Day: September 9, 2024

Manila: The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Monday cited dismissed mayor Alice Guo in contempt for being evasive in answering questions from the panel. Deputy Minority Leader and panel chair Senator Risa Hontiveros made the motion after Guo insisted that she and Guo Hua Ping are not the same person. The motion was seconded by Senator Joel Villanueva. “The National Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that she is Guo Hua Ping, a Chinese national who entered here in 2003. That means she blatantly lied before us in the Senate. That means she faced the

Manila: Arrangements are being made with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for the ‘imminent’ repatriation of former Negros Oriental lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. to the Philippines, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday. “Teves is coming home very soon. At expectation natin (And our expectation is) within the month,” Remulla told reporters. “Air Force airplane ang aming kinuha. May agreement kami para yung eroplanong sasakyan ay manggagaling po sa ating Air Force (And it will be an Air Force airplane. We have an agreement, that the airplane to be used will come from the air force),” he said. Teves

Manila: An operation led by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) yielded some PHP4.8 billion worth of suspected smuggled items in Manila. In a news release on Monday, BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said the raid led by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) of a warehouse in Binondo district on Sept. 6 yielded smuggled vapes and counterfeit branded items, cosmetics, and general merchandise. ‘I am sure that this will be one of the biggest operations by the BOC this year in terms of the value of the goods found. In recent months, we’ve been monitoring several warehouses

Manila: Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cesar Chavez is looking to regularize all contract of service (COS) employees in the agency by 2025. The new Communications chief made the pronouncement Monday during the presentation of the PCO budget at the House of Representatives. Chavez, who was appointed PCO chief last week by the President, said the regularization of the agency’s 217 COS personnel is part of the proposed reorganization process and new organizational structure submitted in May 2024 and is currently being reviewed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). ‘The PCO has already submitted to the DBM our

Manila: The National Amnesty Commission (NAC) on Monday said 21 ranking Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders have filed their applications through the Local Amnesty Board in Cotabato City. In a statement, the NAC said among those who filed for amnesty on Aug. 30 were top ground commanders of the group who are now Members of Parliament (MP) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The ceremonial submission was witnessed by the chairpersons of the Government of the Philippines-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GPH-MILF) Peace Implementing Panel, retired Gen. Cesar Yano and Minister Mohagher Iqbal. Also in attendance were