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MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — Philippine National Police Chief Allan Purisima should be asked to go on administrative leave while investigations against him are ongoing, Senator Grace Poe said Wednesday, Sept. 24. Poe appealed to Interior Secretary Mar Roxas to strongly recommend this to President Aquino. “I share your frustration Sir, but on the other hand, I know that you also have to make the appropriate recommendation to the President,” Senator Poe told Interior Secretary Roxas […]
Senate President Franklin Drilon is asking his colleagues to start the debate on the proposed revival of death penalty in the country.
The Department of Labor and Employment has removed the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers to Venezuela and West Bank, Israel due to the removal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of crisis alert levels in the said countries.
Expect fair weather today and for the rest of the week due to the ridge of high pressure currently affecting the larger part of the country.
Despite the looming eruption, Albay Governor Joey Salceda issued a tourism advisory, saying that Legazpi City remains safe for tourism and convention activities.
President Aquino still fully supports PNP Chief Allan Purisima.
President Aquino urged for a unified world effort to fight against climate change in his speech at the UN Climate Change Summit.
Atty. Renato Bocar, Executive Clerk of the Sandiganbayan, said that the cases currently being heard in the 4th division of the said court will not be neglected despite the dismissal of Justice Gregorio Ong. He added that the most senior member of the division will take over the tasks left by Ong. These include the hearing of graft cases against former president and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in particular, those involving the NBN-ZTE deal. […]
It is business as usual in the Sandiganbayan despite the dismissal from office of Justice Gregory Ong. Atty. Renato Bocar, Executive Clerk of the Anti-Graft Court assured that cases being heard in the said court will not be affected, in particular that of the 4th division, where Ong served as chairman. Justice Jose Hernandez of the Fourth Division will now stand as its chairman, while a replacement Justice will be taken from the other divisions […]
President Aquino appealed to all countries to unite in the fight against climate change. This is the theme of the President’s speech to the leaders of 41 nations including Mauritius, South Africa, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland that attended the United Nation Climate Summit in New York City. He also asked the international community to stop the debate regarding greenhouse gas emissions and instead start helping each other solve the problem. The UN Climate Change Summit […]
The local government of Albay is preparing for the worst case scenario once the Mayon Volcano erupts. It was discovered that the lava dome in the mouth of the volcano was in a bad condition. It now reaches the height of a 41-storey building and may collapse with the continuing rise in pressure inside the said lava dome. According to Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office Head Cedric Daep, there is a possibility that […]
Expect fair weather today and for the rest of the week. According to the PAGASA, this is caused by the ridge of high pressure occurring in a large part of the country. But be prepared for scattered rain showers in the evening.
