MANILA: Senator Robinhood Padilla on Tuesday said that freedom of speech must not be used to malign others and trample their rights by using disinformation. Padilla, during the joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Public Information and Mass Media and Justice and Human Rights on Senate Bill No. 1296, which seeks to outlaw the creation and dissemination of fake news by amending the Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, said freedom of expression should never be abused adding perpetrators of disinformation should be punished. “Hindi pwedeng kapag sinabi nating kalayaan pwede mo nang
BACOLOD CITY: Operatives of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) have uprooted marijuana plants worth PHP1.4 million in the southernmost town of Hinoba-an, following the owner’s arrest in a buy-bust on Sunday afternoon. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Lt. Judesses Catalogo, public information officer of NOCPPO, said the operation indicated the marijuana supply in the area is just sourced locally contrary to previous intelligence information it could have been brought into the province. “We thought all the while what we were monitoring have been coming from other provinces. (New) information divulged these are located in the mountainous
BACOLOD CITY : The City of Sipalay in Negros Occidental, known as the “Kite Tourism Capital of the Philippines,” displays locally made colorful kites as Christmas decors mainly in the city’s public park for the whole month of December. At least 34 lantern-type kites, with LED lights, have been created by a group of kite-makers and flyers through the sponsorships of partner establishments and individuals tapped by the City Tourism Office. “This is a fundraising activity for our local kite makers. The sponsors buy the kites that are then displayed as Christmas decors,” city tourism officer Jerick Lacson
BACOLOD CITY: Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez formally assumed on Tuesday the chairmanship of the Regional Development Council in Western Visayas (RDC-6), the region’s highest planning and policymaking body, for the next three years. “This event is an introduction to the eight-point agenda that the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has prepared. A road map of where the development of the region will be in six years,” he said during the orientation on the mandates and functions of the RDC and NEDA held at the L’ Fisher Hotel here. Before presiding the meeting, Benitez took his oath before
MANILA: State lawyers on Tuesday defended the implementation of the no-contact apprehension policy (NCAP) for traffic violators in Metro Manila before the Supreme Court (SC), which held oral arguments into petitions filed by transport groups questioning the measure. Speaking before the high tribunal, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, representing the concerned government agencies, said the regulation of road use to ensure safety and efficiency directly affects the economy. “We reiterate the right to use vehicles on public roads is a privilege. That privilege comes not only with a duty to ensure the safety of pedestrians and travelers, but also
MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to give its side on the petition filed by Albay Governor Noel Rosal questioning the poll body’s decision to oust him from his post for alleged election violations. “The Supreme Court took cognizance of the petition filed by counsel for Noel E. Rosal against the Comelec and Joseph Armogila,” the tribunal said, adding that the poll body and Armogila were asked to file their respective comments within 10 days on Rosal’s petition. “No action yet by the Court on the application for the issuance of a
