MALBATT’S SGT FARIDAH DIED OF HEART ATTACK
May 23, 2024
ILOILO CITY – A Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) rebel eluded arrest but his wife was apprehended for illegal possession of firearms when a joint team of policemen and soldiers served a search warrant on Monday. Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) Director Col. Adrian Acollador, in a phone interview on Tuesday, said the subjects of the search warrant for illegal possession of firearms were Ricky Tumabiao and his wife Victoria of Barangay Jamog-Gines, Leon, Iloilo. “Ricky Tumabiao is a member of the NPA. But only his wife Victoria was there when the search warrant was
BAGUIO CITY – While Filipinos exercised their rights of suffrage on Monday, vaccinations against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) did not stop in the region. “The fight against Covid continues kasi nasa pandemic pa rin tayo (we are still in a pandemic,” said Dr. Amelita Pangilinan, assistant regional director and spokesperson of the Department of Health in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH-CAR), in a phone interview on Tuesday. Records provided by her office showed 44 vaccination centers spread out in the different provinces continued operating and providing jabs on Monday. “It is a holiday, we want to make sure that
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) upheld the life imprisonment sentence and more than PHP2 million in fines imposed by a Pampanga court on two women for violation of anti-trafficking in persons law. In a decision on May 4 and made public online recently, the CA said Julie Nicdao and another woman named in court records only as YYY are guilty beyond reasonable doubt of qualified trafficking. YYY’s real name was concealed to protect the identity of her sibling, one of their minor-aged victims referred to as AAA. The operation to catch the two was hatched following international intelligence
LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) on Tuesday said the election was peaceful across the region, with no reported poll-related violent incidents across its six provinces. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said the early and thorough preparations undertaken by the police force and its counterpart, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, helped achieve a generally positive outcome of the balloting process. “Among these is the maximum deployment and augmentation of Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel near polling precincts as well as in various strategic areas in the different parts of Bicol. Police authorities also remained on
ANKARA – South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol was sworn in on Tuesday in a crowded ceremony held at the National Assembly in the capital Seoul. Ahead of the oath, Yoon received a detailed briefing from the Joint Chiefs of Staff at an underground bunker of the new presidential office at midnight, according to Yonhap News Agency. “I solemnly swear before the people that I will faithfully perform the duties of the president,” said Yoon, while taking oath as the new president of the East Asian nation for the next five years. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Yoon vowed to
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said non-winning candidates or anyone who are unsatisfied with the election results are free to file complaints or protest after the formal proclamation of winning candidates. This following a press conference of officials of the Abante Ilocano Pangasinan (API) Party-list whose founder is former Governor and Representative Amado Espino Jr. on the alleged irregularities in the May 9 polls. In a phone interview on Tuesday, provincial election supervisor lawyer Ericson Oganiza said they may file their election protest for revision of ballots, but they have to wait for the formal proclamation of
