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, PRO-9 information officer, on Tuesday said the ZDNPMC garnered a total of 1,650 statistical points in the five stages […]
Balay ni PNOY gilabay ug lapuk
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW, Mindanao-— Gilabay ug lapuk sa mga nagpailang biktima sa bagyong Yolanda ang pinuy-anan ni kanhi Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, didto sa Time Street, Quezon City, kagahapon sa udto, Pebrero 27, 2018. Matud pa sa mga nagprotesta, walay nahimo si Pnoy sa ilang kalisod, gani, gagamit lang kuno sila sa politikanhong katuyuan […]
Palace : Barangay and SK elections push through
DAVAO CITY, Phillippines — The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections will push through, this was reiterated by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque yesterday February 27, 2018. With Roque’s assurance, the The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping the statement will put an end to the uncertainty on whether to postpone it or not. “This is something […]
Palace: Only credible Special Rapporteurs allowed to probe PH
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday, February 27, underscored that any investigation to be conducted by a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur should have proper consent from the state party. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said this in a Palace press briefing, amid calls for the Duterte government to lift the conditions allowing a […]
Sandiganbayan suspends Iligan City Mayor for 90 days
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan ordered a 90-day preventive suspension against Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia for functioning as the chief executive while he was in jail.. Regencia was ordered to cease and desist from performing his duties as mayor and from any other public office which he may be holding for a period […]
Sandiganbayan convicts Zamboanga Sibugay ex-vice governor
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan convicted former Zamboanga Sibugay Vice Governor for diverting P593,500.00 of public funds to personal use. The anti-graft court sentenced former Zamboanga Sibugay Vice Governor Eugenio Famor for seven counts of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and seven counts of Malversation Through Falsification of Public […]
Chief Justice Sereno takes “Wellness leave”
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Embattled Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is taking an indefinite “Wellness Leave” starting today, February 27, 2018. Sereno is filing a leave as the House committee on justice is expected to vote next week on probable cause in the impeachment case against her. The panel will send a committee […]
Newsline.Ph traces missing Kuwait OFW, She’s on her way home now
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Maricel Agustin, the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who was reported missing since 2014 is now safe and on her way home. The Newsline.Ph reported her case to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello II Monday night February 26. This morning, February 27, 2018, Bello notified this news agency that Agustin was already located […]
Duterte ‘no comment’ on divorce issue
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo R. Duterte has declined to comment on the proposed divorce bill, leaving the decision of its passage instead to Congress. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. made this pronouncement Monday or a week after a House of Representatives panel approved a measure institutionalizing divorce in the Philippines. It can be recalled that […]
Bato nang apud-apud ug sakyanan sa kapulisan sa PRO XI
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW, Mindanao —Gipanguna ni Police Director Ronald Dela Rosa ang pagbendisyon ug pagtunol sa sa mga bag-ong sakyanan, trak ug motorsiklo alang sa mga pulis sakop sa Pollice Regional Office XI niadtong Lunes, Pebrero 26, 2018. Nagkantidad ug 57Million pesos ang mga sakyanan gikan mismo sa pundo sa PNP. Sa 23 ka mga […]
“Shoot in the vagina remark, a sarcasm” : Duterte
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said his remark to shoot women rebels in the vagina was a “Sarcasm” and not intended to offend women. In his speech at the inauguration of Armscor Shooting Range in Buhangin, this afternoon, February 26, 2018, Duterte said he feels bad everytime he hears that women fighters of […]