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Police probe Revilla shooting
REINA TOLENTINO REPORTEROUT OF DANGER Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla at the Intensive Care Unit of the Asian Hospital and Medical Center. The photo was released by the Office of Sen. Ramon “Bong”...
View ArticleEx-lawmaker detained in Camp Bagong Diwa
REINA TOLENTINO REPORTERTHE Sandiganbayan has committed former Rep. Edgar Valdez of the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City (Metro Manila). The...
View ArticleSenate OKs PNoy ‘special powers’
JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA REPORTERTHE Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a proposed joint resolution authorizing President Benigno Aquino 3rd to address a looming electricity shortage in...
View ArticleNow Palace heaps blame on Purisima
JOEL M. SY EGCO SENIOR REPORTERAfter fiercely defending former Philippine National Police (PNP) Alan Purisima for his involvement in the operation to capture two terrorists hiding in Mamasapano,...
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Aquino condoned usurpation – priest
FERNAN MARASIGAN REPORTERPurisima PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd could be held liable for abetting, condoning and allowing the usurpation of public office because he allowed a suspended police chief to...
View ArticleBangsamoro law must wait and earn consent
First, we need a clarification from the Aquino administration on a key point of law and policy. When presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda officially speaks, are we supposed to believe that he is...
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Property relation can’t be modified or ended by spouses on their own
PERSIDA ACOSTAPersida Acosta Dear PAO, My wife and I have been living separately for a couple of years. When we were still together, we were able to purchase pieces of property. We want to divide these...
View ArticleSC rules PEACe bonds exempt from final tax
JOMAR CANLASThe Supreme Court (SC) has junked a 2011 Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) order imposing a 20 percent final withholding tax on the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe)...
View ArticleProtect people in war vs rebels, AFP urged
WILLIAM B. DEPASUPILTHE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has expressed concern over the safety of innocent civilians in conflict areas in Mindanao amid an ongoing all-out...
View ArticleGerman, local firms offer hand to end MRT 3 woes
RAADEE S. SAUSATwo pioneering railway and transport German companies have submitted a project proposal to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) aimed at addressing issues hounding...
View ArticleLawmakers file motions against train fare hikes
JOMAR CANLAS Lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives are the latest petitioners against fare hikes in Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) and Light Rail Transit I and LRT 2. They are Sen....
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ORDER OF SIKATUNA
President Benigno Aquino 3rd confers the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Raja on Frai Mathew Festing, the Prince and grandmaster of the sovereign Hospitaller order of Saint John of Jerusalem of...
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Legitimation erases stigma of illegitimacy
PERSIDA ACOSTAPersida Acosta Dear PAO, My query concerns the pieces of property left by my father. He had two children from his mistress while my mother, the legal wife, was still alive. After my...
View ArticleMore funds sought to protect biodiversity
James Konstantin GalvezMore than 90 experts from the Asean region and the United States gathered in Pasay City (Metro Manila) on Wednesday to support increased financing to protect the region’s rich...
View ArticleFOI bill tossed to plenary
LLANESCA T. PANTIThe Freedom of Information (FOI) bill was finally tossed for plenary debates three months after it was approved by the House public information committee. The move came after the House...
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