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Waterford man sentenced to three months imprisonment for operating

An Animal Welfare Inspector with the ISPCA has described how “defenceless dogs” that were saved from an illegal puppy farm in Co Waterford have been able to start their journey to a new life.

A 65-year-old Co Waterford man received a three month custodial sentence and was disqualified from keeping dogs for life for operating an illegal puppy farm.

Megawide Construction Corp. subsidiary GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC) will “exhaust all legal remedies available” to counter the alleged Anti-Dummy Law violations that have been hurled against its directors. Emphasizing they are innocent and are compliant with the law, the directors said they are confident that the case will be…

15 GMCAC officials vow to prove innocence

Department of Justice A panel of Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors has approved the filing of criminal charges against Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Steve Y. Dicdican and 15 other persons for allegedly violating the Anti-Dum

Published December 29, 2020, 4:50 PM The Office of the Ombudsman has required the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to submit the status of the implementation of the preventive suspension order it earlier issued against an official of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA). In a letter to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, the Ombudsman noted that it has been receiving reports that MCIAA General Manager Steve Dicdican continues to work despite the order for his prevent...

(MANILA BULLETIN) Dicdican has been ordered suspended for six months without pay in order to prevent any possible tampering of evidence, harassment of witnesses, or interference. He is likewise prohibited from entering his office throughout the duration of his suspension. On April 2014, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and MCIAA awarded MCIA’s management and operation to GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC) under a 25-year concession for P14.4 billion. The concession was for t...

(MANILA BULLETIN) Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento revealed on Monday, Dec. 14, that he has already assigned the case to a prosecutor who will be conducting the preliminary investigation. “Just assigned it,” Malcontento said. “Sa January na ang PI niyan (The assigned prosecutor will conduct the PI this January),” he disclosed. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed the complaint before the NBI last Nov. 26 following investigation conducted by its Anti-Fraud Division (N...