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The Department of Justice extended the deadline for business tycoon and former trade minister Roberto Ongpin to answer the earlier charges filed against him by a former employee for serious illegal detention, grave coercion and robbery. This was after he failed to attend yesterday’s preliminary investigation of the said cases. Ongpin’s counsel said that he was not able to attend the hearing and submit a counter-affidavit because he was abroad. If after this extension, Ongpin […]
MANILA, Sept. 9 (PNA) — The Palace on Tuesday affirmed that there are serious efforts within the Philippine National Police (PNP) to cleanse its ranks of rogue cops. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said this small number of rogue police officers should not tarnish the image of the entire police organization. “They form a very small proportion of the total strength of the […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III is embarking on a four-nation official tour of Europe from September 13 to 20, his first to the region since he assumed office in 2010, to pitch for investments and support for the Philippine position to resolve the conflict in the West Philippine Sea.In a press briefing in Malacañang, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Maria Zeneida Angara-Collinson discussed in detail the President’s schedule in Europe, where he is set […]
MANILA, Philippines — There are now 12 police suspects tagged in the EDSA holdup and kidnapping case which had been caught on camera. The photo taken by a witness had gone viral over the internet and was a key material in identifying the police suspects. Ten of the police suspects have already been identified, while two other suspects have yet to be named. Two of the suspects – Chief Inspector Joseph De Vera […]
MANILA, Sept. 9 (PNA) — The Philippines will urge developed countries to agree to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to address the challenge of climate change when President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers a speech in the Global Climate Change Summit during his upcoming visit to the United States this September 23 to 24. In a Palace press briefing, Climate Change Commission Secretary Mary Ann Lucille Sering underscored the need for consensus among 95 percent […]
A private van crashed on a center island along the EDSA Buendia Southbound lane. Police initially said the van’s driver was drunk.
Energy price hikes of about 25 centavos per kilowatt hour are expected by year 2015, according to House of Representatives Committee on Energy Chairmen Reynaldo Umali. Private companies are thus advised to use generators or interruptible load programs as aid to the crisis. Under the interruptible load program (ILP), customers with large loads like commercial establishments will be asked to operate their own generator sets. This is if the grid operator projects a need to […]
MANILA (PNA) — The Group of Dr. Lucio C. Tan formally sealed the deal with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to buy back Philippine Airlines (PAL), SMC and PAL Holdings, Inc. disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Tuesday morning. In their disclosures, the companies said that, “The two biggest stockholders of Philippine Airlines – San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and the Group of Dr. Lucio C. Tan – signed a joint agreement whereby SMC expressed willingness […]
Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas is ready to offer reward money to anyone who can give information that will lead to the arrest of the seven other police suspects involved in the so-called EDSA “Hulidap” that happened on September 1.” President Aquino himself had approved the offer of the reward money.
MANILA, Philippines — Saying the traffic problem could hurt the economy, President Aquino apologized for the massive traffic jam that had stranded motorists and commuters travelling to Metro Manila from the northern provinces for several hours last Friday. The President said he would review the video footages of Friday’s traffic at the North Luzon Expressway President Aquino said he would also review video footages to determine what caused the heavy traffic at the North Luzon […]
The House of Representatives has dismissed actor Aga Muhlach’s election protest against the Camarines Sur representative.
Presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles confirmed that President Aquino will personally hand over the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to the Congress.
