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(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel probing the problems in the Bureau of Corrections has recommended the establishment of a separate jail facility for convicts of heinous crimes. The Senate committees on justice and human rights, public order and dangerous drugs and finance made the recommendation through Senate Bill No. 1055, which was based on the bills separately filed by Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Richard Gordon and Juan Miguel Zubiri. Sotto’s Senate Bill No. […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 110 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 7:57 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila, parts of Luzon and Western Visayas will have occasional rains due to the southwest monsoon. In its advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Central Luzon will also experience monsoon rains, with flash floods or landslides possible. Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and the Cordillera Administrative Region will, on the other hand, have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of Tropical Depression “Nimfa,” […]
(Eagle News)–Two other convicts in the Chiong rape-slay and whom the Department of Justice described as having been prematurely released have surrendered to authorities. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said Josman Aznar and James Anthony Uy turned themselves in at the New Bilibid Prison around 6:30 p.m. Earlier, fellow convicts Ariel Balansag and Alberto Caño also returned to BuCor custody. Their co-accused are Rowen Adlawan, Paco Larrañaga, and James Andrew Uy, but Larrañaga, of Spanish descent, […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Thursday, Sept. 19, were cancelled in some areas due to the bad weather. Below is a list: Angeles City, Pampanga – preschool to elementary Bacolor, Pampanga – all levels Cavite province – all levels Concepcion, Tarlac – all levels Mabalacat, Pampanga – preschool to elementary Macabebe, Pampanga – all levels Nueva Ecija – pre–school to high school Umingan, Pangasinan – all levels The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said Tropical Depression “Nimfa” is […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a total revamp at the Bureau of Corrections. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation on Wednesday, Sept. 18, a day after Duterte appointed Gerald Bantag at the helm of the agency hounded by corruption issues. According to Panelo, the revamp involves the transfer of personnel from the provinces to Metro Manila. Panelo said the President made the decision to put a stop to corruption. Announcement of the revamp […]
(Eagle News)–The three resource persons who were cited in contempt by a Senate panel probing the problems in the. Bureau of Corrections have sought the help of the Court of Appeals and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In filing the petition on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Ramoncito Roque, Fredric Anthony Santos and Ursicio Cenas said the blue ribbon committee violated their right to due process when it supposedly did not give them […]
(Eagle News)–The low pressure area in the vicinity of Tarlac is expected to merge with the trough of Tropical Depression “Nimfa” within 48 hours. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., the LPA over Central Luzon was estimated in the vicinity of Mayantoc. “Nimfa,” on the other hand, it said, was located 685 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour […]
(Eagle News)–Clean up the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess, implement full computerization, and stop the illegal drug trade in prison. These were the marching orders, in order of priority, of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to newly appointed Bureau of Corrections director-general Gerald Bantag, whom he met for the first time on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The meeting took place a day after Bantag was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to the post left vacated by […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, Sept. 18, urged the government to tap into the Department of Agriculture’s P1 billion in Quick Response Funds to stop the spread of the African Swine Fever. Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, said the QRF were under the P20 billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund, more commonly known as the Calamity Fund, in the General Appropriations Act for 2020. “This ASF is by all accounts […]
Orders them to pay a P100,000 fine each (Eagle News)–A Manila court has found eight members of the Philippine Coast Guard guilty of homicide in connection with an encounter between them and Taiwanese fishermen off Balintang channel in Batanes in 2013. Commanding officer Arnold Enriquez dela Cruz, Seaman 1st Class (SN1) Edrando Aguila, SN1 Mhelvin Bendo II, SN1 Andy Gibb Golfo, SN1 Sunny Masangcay,SN1 Henry Solomon, SN2 Nicky Renold Aurello and Petty Officer Richard Fernandez Corpuz […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 18, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of Gerald Bantag as the new Bureau of Corrections director-general even if he is facing criminal charges. In an interview over GMA-7’s Unang Balita, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the charges against Bantag over the death of 10 inmates in an explosion at the Parañaque City Jail in August 2016 were a non-issue since he has not been convicted. The explosion took place […]
