Police arrested last month 41 individuals wanted for violating laws on women and children’s rights, the Police Regional Office – Caraga (PRO-13) reported Wednesday. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., the PRO-13 director, said the arrests were made during the series of Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) conducted last month. Of the arrested persons, 18 were charged for violating the provisions of RA 8353, or the Anti-Rape Law of 1997, while 11 were charged under RA 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act. Meanwhile, a dozen suspects were charged for the
Malacañang on Wednesday brushed aside Senator Richard Gordon’s fresh tirade against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s anti-narcotics drive. In a virtual presser, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, also acting presidential spokesperson, dismissed as a mere “political noise” the claim of Gordon that Duterte seemed to have failed to end the drug problem in the country. “As we all know, we are in the middle of the campaign season and this is part of the political noise,” Andanar said, when sought to react to the statement of Gordon, who is seeking reelection in the May 9, 2022 national elections, on Duterte’s drug war.
The next administration should put a premium on agriculture and food security, considering the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, according to a Department of Agriculture (DA) official. In the DA’s 183rd virtual press conference on Tuesday, Agriculture Undersecretary Fermin Dantes Adriano said candidates who will win in the upcoming May elections should ensure food sustainability in the country by having a stable supply of basic food items like rice, livestock, poultry, corn, and net fisheries. “Lahat sa mundo ngayon (Everyone in the world), international organization, talagang worried na worried sila sa (are
Senator Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III said on Wednesday that he is now talking to the chairpersons of Senate Committees on Finance, Ways and Means, and Blue Ribbon to start the Senate inquiry into the alleged unpaid PHP203 billion tax estate of the Marcos family. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Pimentel said there is still time to pursue the inquiry before or even after the elections. “Yes, there’s still time. We have the whole of April and the first week of May. Pwede naman po and then kung hindi talaga kakayanin sa time before election, then we do it even
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) sub-port of Dumaguete has exceeded its target for the first quarter of this year, reaching close to PHP2 billion in revenue collection. Gina Fatima Lasola, BOC-Dumaguete subport acting collector, told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that their office registered a total actual collection from January to March of about PHP1.949 billion. This is higher by 7.93 percent or about PHP143.250 million than the total target for the first three months of PHP1.806 billion, she said. “We also exceeded the 2021 actual collection for the same period by 38.86 percent,” she added. The Dumaguete subport
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has established and maintained a total of 81 Negosyo (business) Centers in the Ilocos Region as of March 31 this year. Based on the data released by the DTI Ilocos regional office on Tuesday, 19 centers are in Ilocos Norte, 20 in Ilocos Sur, 15 in La Union, and 27 in Pangasinan. The DTI-1 said 40 of these centers are basic Negosyo Centers, five are full, and 36 are advanced centers. The Negosyo Centers’ information and services are available virtually at dtinegosyocenter.online. In a phone interview, DTI Pangasinan provincial director Natalia Dalaten said
