CEBU CITY – A barangay captain in the City of Naga, southern Cebu was arrested for allegedly using a fake certificate authorizing registration (CAR), a document issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to transfer a property. Edden Gera Nocon of Barangay Tinaan was arrested in a hot pursuit...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the separate attacks that resulted in the deaths of three barangay (village) officials in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Sur. The first attack last Aug. 18, involved Barangay Bulibod Chairman Esmael Latip Mustapha and his wife, Rahima,...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roldan Benito and his bodyguard Weng Marcos last August 2. The ambush of Benito and Marcos happened in in Barangay Pandan. The two were with Benito's family in a pickup truck when they were...
ILOILO CITY – A former barangay captain in La Paz District here was gunned down on Monday morning, August 5. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the victim as Ernie Poral, former captain of Barangay Ingore. PORAL (Facebook) Investigation said the 65-year-old victim was purchasing...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 69 officials from the provincial and municipal governments of Bohol, including its Governor Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado, due to their involvement in the controversial resort found in Chocolate Hills this year. Other...
The Muntinlupa City Council approved a resolution on May 27, calling on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Muntinlupa to investigate the killing of Barangay Buli Captain Ronaldo Loresca on May 22. Loresca, 48, was shot by two unidentified men at about 10:16 p.m. while he and his companions...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) The House Committee on Natural Resources' hearing on the wayward construction of a resort in Bohol's famous Chocolate Hills have highlighted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources'...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A former barangay captain who filed a graft case against Albay Gov. Grex Lagman over "jueteng" (an illegal numbers game) payola survived an ambush while en route to his residence in Barangay Anislag, Daraga, Albay, from this city on Wednesday night, March 27. A FORMER...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) True to his word, ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has led on Monday, March 18 the filing of a resolution, which called for an inquiry on the construction and...
Senator Nancy Binay Senator Nancy Binay has joined the chorus of people who have expressed their dislike for the viral resort that was somehow constructed in Bohol's famous Chocolate Hills right under the authorities' noses. "Ang sa akin...
Senator Cynthia Villar The Senator Cynthia Villar-chaired Committee on Environment will conduct an inspection at Bohol’s Chocolate Hills--the site of the controversial Captain's Peak Resort--during the upcoming Holy Week break. Thus, bared...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The president of the Association of Barangay Captains of Isabela City, Basilan was shot dead and his two companions were wounded in front of a hotel here on Sunday night, February 25. Police identified the fatality as Franklyn Galos Tan, chairman of Barangay Seaside. Wounded...
