The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the 23 criminal charges filed against City Accountant Racquel L. Bautista and City Treasurer Roberto V. Viduya of Bislig City in Surigao del Sur for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. Bautista and Viduya were charged with 23 counts of...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of a private individual who tried to evade trial by fabricating her death. Mary Ann Maslog, former agent and representative of Esteem Enterprises, was found guilty of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and...
A 47-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly raping and threatening his own daughter in Baras, Rizal. The arrested suspect behind the rape of his own daughter in Baras, Rizal. (Photo from Rizal PPO) The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the suspect as “Ferdy,” the...
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino domestic worker who is facing drug charges in Indonesia, was set to be executed in April 2015. But the last-minute reprieve granted to her by former Indonesian president Joko Widodo saved her life. And now, 14 years after her arrest in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta,...
Six Filipino seafarers in Türkiye have been repatriated after their acquittal of drug charges by a Turkish court, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. DFA said it facilitated the return of the six Filipinos, who had spent over 11 months in jail after their Panamanian-flagged cargo...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Aurora governor Gerardo "Jerry" A. Noveras and seven others of their graft charge involving the irregular repair of a bridge and road in 2014. Noveras, together with Provincial Administrator Simeon A. De Castro, Provincial General Services Officer...
With additional revenues to be drawn from geothermal assets that are coming on commercial stream, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is expecting overall profit boost this year, according to a top executive of the company. First President and COO Francis Giles B. Puno indicated that at least 83...
The regulator-approved pass on of the deferred charges of First Gen Corporation on its gas use for power generation and capital recovery on liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility investment will hike Meralco rates by P0.32 to P0.33 per kilowatt hour (kWh) starting in its October billing to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduling next week the deliberations on the deferred cost recoveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that First Gen Corporation had utilized for electricity generation at its gas-fed power plants in Batangas. As full pass-on of LNG costs had not been...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has slapped Isabela II Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) with P2.0 million penalty due to its failure to validate the generation charges it passed on to its customers and for not complying with required fuel audit process. The regulatory body stipulated that the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, July 5 shrugged off the plunder and graft complaint filed against him and former president Rodrigo Duterte before the Department of Justice (DOJ). While he has yet to see a copy of the verified complaint, Go said he believes Trillanes’ complaint...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted two former Eastern Samar officials of their graft charges for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. Cleared of two counts of graft charges were former provincial accountant Vener Tabuena Dulfo and project...
