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Mortician to Philippines’ Marcos reveals trade secrets

  By Cecil Morella AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE   MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A wax mask covered the face of Ferdinand Marcos for the 23 years his corpse was on show, but the body on display was no fake, the Philippine former president’s mortician told AFP in an interview. Frank Malabed, the embalmer of choice for high profile politicians and celebrities, revealed the secrets of his trade following the controversial burial at the Heroes’ Cemetery in […]

All set for the enforcement of the Jay Walking Ordinance on December 1

(PIA) — Traffic enforcers will implemented the Jay Walking Ordinance on four main sections of the city namely, Matina-Crossing, San Pedro Extension-Quimpo Boulevard, JP Laurel Avenue fronting G-Mall and Victoria Plaza to Abreeza to SPMC, Ma-a Crossing to Corner Sandawa Road on December 1. Rhodelio Poliquit, chief of the City Traffic and Transport Management Office said they will strictly impose the policy as part of the Comprehensive Traffic Code of the city. He said imposing […]

DOH will continue to hire nurses in 2017

MANILA, Nov. 24 – The Department of Health appreciates the interest of the legislators on the plight of the health workers in the Philippines, particularly nurses, many of whom remain unemployed or underemployed. This gives the DOH an excellent opportunity to draw attention to the whole picture of the current situation. “While it is true that the Nurses Deployment Program (NDP) reduced the number of hired nurses by 6,970 in 2017, nobody will really lose […]

President Duterte warns against risks of firecrackers, mulls firecracker ban next year

MANILA, Nov. 25 – Filipinos may soon, in the coming years, learn to meet and celebrate the New Year in silent fashion sans the use of fireworks. This as President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, November 24 that he is mulling the ban of the manufacture and use of firecrackers. “At this time, I’d like to put on notice everybody that I am seriously considering making the entire Philippines like Davao,” Duterte told reporters in an […]

SC denies report on bar leakage, says scheduled bar exams to proceed

The Supreme Court clarified that there was no leakage in the 206 Bar Examinations, after its investigation, and said that the scheduled bar exams this year would proceed. “The Office of the Bar chairperson has investigated the matter and has come to the conclusion that the questions remain confidential before the scheduled exams,” said Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te. “The findings show that there is no truth to any of these unsubstantiated social media rumors,” he […]

Magandang resulta ng APEC Summit, inilahad ni Pangulong Duterte

Nakabalik na sa bansa si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte mula sa kanyang pagdalo sa APEC summit sa Lima, Peru. Pasado alas onse kagabi dumating ang pangulo sa Davao City kasama ang kanyang delegasyon na dumaan pa muna sa New Zealand bago lumapag sa Davao City. Sa kanyang arrival speech, inilahad ni Pangulong Duterte ang kanyang mga naiuwing magagandang balita mula sa kanyang pagdalo sa kauna-unahang APEC summit. Isa umano sa mga napag-usapan sa kanyang pagdalo sa […]

PNP, pinuri sa pagkakadakip kina Ronnie Dayan at Kerwin Espinosa

Job well done! Ito naman ang tinanggap na papuri ng Philippine National Police (PNP) mula kay House Justice Committee Chair Rey Umali dahil sa pagkakadakip kina Ronnie Dayan at maging kay Kerwin Espinosa. Kanina, ibinigay na rin ang pabuya sa nakapagturo sa ikadarakip ni Dayan. Si Bernise Galanta sa detalye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWWJm1SO6Fs

Pitong taong relasyon ni Dayan kay De Lima, inilahad sa Kamara

Ibinunyag ni Ronnie Dayan na mismong si Senadora Leila De Lima ang pumigil sa kaniya para harapin ang House Inquiry kaugnay sa illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison. Nalaman ang mensahe ni De Lima nang ipakita ang text messages ng senadora mula sa cellphone ng anak na babae ni Dayan. Dahil ditto, pinapa-contempt ni Rep. Harry Roque si De Lima. Ipinanawagan din nito sa senado na patalsikin si De Lima sa pwesto. May detalye […]

Dayan, umaming limang beses tumanggap ng pera kay Kerwin para kay Sen. De Lima

Matapos madakip nitong Martes, humarap na ngayon sa pagdinig ng kamara si Ronnie Dayan …na sinasabing dating driver-bodyguard at lover ni Senadora Leila De Lima. Kinumpirma ni Dayan ang pagtanggap niya ng pera mula kay Kerwin Espinosa na aniya ay para sa senadora. Limang beses aniya itong nangyari nang DOJ secretary pa si De Lima. May ilang testimonya naman si Dayan na kinwestyon ng mga mambabatas. Panoorin ang detalye sa report ni Jerold Tagbo mula […]

Venue, year discrepancy appear in Dayan, Espinosa testimonies

(Eagle News)– Ronnie Dayan’s testimony at the House inquiry on Thursday (November 24) exposed  discrepancies between his statement and  of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa about the handing of drug money for Senator Leila De Lima Espinosa on Wednesday claimed before a Senate panel that he gave De Lima P8 million for her senatorial campaign, through her then driver-bodyguard Dayan from August 2015 to early 2016. Espinosa explained that in exchange for the drug money […]