Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. reminded the department’s field and regional offices to assist the local government units (LGUs) in formulating their Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA). Abalos said the submission of the status...
KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte – The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared Mayor Rommel Arnado here of grave coercion charges filed against him by a family who said that he forced them to leave their land in 2013. KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte Mayor Rommel Arnado (center) speaks in a press conference Friday,...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of 839 criminal cases were filed in court by the City Prosecutor’s Office for the first half of this year. Prosecutor Bernard Allan Angeles said 265 inquest cases were also filed during the same period (January to June) with no pending complaints for resolution. "So it...
BAGUIO CITY – A court here has convicted the drug courier of a Filipino-Somali syndicate. DAMOGO mugshot. Judge Lilibeth Sindayen-Libiran of Branch 61, Regional Trial Court, Baguio City, sentenced Areeya Fernandez Damogo, 28, Monday, August 8, to a minimum of two years and one day to a...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. expressed support for the creation of a team that will deal with the decentralization of the functions of the national government agencies (NGA) and devolve them to the local government units (LGUs)....
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who previously led the Duterte administration's war on drugs as police chief, said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that he is one with ​the victims and families of the bloody campaign. However, he said he is not willing to face prosecution from the international court...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa welcomed on Tuesday, Aug. 2 President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision not to make the Philippines rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), as he acknowledged being the "number 2 accused" in criminal cases filed before international probers. "I must...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed the decision of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to confiscate 18 imported sports cars and service utility vehicles (SUVs) for violation of the tariff and internal revenue laws. (Court of Tax Appeals) In a 53-page decision, the court's Special Second Division...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped former presidential spokesman Harry Roque as his private counsel. Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque takes a selfie with President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. in Malacañang. (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook page) Roque made the...
DAVAO CITY – A precautionary hold-departure order (PHDO) has been issued against Dr. Marvin Rey Andrew R. Pepino, the suspect in the shooting of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop following a scuffle in a local bar last July 2. In an order dated July 26, acting Presiding Judge Emmanuel C. Carpio of...
DAVAO CITY – A day after he was indicted for homicide, Dr. Marvin Rey R. Pepino, who allegedly shot and killed 19-year-old Grade 9 student Amierkhan Mangacop in a bar here Saturday, July 2, was released after posting bail on his 32nd birth anniversary Thursday, July 21. Pepino, who was detained...
A hall dedicated to honor the memory of the first and only Filipino judge in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been inaugurated at the Philippines Embassy in The Hague. The Judge Cesar Bengzon Hall was opened on Tuesday, July 19, in a ceremony attended by the ICJ Vice President, four...
