Day: September 10, 2024

Manila: The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) trying the cases against religious leader Apollo C. Quiboloy and his co-accused has ordered their ‘immediate’ transfer from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame to the Quezon City Jail. In an order dated Sept. 9, Judge Noel L. Parel of the RTC Branch 106, ruled that Quiboloy and co-accused Cresente Canada be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas Road, Bagong Silangan. The three other female co-accused — Jackielyn W. Roy, Ingrid C. Canada, and Sylvia Cemañes – were ordered transferred to the QC Jail- Female

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted anew the request of the camp of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo for another extension to file her counter-affidavit to the material misrepresentation complaint she is facing. Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said Tuesday the poll body’s law department approved a 10-day extension only. “Dapat natapos first extension ng Sept. 2. Humingi sila 15 days. Ten days (lang) binigay ng law department namin, Sept. 12 dapat deadline niya, 10 calendar days po. Kaya Sept. 2 ay hanggang Sept. 12 ang palugit na ibibigay sa kampo ni mayor Guo (The first extension

Manila: Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday said foreigners who helped Alice Guo and her siblings escape should also face the consequences of the law. “I do not believe Alice Guo’s assertion that no other Filipino helped her for I am of the belief that there were other personalities, possibly officials in government other than the Bureau of Immigration, who helped her,” Escudero said in a statement. “However, non-Filipino actors who helped her escape should also be held to account, including the ones she had mentioned,” he said. He said even if the foreigners are currently not in the

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday donated around PHP519.7 million to specialty hospitals Philippine Heart Center (PHC), the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI), and the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), in an effort to provide quality health services to the Filipino people. During the inauguration of the Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Center at the PHC in Quezon, Marcos handed over the check worth PHP200.5 million to the PHC, PHP185.2 million to the LCP, and PHP134 million to the NKTI. Marcos expressed optimism that the three specialty hospitals would continue seeking innovative medical services and

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order (EO) reverting the National Irrigation Administration’s (NIA) supervision to the Office of the President (OP) from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and reorganizing the composition of its Board of Directors. Under EO 69, inked by Marcos on Sept. 5 and made public on Tuesday, the NIA’s attachment is transferred back to the OP ‘for policy and program coordination.” To recall, EO 168 was issued in 2022, placing the NIA under the supervision of the DA. ‘Irrigation management and development is vital towards achieving food security and ensuring infrastructure development