Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said Malacanang would not condone the act of some officials of the Philippine National Police selling firearms to the New People’s Army.
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Revilla to ask Sandiganbayan to suspend plunder proceedings
The camp of the Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., will immediately take action to prevent the senator’s arrest, as they announced the move to file a motion for judicial determination of probable cause or motion for suspension of proceedings before the Sandiganbayan.
Malacañang welcomes filing of plunder cases against 3 senators and Napoles
Malacañang is happy with the filing of cases against those involved in the pork barrel scam, with Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte saying that it is a step forward to determine the truth. Senate President Franklin Drilon said he hoped the judicial process will be properly followed, and that the accused would be given a fair trial by the Sandiganbayan. He said he would not allow the arrest of the three senators inside the Senate […]
Krista Miller defends visit to convicted drug lord
Actress Krista Miller explains her visit to a high profile inmate of the New Bilibid Prisons, convicted druglord Ricardo Camata, when he was being treated at the Metropolitan Medical Center, saying that she only wanted to sell a condominium unit to him. A closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed that Miller and her handlers stayed in the Metropolitan Medical Center for an hour, while she and Camata were left alone in his room for 10 minutes. The Department […]
US embassy to help in coastal cleanup
The United States embassy will conduct coastal cleanup in various places, in celebration of the World Ocean Day and Philippine Environment Month.
World leaders and veterans celebrate D-day landings
World leaders and veterans celebrate the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings which led to the Allied victory in Europe that brought about the end of World War II.
Zoren Legaspi submits counter-affidavit regarding tax evasion complaint
Actor Zoren Legaspi went to the Department of Justice to submit his counter-affidavit regarding the tax evasion complaint filed against him.
Plunder case filed against Enrile, Estrada, Revilla and Napoles
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman proceeded on Friday (June 6) with the filing of plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada for the misuse of congressional funds, commonly known as “pork barrel,” worth billions of pesos. Charged along with the three senators were the alleged brains behind the P10 billion “pork barrel” scam, businesswoman Janet Lim […]
U.S. spy agency joins Facebook, Twitter
(Reuters) – The CIA, which has long trolled social media to try to uncover global trends and track evil-doers, officially joined Twitter and Facebook on Friday. The spy agency cast the move as an effort to better get out its message and engage directly with the public, but its first Twitter message, sent out shortly before 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), did not indicate there would be major revelations. It said simply: “We can neither confirm nor […]
WHO experts find hospital breaches worsened MERS outbreak in UAE
(Reuters) – Lapses in hospital infection control measures exacerbated an outbreak of a deadly new viral disease which has infected more than 60 people and killed at least 10 in the United Arab Emirates, health investigators said on Friday. Reporting the findings of a five-day mission to the UAE, experts from the World Health Organisation said, however, that they found no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission of new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). “The […]
Djokovic sets up another tilt at career slam in Paris
(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic eventually wore down mercurial Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the French Open semi-finals on Friday but only after suffering a sudden loss of form in the process. The Serbian world No.2 was cruising at two sets ahead but his level dipped suddenly allowing Gulbis to make a real match of it before he managed to finish the job and remain on course for the only grand slam title to elude […]
New bugs found in software that caused ‘Heartbleed’ cyber threat
(Reuters) – Security researchers have uncovered new bugs in the Web encryption software that caused the pernicious “Heartbleed” Internet threat that surfaced in April. Experts said the newly discovered vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, which could allow hackers to spy on communications, do not appear to be as serious a threat as “Heartbleed.” The new bugs were disclosed on Thursday as the group responsible for developing thatsoftware released an OpenSSL update that contains seven security fixes. Experts said that websites […]
