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In an exclusive phone patch interview by Angelo Palmones of Radyo Agila Balita Alas Dose, Light Rail Transit Authority Spokesperson Atty. Hernando Cabrera, said they do not agree with the proposal to start operational hours of the LRT earlier than usual because this will lessen the time they need for the proper maintenance of their facilities.
Sixth Infantry Division, Philippine Army Spokesman Colonel Dickson Hermoso said that while the military were doing their patrol rounds in Barangay Mustafa, Maguindanao, they were shot at by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. The military retaliated causing the armed group to retreat. The military recovered high-caliber weapons left by the rebels. There were no injuries on the part of the military who are now in hot pursuit of the BIFF.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, together with the International Organization for Migration, gave materials for housing to four barangays in Leyte.
President Aquino said that he has yet to see verified reports regarding alleged humans rights violations against OFWs in Malaysia.
Television host and actor Vhong Navarro is facing a new rape complaint. A certain Roxanne Acosta has filed a rape case against the actor in the Pasig City Prosecutors Office, according to her lawyer Virgilio Batalla. Acosta, who hails from Cebu City, has reportedly joined several beauty pageants including Ms. Resorts World 2010 and Miss Bikini Philippines. Meanwhile, the cases filed by Navarro and Deniece Cornejo and her friend Cedric Lee still remain unresolved.
The Light Rail Transit Authority may add travel hours for LRT passengers, in view of the heavy traffic expected to be caused by the various construction projects along EDSA, including the Skyway 3 project. LRTA Spokesman Hernando Cabrera said they would shorten the time spent in inspecting the trains to ensure additional travel hours for their passengers.
MANILA, Feb. 20 (PNA) — The Sandiganbayan on Thursday said it had dismissed the petition for bail filed by former President and now Pampanga (2nd District) Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the plunder case filed against her. In the ruling, the Sandiganbayan denied Mrs. Arroyo’s motion for reconsideration and the supplemental petition for bail for lack of merit. In her petition, Mrs. Arroyo argued that she would like to be temporarily released from hospital […]
The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group admitted that it would be difficult for them to determine the identity and arrest online libel suspects. According to PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group Chief Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa, the police would need digital evidence to catch online libel suspects, but this would be difficult as the suspects can post a different picture and digital information. They could also erase digital evidence. That is why traditional methods of investigation would still […]
MANILA, Feb. 19 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday said the government has no verification if reports of alleged human rights violations against Filipino workers in Malaysia were at all true. “I have not seen any proof of alleged human rights violations,” the President said in Filipino, during an ambush interview after the inauguration of the Estero de San Miguel Micro Medium-Rise building in Sampaloc, Manila. He added the Department of Foreign […]
Senate President Franklin Drilon guarantees that the Senate will ratify the Freedom of Information Bill before the congressional break on March 15. He added that the debate has ended and all amendments have been included before the submission of the bill to the bicameral committee.
The Senate will not initiate its own move for charter change. Senate President Franklin Drilon said that the body will wait for the House of Representatives to pass the its own charter change proposal so that the Senate can make sure that the amendments are limited to economic provisions.
MANILA, Feb. 19 (PNA) — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon J. Soliman joined President Benigno S. Aquino III in the inauguration Wednesday morning of the first Medium-Rise Building (MRB) for informal settlers in Estero de San Miguel in Barangay 412, Legarda, Sampaloc, Manila. According to Secretary Soliman, the MRB is part of the national government’s continuing initiatives to provide safe, decent and affordable houses for informal settler families (ISFs) living near […]
