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(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Garcia and Administrative Officer IV Emmylou Cabonilas were sentenced to a prison term ranging from two months and one day to eight months and 21 days for usurpation. In a motion filed last Feb. 9, Garcia’s lawyer Francisco S. Yabut submitted a motion to dismiss the case because his client had died on Sept. 1, 2020 or two months prior to the promulgation of the decision. He presented Garcia’s death certificate. Garcia and Cabonilas’ conviction has not attained...

Published March 17, 2021, 1:38 PM Three former provincial officials of Oriental Mindoro have been convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan in the purchase of P3.2 million worth of fertilizers in 2004. Convicted were former provincial agriculturist Rodolfo V. Valdez, provincial treasurer Paz P. Fortunato, and accountant Ma. Cynthia A. Puyat. But the anti-graft court acquitted them of malversation charges for failure of the prosecution to prove that they misappropriated, took, or permitted another...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → March → 16 → Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’ Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’ By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – On March 17 last year President Duterte imposed strict quarantine measures supposedly to suppress the rise of Covid-19 cases in the country. Curfews were set and checkpoints were put in place to regulate people’s mobility. Uniformed men, some with ...

Published March 15, 2021, 9:11 PM The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has slapped charges of smuggling against importers that brought in various branded medicines and printing equipment in the country in August 2020. The agency bared in a statement Monday, March 15 that it filed the criminal charges last March 12 before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Facilitating the filing of the cases were the bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS) together with personnel from the Port of Manila and Man...

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque denied accusations on Tuesday, March 9, that the investigation into the recent Calabarzon killings is only for publicity.

Published March 9, 2021, 6:15 PM Can a P100,000 fine and a six month prison term keep drivers of motor vehicles sober? The House of Representatives is convinced it will as it approved on second reading House Bill 8914 proposing to impose stiffer penalties for drunk or drugged driving. Authored by Deputy Speaker Michael Odylon Romero; Rep. Enrico Pineda (1PACMAN Partylist) and Raneo Abu (NP, Batangas), HB 8914 was referred for plenary debates on Monday, March 8 and was approved on second readi...

House backs Dutertes move to grant amnesty to rebel groups By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published March 7, 2021 5:16pm House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Sunday assured the chambers swift adoption of four measures granting amnesty to members of four rebel groups. The measures were in support of President Rodrigo Dutertes move to grant amnesty to members of communist groups and other rebel organizations who committed crimes punishable under the Revised Penal Code and Special Penal La...

March 7, 2021 | 6:37 pm Font Size AAA MEMBERS of the Joint Peace and Security Team — composed of the military, police, and the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces — attend the inauguration of their newly-renovated facility in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Mar. 2 as part of peacekeeping efforts in the Bangsamoro region. — OPAPP House leaders vow to act fast on amnesty resolutions for former rebels LEADERS of the House of Representatives have filed a resolution calling for sw...

(Photo by PNP-PIO) But for a 64-year old late bloomer from Quezon City, the memory of her ‘long distance’ social media love affair with a foreigner, whom she thought is a contractor, brought her storms and troubles after she lost more than P3 million to him via online fraud and swindling. Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the 26-year old Nigerian ‘loverboy’ identified as Evans Amara Okeke was arrested along with two other suspects, Nigerian Chidiebe...

Sponsorship Speech for Committee Report 186 Red-Tagging and Red-Baiting by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson   How the government sets a balance between promoting civil liberties and protecting the security of the state defines the foundations of our democracy. Mr. President, distinguished colleagues of this venerable chamber, I have the honor to report the result of the public hearings, in aid of legislation, conducted by the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconcil...