Media task force: 4 motives being eyed in Jumalon slay
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security says investigators are eyeing four motives in the assassination of radio broadcaster Juan Jumalon in Misamis Occidental early Sunday morning.
PTFoMS executive director Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez did not enumerate the four motives but said it could be a personal grudge, work-related, or politics-related based on the police’s ongoing probe.
Pimentel, Makabayan bloc raise concern over military deal with Japan
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel says the Philippines must not allow itself to be the base of any foreign military, as he cautions his colleagues from swiftly approving the proposed defense treaty between the Philippines and Japan.
Pimentel did not hide his disappointment after Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri practically guaranteed the upper chamber’s ratification of the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a military accord that would open up the country to Japanese soldiers to train with their Filipino counterparts.
Oil firms roll back fuel prices by up to P1.10 per liter
Local oil companies will implement another round of rollbacks in the pump prices of petroleum products effective Tuesday, Nov. 7.
In separate advisories, the oil firms said they would cut the prices of gasoline by P0.45 per liter and diesel by P1.10 per liter on Tuesday, Nov. 7.