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Heart, kidney diseases leading cause of inmate deaths
November 13, 2019, 5:50 pm
MANILA -- Prison officials on Wednesday said heart ailments, stroke and chronic kidney diseases remain the top cause of death among prisoners. Speaking to newsmen at the sidelines of a public health forum in Makati City, New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Hospital chief Henry Fabro said a shortage of… Read More
PH envoy meets with US solons seeking de Lima release
November 13, 2019, 12:00 pm
MANILA -- Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez on Wednesday met with two American lawmakers seeking for the immediate release of Senator Leila de Lima. "Upon the request of Senator (Dick) Durbin, I came here to the Capitol to meet with both Senator Durbin and Senator… Read More
Sale of US rifles to PH a 'work in progress': envoy
November 8, 2019, 7:19 am
MANILA -- Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez on Thursday night said talks are still ongoing on Manila's intent to buy some 74,000 M-16 assault rifles from the US to help address communist insurgency and fight terrorism in the country. "(It's a) work in progress,"… Read More
Probe judges dismissing cases vs. Reds instead, Parlade to SC
November 4, 2019, 12:19 pm
MANILA – Rather than looking into the actions of a Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge who issued a search warrants for the offices and homes of activists in Bacolod and Escalante cities, a ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) appealed… Read More
Senate panel proposes greater 'police visibility' in schools
October 3, 2019, 7:28 pm
MANILA -- A joint Senate panel on Wednesday recommended increased police visibility inside schools, strict monitoring of student activities within and outside school premises, and the investigation of the alleged recruiters of missing minors as part of the measure to be taken to finally put an… Read More
De Lima getting fair public trial: Palace
October 3, 2019, 4:38 pm
MANILA -- Detained Senator Leila de Lima is precisely getting a “fair public trial, as due process requires”, Malacañang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this comment in response to US Senator Patrick Leahy’s call to accord de Lima a fair public trial to… Read More
Duterte to speak to Trump if US Senate adopts proposed entry ban
October 2, 2019, 7:39 am
MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte dismissed as “unripe” a proposal of two US senators to bar Philippine government officials involved in the imprisonment of Senator Leila de Lima from entering the United States. “I have the best adjective for that pero (but) at this time, I will just…… Read More
Panelo unfazed by possible entry ban to US
September 30, 2019, 6:17 pm
MANILA -- Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Monday said he remains unfazed by the possibility that he and other Philippine government officials may be barred from entering the United States. Panelo said he would not mind being barred from entering the U.S. because he has been there… Read More
Go lambasts US senators for ‘interference’
September 30, 2019, 2:10 pm
MANILA -- Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go condemned US senators for their “brazen interference” in the judicial process and internal affairs of the Philippines. This came on the heels of the news that the US Senate panel approved an amendment in an appropriations bill that will ban… Read More
US Senator Leahy ‘ignorant’ about de Lima’s detention: Palace
September 30, 2019, 8:24 am
MANILA -- Malacañang called US Senator Patrick Leahy “ignorant” for assuming he saw the entire picture surrounding Senator Leila de Lima’s incarceration. This, after Leahy co-sponsored an amendment to the proposal to bar the entry to the US of any Philippine official involved in de Lima's… Read More
Banner stories of Manila's leading newspapers, Sat. Sep. 28, 2019
September 28, 2019, 7:36 am
INQUIRER -- Pushed in US Senate: No entry for Leila's jailers PHILIPPINE STAR -- WHO: Kids need full polio vaccination MANILA BULLETIN -- No need to reclaim Scarborough - China DAILY TRIBUNE -- 'Insulting' De Lima demand MANILA TIMES -- Duterte offers P2M for info on 'ninjas' MANILA… Read More
Palace hits proposed US ban of PH execs in De Lima case
September 27, 2019, 6:12 pm
MANILA-- Malacañang on Friday scored a United States Senate panel's proposed travel ban on Filipino officials who were involved in the detention of Senator Leila de Lima. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo confirmed that a panel in the US Senate approved an amendment to its pending bill… Read More
Duterte orders total BuCor revamp
September 18, 2019, 5:52 pm
MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a total revamp of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to curb corruption within the bureau, Malacañang said on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo bared this after Duterte appointed former warden of the Parañaque and Manila City… Read More
Palace lauds IRR revision of GCTA law
September 17, 2019, 7:18 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday welcomed the revision of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. "We hope that the revisions and corrections made in the instrument would address the inaccuracies, as well as the loopholes of… Read More
Banner stories of Manila's leading newspapers, Fri. Sep. 13, 2019
September 13, 2019, 8:02 am
INQUIRER – Bilibid flesh trade, 24-hr gambling bared PHILIPPINE STAR – ‘7 capital sins’ in BuCor bared MANILA BULLETIN – Napoles in GCTA list DAILY TRIBUNE – Mess points to De Lima MANILA TIMES – Ex-BuCor chief bares more scams MANILA STANDARD – Bilibid hospital rocks with sex,… Read More
CIDG raps on 'Bikoy' revelations up for resolution
September 12, 2019, 2:38 pm
MANILA -- The cases filed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) arising from the revelations of Peter Joemel Advincula, the man behind the so-called "Ang Totoong Narcolist" video" against 36 opposition figures, is now submitted for resolution by… Read More
PRRD can transfer convicts sans court order: Palace spox
September 11, 2019, 4:48 pm
MANILA-- Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte can transfer convicts without a court order. "They are saying you need a court order. You know I’ve looked over the law, there is nothing that says the President… Read More
Ex-NPA member bares communist fronts harassing industrial sector
September 11, 2019, 1:23 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A former member of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), on Tuesday said communist-terrorist rebel fronts are infiltrating union workers and sow unrest in the industrial sector. Ka Dada, whose name has been withheld… Read More
Banner stories of Manila's leading newspapers, Wed. Sep. 11, 2019
September 11, 2019, 8:54 am
INQUIRER – Dengue downs 250K; more than 1,000 dead PHILIPPINE STAR – De Lima, Mar asked to explain GCTA rules MANILA BULLETIN – Bilibid ‘hospital pass for sale’ probed DAILY TRIBUNE – Obstructions sans grace MANILA TIMES – Draft ruling vs Marcos poll protest divides SC MANILA… Read More
PNP asks Interpol to issue 'red notice' vs. Joma
September 10, 2019, 2:58 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said it has asked the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to issue a 'red notice' to expedite the arrest of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Jose Maria "Joma" Sison for his alleged involvement in the… Read More
