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Lawmaker asks: Why destroy seized elephant tusks at all?

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Why destroy something that can be very useful? This is the contention of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe who wants the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to reconsider its decision to destroy confiscated elephant tusks worth P420 million, saying the ivory tusks should be preserved and used for educational purposes.

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Bolivia lawmaker caught in sex video arrested

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Bolivian lawmakers listen to President Evo Morales deliver his state of the nation address at the National Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Police arrested a Bolivian provincial lawmaker, Domingo Alcibia, Tuesday who security cameras caught having what appears to be nonconsensual sex in a legislative chamber with an extremely inebriated and possibly unconscious woman. AP/Jorge Bernal, Pool

Police arrested a Bolivian provincial lawmaker Tuesday who security cameras caught having what appears to be nonconsensual sex in a legislative chamber with an extremely inebriated and possibly unconscious woman.

Posted: January 23rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Photos & Videos,World | Read More »

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