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by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former power company executives of professional negligence in the only criminal prosecution stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The three men were senior officials at the TEPCO firm operating the Fukushima Daiichi plant and faced up to five years in prison if convicted. “All defendants are not guilty,” the presiding judge announced to the Tokyo courtroom, […]
Adds some PNP officials “recycle” illegal drugs (Eagle News)–A former head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Thursday, Sept. 19, said “all roads practically lead to Bilibid” where the illegal drug trade is concerned. Benjamin Magalong, now the mayor of Baguio city, told a joint Senate panel hearing corruption in the Bureau of Corrections that based on a CIDG investigation when he was CIDG chief, Chinese drug personalities “continue to remotely manage the […]
(Eagle News) – A modern international airport will soon rise in Bulacan. This was after Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade signed the concession agreement with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday officially awarding the ₱734-billion deal to SMC unit San Miguel Aerocity Inc. Tugade issued the notice to proceed with the project, as he authorized SMC to build, operate, and maintain the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, “We may be able to do groundbreaking […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Nimfa” is moving slowly over the northern portion of the Philippine Sea and will bring rains in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of “Nimfa” was located 715 kilometers east northeast of Basco, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 70 kph. “Nimfa” is moving in a west northwest […]
(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Officer 3 Veronica Buño on Thursday, Sept. 19, admitted she messaged the partner of a New Bilibid Prison inmate who paid P50,000 for the release of her loved one under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Buño, who was among those tagged in the GCTA-for-sale scheme, made the admission under questioning by Senator Richard Gordon. Buño initially denied any exchange even after National Bureau of Investigation director Dante Gierran said that […]
(Eagle News)–Persons deprived of liberty who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law can surrender without any sanctions up to 11:59 p.m. today, Sept. 19. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said after 11:59 p.m., those who did not surrender will be re-arrested. “This day, we will be transmitting a new list to the (Department of the Interior and Local Government) which will serve as their guide in implementing the rearrest of those who didnt […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1000 persons deprived of liberty who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered to authorities, the Department of Justice said. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the 1025 PDLs were as of 2:27 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18. The figure does not include the two convicts in the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters in Cebu in the 1990s who recently surrendered to authorities. James Anthony Uy and Josman Aznar surrendered past […]
(Eagle News)–Over 500 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have so far surrendered to authorities, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said the 579 convicts were as of 6 a.m. today, Sept. 19, the day the deadline for surrender imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte was set to lapse. Of the 579, the PNP said 162 were murder convicts, 160 were convicted of rape, 60 of homicide, 56 of robbery with homicide, […]
P100,000 worth of high-grade marijuana reportedly seized from suspects (Eagle News)–Rapper Loonie and several others were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Makati on Wednesday night. Apart from the rapper, whose real name is Marlon Peroramas, nabbed from the basement of a hotel on Polaris St. in Barangay Poblacion, Makati at 8:45 p.m. were David Rizon, Ivan Agustin, Albert Alvarez, and Loonie’s younger sister Idyll Liza Peroramas. Fifteen sachets of high-grade marijuana worth P100,000 […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 is offering free rides to government workers on Thursday, Sept. 19. The Department of Transportation said the free rides, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., were in celebration of the 119th anniversary of the Philippine Civil Service. The DOTr said those who wish to avail of the free rides should just present their government ID to station personnel or to the security guards […]
(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. […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum believes Manny Pacquiao should retire from the sport soon unless he can land a lucrative rematch with Floyd Mayweather. Arum, who promoted Pacquiao during the Filipino icon’s golden years, told the World Boxing News website he wanted to see the 40-year-old hang up his gloves soon. Pacquiao, who won a bruising 12-round battle with Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight crown in July, […]
