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Former MRT-3 General Manager Vitangcol is facing graft charges filed before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly trying to extort a Czech firm. After the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division ordered for his arrest, former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III posted P60,000 bail. Vitangcol, along with maintenance provider PH Trams Director Wilson de … Read more
Raising the excise tax on cigarettes in 2012 made around eight million Filipinos stop smoking while supply decreases. The raise in excise tax on cigarettes in 2012 made around eight million Filipino smokers stop in their vice as the supply of cigarettes went down by more than 25 percent. The 2012 landmark law on excise … Read more
Former President Ramos bats anew to the Duterte administration’s war against illegal drugs by advising the PNP to “shoot to disable and not shoot to kill”. SHOOT TO DISABLE AND NOT SHOOT TO KILL. Former President Fidel V. Ramos expressed his concern about the increasing number of drug personalities and suspects who are being killed … Read more
Vitangcol is facing graft charges filed before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly trying to extort a Czech firm. The Sandiganbayan sixth division ordered the arrest of former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III after two counts of graft charges were filed against him for allegedly trying to extort a Czech firm … Read more
President Obama invited the American Nobel Prize winners for a meeting at the oval office but Bob Dylan did not show up. WASHINGTON, United States – Singer Bob Dylan blew off a supposed meeting with President Barack Obama and other American Nobel Prize winners on Wednesday. Dylan and four other Nobel prize recipients were invited … Read more
The NYC described HIV as a worsening “youth epidemic” in the country today. The National Youth Commission (NYC) is alarmed over the increasing number of young Filipinos who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), calling it as one of the most urgent concerns facing the youth in the Philippines. NYC chairperson Aiza Seguerra described … Read more
The former basketball player and his runner was arrested in a buy bust operation where a sachet of prohibited drugs was confiscated. BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental – Former basketball star and now barangay chairman at Barangay 35, Bacolod City in Negros Occidental Manuel “Maui” Huelar was arrested along with two others in a drug buy … Read more
In a vote of 20 without any objection, the Senate approved the 2017 proposed national budget earlier compared to last year. The Philippine Senate approved for the third and final reading on Monday, November 28, the 2017 proposed national budget amounting to P3.35 trillion. In a vote of 20 without any objection or abstention, the … Read more
Heritage advocates maintained that having another shopping mall in Manila City to replace Rizal Commercial Complex will do no good. IT IS OF NO GOOD. Heritage advocates maintained that having another shopping mall in Manila City to replace Rizal Commercial Complex will do no good. Heritage advocates scored the plan of Manila City Mayor Joseph … Read more
The Office of the Ombudsman has obtained some “leads” on allegations of the involvement of Senator De Lima to the illegal drug trade at NBP. Senator Leila de Lima is expecting that the probe by the Office of the Ombudsman into her involvement in the illegal drug trade will clear her name from the accusations. … Read more