The National Bureau of Investigation dismissed from services the head of the Security and Management Division and several security personnel on duty when former police officer Cezar Mancao escaped from the NBI custody.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday ordered the filing of slew of criminal cases against former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino before the Sandiganbayan for misuse of funds.
Seven students were killed when their tourist bus lost its brakes and crashed into a truck along a zigzag road in Benguet Thursday evening, police said Friday.
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday denied romantically linking Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and his chief of staff.
Fire gutted a residential area in Rizal Thursday afternoon, a city fire officer said.
A Philippine Military Academy cadet drowned while trying to save his younger brother and an uncle during a family outing on New Year’s Day in Ilocos Sur.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said that with its plight to tighten rules on campaign finance and spending for the 2013 elections, it hoped that the move would compel rival political parties and candidates to monitor each other’s poll spending and exercise “self-regulation.”
Fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Tuesday asked Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to file criminal and other appropriate charges against tuna fishing boat owners for allegedly compelling fishworkers to sail despite advisories to temporarily shelve fishing operations days before typhoon “Pablo” hit Mindanao.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) allowed four more partylist groups to run in the 2013 elections and barred four others, Chairman Sixto Brillantes said Friday.
The minority bloc at the House of Representatives on Wednesday wished President Benigno Aquino III to “get well soon” but said that they saw no indications of serious health trouble.
Vice President Jejomar Binay has branded Commission on Audit Commissioner Heidi Mendoza an “attack dog” of his opponents.
Despite the heavy rain that swamped Metro Manila Friday night, Typhoon “Karen” is not expected to directly affect the country as it continues to move towards Japan and will be 70 kilometers south of Okinawa by Sunday morning, the state weather bureau said in its recent bulletin.
Clogged court dockets and low compensation of judges and court employees are the problems candidates for Chief Justice see as among the reasons for the slow dispensation of justice.
