Senator Jinggoy Estrada said he has taken steps to ensure that he would not use the powers and privileges of his office to shield himself from the allegations against him following the Sandiganbayan Second Division 's order placing him under a 90-day preventive suspension. READ:...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada over a graft case pending before the anti-graft court in relation to the alleged multi-million flood control kickback scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, June 8, announced the temporary suspension of operations in five of its Consular Offices in Mindanao following the powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani earlier in the day. In an advisory, the DFA 's Office...
BUTUAN CITY – Butuan City and neighboring areas suspended classes following the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Sarangani province in Southern Mindanao region on Monday, June 8. The earthquake was felt in the five provinces and six cities of the Caraga region. “To give way to the conduct...
Court operations in areas affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao are suspended today, June 8. The Supreme Court (SC) said the situation in the affected areas is continuously being monitored. Suspended are operations in all courts within the jurisdiction of Zamboanga City in Judicial...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region XI on Friday, June 5, denied claims that President Marcos ordered the suspension of operations at the Davao City Sanitary Landfill (SLF), saying the decision was made at the regional level following a deadly trash-slide incident....
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the immediate preventive suspension of Catanduanes Vice Governor Robert Fernandez and 11 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan over alleged irregularities involving the province’s Quick Response Fund (QRF) following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan in...
The Davao City Sanitary Landfill is now facing possible suspension after a trash slide on May 20 left one person dead, two injured, and two others missing, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. The DENR said it has pushed the local government to accelerate...
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano should be suspended too for command responsibility over the incident that happened in the Senate on May 13. That is the position of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag in reaction to the statement of Cayetano urging the Office of the Ombudsman to...
Personnel from the Office of the Ombudsman went to the Senate to serve the preventive suspension order against Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca and a subpoena for closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the May 13 shooting incident, Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said on Monday, May...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Friday, May 15, placed Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca under preventive suspension without pay for six months effective immediately, as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) begins its investigation into the shooting incident inside the Senate of the...
Suspending the excise tax offers a better respite than telling oil companies to fully implement a fuel price rollback, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, April 20. Hontiveros pointed this out in response to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s directive for oil companies to...
