President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday appealed to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to empathize with local candidates seeking to campaign in rebel-held territories, noting that not all of them could afford to pay them. In a speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) campaign rally in Agusan del Norte, Duterte asked members of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) armed wing to give candidates access to rebel strongholds despite being unable to pay. “Pero ang mga NPA pud unta, ayaw pud ninyo’g sobrahi, unya kanang dili ninyo pakampanyahon kay way kwarta. Bahala’g mangayo mo’g
Work in courthouses has been suspended starting noon of Wednesday for the Holy Week, Supreme Court (SC) Court Administrator Raul Villanueva said. In its Circular No. 83-2022 on Wednesday, the Office of the Court Administrator said Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo cleared the half-day work suspension in all first and second level courts “to afford judiciary officials/personnel ample time to prepare for the observance of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday,”. The order covers Metropolitan Trial Courts (MeTCs), Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCCs), Municipal Trial Courts (MTCs), and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts (MCTCs), as well as regional trial courts (RTCs).
President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday night said he will ask the Ombudsman to probe reelectionist senator Richard Gordon over alleged malversation of funds when he was chairperson of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Duterte reiterated that the Commission on Audit (COA) issued a notice of disallowance for PHP140 million to SBMA under Gordon’s leadership, but the senator allegedly pocketed PHP86 million. “After I exposed him, what he did was request for a re-audit again. So that’s why I’ll say this now because I won’t be President any longer, I will tell the Ombudsman to, you know, you start
Slovenian NBA star Luka Doncic has been sidelined with a left calf strain, Dallas Mavericks confirmed Tuesday. “Doncic has begun treatment and there is no timetable for his return. Updates will be provided as available,” the Mavericks said in a statement. The 23-year-old guard sustained the injury in the third quarter of the Mavericks’ 130-120 victory against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. Doncic, playing for the Mavericks since 2018 averaged 28.4 points, 8.7 assists, and 9.1 rebounds in 65 games this season. Dallas will take on the Utah Jazz in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Saturday.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Socorro Inting on Tuesday resigned as head of the poll body’s gun ban committee. Inting, a former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, said her decision is a form of protest. “I am a justice by heart than a Comelec commissioner. I will maintain a dignified silence. My resignation is a passive protest,” she said in a message to reporters. The announcement came a day after the Comelec en banc approved amendments to some of its policies, including giving power to Comelec chairman Saidamen Pangarungan to grant exemptions in connection with the election gun
diarrhea outbreak in the Davao de Oro town of Laak killed three people and sent 33 people to various hospitals, a municipal official said Wednesday. Dr. Julius Jaekel Remollo, Laak municipal health officer, said the three fatalities were senior citizens and a 32-year-old man. Remollo said at least 150 residents suffered from the outbreak that started Monday, with some residents complaining of stomach pains, vomiting, and loose bowel movement. “Based on their stool exam results, they have amoebiasis and heterophyiasis,” Remollo said in an interview. Of the 33 patients, he said 30 were confined in the municipal health center while
