Category: General

Manila: Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros welcomed on Wednesday the arrest of former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao in Davao City. Lao, was nabbed by PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Barangay 18B, Obrero through a Sandiganbayan first division’s arrest warrant dated Sept. 12. He is facing graft charges for an alleged conspiracy to award PHP4 billion in contracts for Covid-19 test kits to a “favored supplier” during the pandemic, “Time to face the music, Atty. Lao. Oras na para harapin mo ang mga kaso laban sayo (It is time for you

BULUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Police have launched a manhunt for two unidentified gunmen who killed a municipal councilor here on Tuesday afternoon. Colonel Ruel Sermese, Maguindanao del Sur police provincial director, identified the victim as Buluan Councilor Mohamamd Usman Alamada, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds. ‘We strongly condemn the murder of Councilor Alamada,” Sermese said in a statement Wednesday, ordering the formation of a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to expedite the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice. Alamada and a companion were standing in front of a roadside restaurant near the Buluan District Hospital in Barangay Poblacion

Manila: Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez on Wednesday confirmed the expiration of his term, saying it takes effect ‘immediately.’ In a statement, Gutierrez expressed gratitude to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for giving him the opportunity to lead the PTFoMS for more than a year. ‘I thanked Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., for the opportunity to serve under his administration even for the brief duration of 1 year and 14 weeks since my appointment on May 25, 2023,’ Gutierrez said. ‘His decision to continue with the PTFoMS is the clearest message to all that

KUALA LUMPUR, The High Court here has set Nov 11 to deliver its decision on the Malaysian Bar’s application for leave to commence a judicial review challenging the Pardons Board’s decision to reduce Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s prison sentence and fine in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case. Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid scheduled the date after hearing submissions from the former prime minister’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, and former Malaysian Bar president Datuk Zainur Zakaria representing the statutory body. ‘The decision will be delivered on Nov 11 at 9 am in an open court,’

IPOH, Prolonged heavy rain for more than two hours caused severe damage to a restaurant and a fish landing jetty in Bagan Sungai Burung, Bagan Datuk, early this morning. Bagan Datuk District Civil Defense Force (APM) officer, Mohd Fazly Mohamad Zawawi, said that based on information received, there were strong winds, rain, and thunderstorms in the area at 4 am. He said a team of APM personnel was sent to the scene to monitor the situation and check the water level after a report was received around 9.45 am. ‘A restaurant and a fish landing jetty suffered severe damage due