To promote and protect human rights in the Philippines, President Marcos has issued Administrative Order (AO) No. 22, which forms the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination that would strengthen existing mechanisms that champion human rights. The four-page AO No. 22, published on Sunday,...
A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 12 job-order employee was gunned down before dawn on Saturday, May 11, in Tulunan, Cotabato. MAP of Cotabato with the town of Tulunan highlighted. Police Capt. April Rose Soria, Tulunan municipal police station chief, identified the victim as Peter...
A 37-year-old job order casual government employee was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 8. A JOB order casual employee was nabbed in a drug sting in Silay City, Negros Occidental on May 8. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca,...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended Mayor Michael Rama here and seven City Hall officials for six months. Rama’s suspension stemmed from a case filed by city government workers who complained that they were not paid for at least 10 months. Also suspended were City...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama and seven other local officials for their involvement in the non-payment of salaries of four city employees since July 2023. Also oOrdered suspended without pay were City Administrator...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri called out the former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who according to him, spouted what appears to be "hearsay evidence" during a Senate panel hearing. Zubiri mentioned this in a press conference on Tuesday, May 7, after monitoring the...
Actress Maricel Soriano admitted that she formerly owned the condominium unit which was the subject of a supposed anti-illegal drug operation back in 2012 by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). (Photo from the Office of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa) She disclosed this on...
President Marcos has formed an inter-agency coordinating council to create a comprehensive master list of state-owned lands to ensure their effective use and allocation and establish livable communities. File photos Marcos said this in the four-page Administrative Order (AO) No. 21 signed by...
As part of his administration's goal for achieving a meaningful economic transformation , President Marcos has ordered the streamlining of the permitting processes for the country's infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) to expedite their implementation. File photos Executive Secretary Lucas...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspended Mayor Jose Arturo Suan of Allen, Northern Samar returned to work after more than three months following the recent dismissal by the Office of Ombudsman of the charges of grave abuse of authority or oppression filed against him. SUAN (Contributed photo) The case stemmed...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. reiterated on Tuesday, April 30, that there were no irregularities during the multi-billion peso drug bust conducted by authorities in Alitagtag, Batangas. In a presentation during the hearing of the...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa challenged Los Angeles-based vlogger Claire Contreras, who goes by the name “Maharlika,” on Tuesday, April 30 to face the Senate in its inquiry regarding the alleged leakage of a confidential document from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Sen. Ronald...
