Category: General

MANILA: The Supreme Court has asked the Senate to comment on a petition filed by suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, but has not handed down an order granting her plea to stop the Legislative chamber from summoning her in its inquiries into Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators (POGO) hubs operating in Pampanga. “The Court required the Senate Committee (on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality) to file its comment to the petition and prayer for TRO (temporary restraining order), within a non-extendible period of ten days from notice,” Court spokesperson Camille Ting said in a message to reporters. “The

MANILA: Coach Richard Villaseran’s King’s Gambit Online Chess School players achieved podium finishes in recent tournaments. Villaseran’s students pocketed six medals in the elementary division of the Palarong Pambansa which ended in Cebu City Tuesday. National Master (NM) Pat Ferdolf Macabulos, representing Central Luzon, bagged the individual bronze and team bronze (with Elexis Jazz Aves Mendez) in the standard category as well as the individual silver and team silver, also with Mendez, in blitz. Ralz Jaweh Devibar of Davao Region bagged silver in standard team and bronze in blitz team, both with Aaron Aton. NMs Keith Ilar and John Cyrus

COTABATO CITY – The Maguindanao del Sur provincial board approved Tuesday a resolution declaring the entire province in a state of calamity due to massive flooding that submerged 17 of 24 municipalities and affected over 60,000 families. Tim Ambolodto, provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has recommended placing the province under calamity to allow the provincial government to use its calamity funds. A total of 123 villages in 17 of 24 towns in Maguindanao del Sur remained underwater due to light to heavy downpours in the province and nearby areas

MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday lauded the adoption of a United Nations Human Rights Council (UN-HRC) resolution that seeks to protect and promote the human rights of seafarers around the world. The resolution will allow the Philippine government to ‘advance the rights and interest of Filipino seafarers’ who make up over a quarter of the roughly 2 million seafarers globally, the DOTr said in a statement. ‘Aspiring for the Philippines to be recognized as the ‘Maritime Capital of the World,’ we will ensure the rights and welfare of Filipino seafarers are properly protected,’ it said. The resolution

MANILA: The Supreme Court has asked the Senate to comment on a petition filed by suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, but has not handed down an order granting her plea to stop the Legislative chamber from summoning her in its inquiries into Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators (POGO) hubs operating in Pampanga. “The Court required the Senate Committee (on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality) to file its comment to the petition and prayer for TRO (temporary restraining order), within a non-extendible period of ten days from notice,” Court spokesperson Camille Ting said in a message to reporters. “The