The Office of the Ombudsman was asked on Monday, March 30, to investigate and file criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against two former undersecretaries for alleged involvement in the “anomalous” flood control projects. Sought to be probed and charged in court were former...
Philippine companies are growing more optimistic about the broader economic outlook even as they scale back plans to expand operations, citing intense market competition and the lingering weight of high interest rates. “Businesses expect steady consumer demand throughout the year. Firms also see...
An employee of the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) was hurt after a street dweller they were helping attacked him with a metal pipe during a rescue operation along P. Faura Street in Malate, Manila, on Saturday, March 7. According to MDSW Director Jay Dela Fuente, the victim and his team...
CEBU CITY – A man was gunned down exactly a week after he was released from jail here on Friday, Jan. 23. Police said Jason Lendio Yuson was eating at the side of the road in Barangay Mambaling when he was attacked past 2 a.m. A man wearing a hooded jacket and denim pants arrived and shot the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old former policeman was arrested for allegedly stealing a motorcycle owned by a teenager in Barangay Cabug here on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Police Capt. Andro Ma-apni, Bacolod City Police Office spokesperson, said the suspect chanced upon the motorcycle parked outside the...
CEBU CITY – An ex-convict was killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Carreta here on Monday afternoon, Nov. 17. Angelito Mendoza, 51, suffered bullet wounds in the body. The Mabolo Police Station received a report past noon that an armed man was spotted in Carreta. Police rushed to the area...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A former policeman was shot and wounded in Bansud, this province, on Thursday morning, Oct. 30. Police Major Clyde B. Kalyawen, Bansud Municipal Police Station chief, identified the victim as Elmar Sumo, married. Kalyawen said the victim was driving a Toyota...
CEBU CITY – An ex-convict walked out a free man just two months ago but found himself back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Punta Princesa here on Thursday night, July 10. The 37-year-old suspect, Gervy, was described by the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
CEBU CITY – A 32-year-old man who had been in and out of jail was gunned down inside his house in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday, June 23. Police said the victim, Macgied Lavistre Villamala, was asleep when at least six persons broke into his house and repeatedly shot him. Police said the...