CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) will investigate the supposed involvement of a police captain in the alleged illegal activity of the Teves family in Negros Oriental. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 chief Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Abellada...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Witnesses in the Pamplona massacre and other killings in Negros Oriental departed for Manila on Saturday, April 15, two days ahead of a Senate hearing and the Department of Justice (DOJ) preliminary investigation into the gun slay of Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others last...
Major shipping and logistic groups support the decision of the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its issuances that the groups claimed could lead to increase in logistics cost and price of food and basic commodities. The hearing will be conducted...
Senator Nancy Binay has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the alarming volume of food waste in the country. In filing Senate Resolution No. 555, Binay said it is imperative for the Upper Chamber to look into the alarming volume of food being thrown out considering there are...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will invite suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr., his brother former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves and officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in its probe into the killing of Negros...
Although the Philippine government is endorsing the United States (US)-led Summit for Democracy Declaration to affirm the country’s “unwavering commitment to upholding our democratic values and principles,” it “disassociates” itself from the declaration’s reference to the International...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 29 criticized President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s move to disengage from the International Criminal Court (ICC) saying it is a mistake. Hontiveros made the remark after the President expressed his disappointment at the ICC’s decision to...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs can start its independent probe into the series of political killings happening in the country, including that of the case of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, chairman of the said panel, made this...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is investigating complaints of extortion perpetrated by some private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVICs). LTO-7 Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec said some PMVICs have been accused of intentionally failing inspections to...
The progressive Makabayan bloc on Thursday, March 16, has called for an investigation by the House of Representatives into the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro that has already affected the livelihood of nearby communities, reached as far as Palawan, and impacted 1.4 million hectares of the Verde...
The conviction of a dismissed Caloocan policeman for the murders of teenagers Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” De Guzman is a “partial victory,” at least, for the victims in the brutal drug war killings during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. “While laudable, it...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 6, filed a resolution calling on the Senate to conduct an investigation on the series of political killings happening in the Philippines. Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution No. 518 following the assassination of incumbent Negros Oriental Governor Roel...
