Posted on May 28th, 2011 by Roy
A stricter “No Smoking” policy in public places will be implemented in Metro Manila starting Monday and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will see to it that it will be imposed.
Posted on April 30th, 2011 by Roy
Vice President Jejomar Binay was tasked to make a decision whether or not the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be allowed to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The vice president said he hopes to submit by next month recommendation on the proposal to bury the former president at the Philippines’ national heroes’ [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2011 by Roy
The Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Ang Galing Pinoy Party List Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela ordering them to appear before the justice department to answer the charges for the P73.85-million tax evasion cased filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) April 7.
The former presidential son and his wife were [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Roy
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III yesterday said he wants oil companies to open their books to public scrutiny to prove that they were not taking advantage of the public in their series of oil price increases.
“That was my position ever since I have been in public service, isn’t it? If reasonable, why can’t they show [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Roy
In response to the steady rising of oil prices, the Aquino government is planning to resort to “extreme legal measure” by issuing an executive order that would ban further oil price increases. The same has been done during the Arroyo administration when Executive Order was in issued in 2009 to freeze oil prices.
Department of Justice [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2011 by Roy
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Monday that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on November 2009 for involvement in smuggling shabu into the country was granted pardon and freed Sunday.
The DFA did not release his name, in deference to the request of his family for [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2011 by Roy
At the height of the controversy surrounding the closure of the Aguire-led Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) president Jose Nograles has resigned from his post as head of the state-run deposit insurer.
Sources were quick to clarify that the decision of Nograles to quit was not in any way connected [...]
Posted on April 13th, 2011 by Roy
The Department of Justice (DoJ) received charges filed by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank against each other. To conduct a preliminary investigation on the said charges, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima formed a three-man panel lead by Senior State Prosecutor Rosanne Balauag, and members Assistant State Prosecutors Bernardo [...]
Posted on April 13th, 2011 by Roy
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred 34 prospective overseas Filipino workers from leaving the country. The passengers were prevented from boarding a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight to Bangkok after confessing that they were OFWs disguised as business travelers after intense questioning from immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
BI airport operations chief Lina [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2011 by Roy
The Supreme Court (SC), in their last summer session in Baguio City, upheld the constitutionality of laws passed by the 11th Congress on the cityhood of 16 municipalities. The SC justices kept their 7-6 vote, dismissing the appeal of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) that various cityhood laws be declared unconstitutional.
The cityhood [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2011 by Roy
Former governor Zaldy U. Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is facing plunder charges. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said charges will be filed against Ampatuan after an audit report revealed that unaccounted amount of P2.5 billion in government funds. Robredo said the charges could be filed by the [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2011 by Roy
The smartcards would be released to public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and tricycle operators on May 1 or May 2, according to presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda. The implementing rules and regulations were finalized and issued last week.
Lacierda said that Malacañang also warned public transport groups of stiff sanction if they jeopardize the public welfare with crippling [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2011 by Roy
Multinational firm Johnson & Johnson was fined by the United States authorities $70 million on for bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks for contracts under a United Nations (UN) relief program in Iraq.
According to the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, the cosmetics and drug giant has paid doctors and hospitals [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2011 by Roy
After being put in the hot seat once again, controversial television host Willie Revillame announced last Friday that his program “Willing Willie” will be off the air temporarily. Revillame made the announcement after major sponsors started pulling their ads one by one.
The controversy started on the March 12 episode of “Willing Willie” where six year [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2011 by Roy
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) relaxes on the requirement on the risk-based assessment of qualifying capital instruments. The BSP amended Circular No. 709 on the Definition of Qualifying Capital Instruments under the Risk-Based Capital Adequacy Framework for Banks and Quasi-Banks by removing the loss absorption feature from among the requirements that an external legal [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2011 by Roy
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a P73.85 million tax evasion case against Ang Galing Party-list Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo and his wife, Angela. Perhaps, the biggest fish yet, in its campaign against tax evaders, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said the couple were charged for attempting to defeat taxes and failing to file income [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2011 by Roy
The ongoing investigation of former military comptroller Lieutenant General Jacinto and wife Erlinda Ligot has produced results as United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. announced on Thursday that the US government has turned over to the Philippines $132,000 worth of assets of Mrs. Ligot.
Thomas, in his meeting with Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, said, “Today, [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Roy
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) wants to immediately put their foot on the planned transport holiday of Jeepney operators on Thursday. The LTFRB warns those who will on the jeepney strike could suffer the same fate as some bus operators.
The agency was referring to the fate of bus operators whose franchises were [...]
Posted on March 27th, 2011 by Roy
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granted a P1 provisional fare increase for Metro Manila buses. The resolution was signed last Friday approving the fare adjustment for the first five kilometers. There will be no provisional increase on the succeeding kilometers though.
The increased fare would be P10 for the first five kilometers and [...]
Posted on March 27th, 2011 by Roy
Willie Revillame once again finds himself on the hot seat, this time for subjecting a 6-year old boy named Jan-Jan to what others said was public humiliation on his primetime TV5 show Willing Willie. A YouTube video of the kid dancing and gyrating his hips like a macho dancer has gone viral and has been [...]
