Retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot, former military chief comptroller, on Friday posted bail before the Sandiganbayan in connection with perjury charges slapped against him for filing erroneous statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) while in office.
An umbrella organization representing some 120,000 military and police retirees and veterans wants Congress to allocate P17 billion to settle pension arrears accumulated in the last 13 years.
All elementary and high schools will discuss in class the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo’s brand of public service on Aug. 28, a Tuesday, the day he is laid to rest in his hometown of Naga City.
Several lawmakers, including a member of the House prosecution team, believe a second impeachment case is unlikely to prosper against Chief Justice Renato Corona should he succeed in convincing at least eight senators to acquit him in the on-going trial.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has a new commander for its Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) who will oversee all military forces involved in security operations against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and communist rebels.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo has good reason to believe that former Palawan governor Joel Reyes is still in the country despite futile efforts of police teams to find him.
Residents of a slum area in Barangay (village) Paso de Blas in Valenzuela City held a fire drill Sunday that taught them what to do in case of fire.
The Philippine military on Friday said it had “intensified” its monitoring of North Korea’s plan to launch a long-range rocket next month, as Japan readied its missile defense systems to shoot down the rocket if it threatens Japanese territory.
After business establishments, fire safety officials will now focus on inspecting fire-prone residential areas.
An underground war tunnel in Fort Bonifacio that will be reopened to tourism is a fitting tribute to the many unsung heroes in the military.
Former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., a principal suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, was admitted for check-up and observation at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (formerly V. Luna Hospital) in Quezon City Friday afternoon even without a court order, the spokesman of the military hospital said.
Chances are “very slim” that the 71 people believed buried in two earthquake-triggered landslides in Negros Oriental are still alive, according to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Benito Ramos.
At least 40 persons, including a nine-year-old girl, died in Negros Oriental during the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the province and other areas shortly before noon Monday, local authorities here said.
