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SLIM RIVER, A female teacher was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with trespassing into her ex-boyfriend’s office last March. The accused, N. Retha, 41, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to her before Magistrate G. Phulrani Kaur. Retha, a senior assistant for co-curricular activities, is alleged to have committed criminal trespass by entering the office of P. Navaneeth, 35, at about 3 pm at a clinic in the Muallim district on March 3. She was charged under Section 447 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum jail sentence of six months or a fine

Manila: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday announced the filing of criminal charges against one of its agents who acted improperly during a raid last Sept. 11 on a Makati clinic allegedly operating without a license. The operation resulted in the arrest of three women: Vietnamese national Nguyen Thu Ha aka Mei Naa, and her Filipino employees -Demi Robles and Mary Frinces Dalaguite. NBI director Jaime Santiago ordered the filing of criminal charges following an investigation by the Internal Affairs Division (IAD). He also ordered the temporary grounding of the NBI’s Special Task Force (STF), an ad hoc

Manila: A priest on Monday called on the faithful worldwide to pray the Rosary daily as the best weapon to stop the conflicts in Ukraine and Lebanon, as well as natural disasters occurring in many parts of the globe. Rev. Fr. Carlos Reyes, parish priest of the Guadalupe Catholic Church in Makati City, made the remarks on the eve of the annual observance by the Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary Month every October. ‘Pray the Rosary, erase that fear,’ he said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency. Reyes added that ‘during these troubled times, we must always

LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Region has been placed under red alert status Monday morning after tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) No 2. has been hoisted in the area due to Typhoon Julian. Red alert mandates all disaster risk reduction and management personnel to be on duty 24/7 so they can respond to any eventuality amid the bad weather. Engr. Randy Nicolas, Ilocos Norte provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer II, told the Philippine News Agency that around 23 families from this city were in evacuation centers but the total was around 37 including those from the city of Batac

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia extended last week’s losses to close lower on Monday, mirroring the mainly negative regional trend, with financial stocks leading the decline. CIMB Group led the retreat, falling 19 sen to RM8.05. and erasing 3.45 points off the benchmark index. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 11.18 points, or 0.67 per cent, to settle at 1,648.91 from Firday’s close of 1,660.09. The benchmark index, which opened 1.80 points higher at 1,661.89, moved between 1,647.28 and 1,661.89 throughout the day. On the broader market, decliners outnumbered gainers by 652 to 488 while 492 counters were unchanged,