Category: General

MANILA: A Quezon City court has dismissed falsification charges against an Australian mining officer, his Filipino counterpart, and two others for ‘failure of the prosecution to present inculpatory evidence.’ In a 31-page decision dated Sept. 20, QC Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 226 Presiding Judge Manuel Sta. Cruz dismissed the charge of falsification of public documents against Australian national Jeffery McGlinn, Joseph Mahusay, Ramon Austria, and lawyer Rosalinda Montenegro. The charges involve six information involving alleged irregularities in the assignment of shares in Agusan-based gold mining firm Medusa Exploration and Development Corp., now Philsaga Management and Holdings, Inc. (PMHI), and

BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental’s provincial government is strengthening the security protocol in its social media assets after recovering access to its official Facebook page on Wednesday, a day after it was hacked. Charina Magallanes-Tan, head of the Public Information Office, said in an interview that losing access to the ‘Provincial Government of Negros Occidental’ page was quite a scare and that she is glad they were able to regain control of it after sending a request to Meta, the owner and operator of Facebook. ‘Meta responded to our request and restored access to the PIO. We will change the

BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has reiterated its call for sustained heightened alert as Tropical Storm Kristine slightly accelerated. ‘All concerned are advised to be on heightened alert, sustain monitoring activities, and submit preparedness actions and situational reports to the Cordillera (Regional) DRRMC,’ CDRRMC chairman and Office of Civil Defense – Cordillera Director Albert Mogol said in Memorandum 131-2024 released by noon on Wednesday. As of the 11 a.m. bulletin of the weather bureau, the Cordillera remains under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2. Mogol said as of 2 a.m. on Wednesday,

Manila: Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Royina Garma has confirmed the existence of the Davao Death Squad (DDS). In a supplemental affidavit submitted to the House Quad Committee (Quadcom) investigating extrajudicial killings (EJKs) linked to the anti-drug campaign, Garma revealed that the covert operations of the DDS were “common knowledge” among police officers in Davao City, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s stronghold. ‘I became aware of the so-called ‘Davao Death Squad’ through various sources during my assignment in Davao,’ Garma said. ‘It was common knowledge among officers that almost all station commanders had special teams for specific operations.”

Manila: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has yet to receive a formal extradition request from the United States for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy. “As you know, the Philippines has an extradition treaty with the United States of America. I wish to report that as of this date, the Department of Foreign Affairs has not received a formal extradition request from the United States,” DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo told the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Wednesday. He, however, assured lawmakers they are on standby in case a request will be