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The Department of Tourism had just announced that 2015 will be “Visit the Philippines” year. DOT Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. said that they have been preparing for the conferences for eco-tourism since early this year, coinciding with the APEC Ministereal Meetings and Leaders’ Summit. More than 2 million international tourist have visited the country from January until June this year. The DOT is expecting the number to double by year- end. More than half of […]
(Reuters) — The decomposed bodies of five children aged between 2 and 8 were found stuffed into garbage bags on Tuesday (September 09) near a logging road in Alabama after their father confessed to killing them and led police to the scene, authorities said. Timothy Ray Jones, the father of the children, did not reveal a motive for the killings, which he confessed to authorities in Mississippi, Smith County Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said. The children, whose names have not been released, were […]
Three more policemen involved in the controversial kidnapping-robbery case in EDSA Mandaluyong, have expressed their desire to surrender.
President Aquino seeks the support of four European countries in its territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea.
President Aquino assured the public that the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law is constitutional.
(Reuters) — “Guardians of the Galaxy,” already the biggest film of the year, continued its improbable assault on the box office, collecting $10.2 million to lead all films after a month in theaters. Featuring a cast of misfit super heroes that includes a machinegun-toting raccoon, “Guardians” leapt from the pages of Marvel Comics to total $295 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was second with $6.5 million […]
A barangay captain allegedly involved in illegal drugs, his wife who is also a drug den maintainer and a nephew were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during the implementation of a search warrant in Iloilo on September 5, 2014. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. identified the suspects as Roger Belarde y Biana, 48 years old, married, a native of Dugwakan Banate, Iloilo and the incumbent Barangay […]
(Reuters) — At least 38 people were feared dead after a landslide triggered by heavy rains submerged an entire village in Udhampur district of Kashmir, said a police officer on Monday (September 8). Over 20 houses were buried under the landslide. The administration has recovered seven bodies while 31 people are still missing. Additional Superintendent of police, Khalil Poswal, said rescue operations were underway to trace further survivors or victims within the debris. “An entire village, which had […]
The Supreme Court stopped the garnishment of the assets of Napocor to pay for damages for its employees dismissed last 2003.
President Aquino personally submitted the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to the leaders of the Congress, the first time this was done by a President of the Republic of the Philippines. Congress leaders promised that they will prioritize the passage of the bill. President Benigno Aquino III finally turned over to Congress the much-awaited final draft of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Wednesday. Aquino personally endorsed the draft BBL bill to Senate […]
A senator opposed the proposal to turn over control of the police to the local government units as an answer to rising criminality in the country. According to Senator Bongbong Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, local government control over the police force will not solve the criminality problem and instead may add other problems because of the tendency to use such force as personal armies of mayors and governors. He added […]
One of the suspected police of the EDSA “huli-dap” incident surrendered this morning.
