Palace urges gov’t workers to take part in Edsa celebration
Malacañang is urging state employees to “actively take part” in activities marking the 27th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
Malacañang is urging state employees to “actively take part” in activities marking the 27th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
The families of at least two of the victims in the Atimonan, Quezon shooting are getting impatient with Malacañang’s decision to go slow in reviewing the recommendations that the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation submitted to the Palace over a week ago.
“Coplan Armado,” the police operation to get a notorious illegal gambling operator in Southern Tagalog that led to the killing of 13 people in an alleged shootout in Atimonan, Quezon province, on Sunday would have pushed through with or without the approval of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will expand its investigation of the killing of 13 people in an alleged shootout between government security forces and alleged criminals in Quezon province on Sunday and look into the role in the incident of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).
The police operation against a suspected jueteng operator in Quezon that led to the deaths of 13 people last week was a “confidential” proposal that was not approved, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Friday.
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on Thursday washed his hands as head of the anticrime superbody of any responsibility in the bloody Antimonan, Quezon, incident on Sunday.
The gun battle in Atimonan town, Quezon province, that left 13 people dead on Sunday was the culmination of a three-month police operation approved by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has scrapped its plan to cut 486 trees to widen the stretch of the Manila North Road here and in nearby Mabalacat City.
Media-shy Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa Jr. promised members of the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) he would make himself more accessible to them next year, at the Christmas party he threw for the MPC Wednesday night.
President Benigno Aquino III has given new Cabinet Secretary Rene Jose Almendras a powerful role in his administration—as implementor of its projects roadmap—without clipping the powers of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
There are three new justices in the Court of Appeals appointed by President Aquino. Based on a transmittal letter from Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. to Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno dated Sept. 18, the new appellate court justices are Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judges Marie Christine Jacob and Henri Jean-Paul Inting, and Iligan City RTC Judge Oscar Badelles.
Malacañang bristled at insinuations that it barred Cabinet officials from appearing at Friday’s Senate inquiry because it centered on Puno, President Benigno Aquino’s shooting-range buddy.
The Department of Interior and Local Government has proposed a budget of P90.55 billion for 2013, which is lower by three percent from its current funding of P92.8 billion, according to its officer-in-charge Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
