Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:30:58 +0000
DIVORCE in the Philippines will not be a “quickie” process to dismantle marriages, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Technical Working Group (TWG) said on Wednesday. “This is not a quick process because there is a judicial proceeding wherein the judge will be the one to grant or deny a petition for approved divorce,” […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Arlo Custodio| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:56:53 +0000
SINCE Monday morning in Manila, Marcelito Pomoy’s performance in “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” finals had been viewed 10 million times, 9.1 million views in the first six minutes of the show on its Facebook page. Singing “Beauty And The Beast” in his signature dual voices, the YouTube video has garnered 6.56 million as of posting time, while […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jomar Canlas, TMT| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:43:04 +0000
THE Supreme Court has ordered television network ABS-CBN Corp. to comment within 10 days to the Quo Warranto petition of Solicitor General Jose Calida seeking the revocation of its franchise. READ: Govt seeks to strip ABS-CBN franchise Spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka said the time to file the comment would not be extended. “Acting on the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:12:53 +0000
FOLLOWING a travel restriction imposed by the Philippine government amid an outbreak of the 2019-novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Syndrome (2019-nCoV ARD), another airline cancelled four Taiwan flights starting on Tuesday. “In support of the efforts by the Philippine government to manage the risks from the novel coronavirus, and the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:47:32 +0000
THE Office of the Solicitor General filed on Monday a quo warranto case against ABS-CBN Corp. Solicitor General Jose Calida led the filing of the case before the Supreme Court. He questioned the legality of the franchise of the broadcasting company, as well as the transfer of shares of ABS-CBN Corporation and ABS-CBN Convergence.JOMAR CANLAS
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:47:08 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to formally notify the United States (US) of the Philippines’ intention to unilaterally withdraw from the two countries’ Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Malacañang announced on Friday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte instructed Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to inform Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to send to the US government […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino, TMT| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 03:47:48 +0000
THE Sandiganbayan convicted Al Vitangcol 3rd, ex-general manager of the Metro Rail Transit 3, and an uncle of graft. In a ruling promulgated by the Third Division on January 31 but released on Thursday, the court found Vitangcol and Arturo Soriano guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 02:37:23 +0000
TWO solar panels used in monitoring Mayon Volcano’s activities in Albay were stolen, a state seismic bureau official said Thursday. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato Solidum said that the two 150-watt solar panels were stolen at the Mayon Resthouse Observatory, which hosts instruments for monitoring, and Global Positioning System (GPS). He […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:15:05 +0000
FOUR Senate committees have recommended the filing of graft charges against sacked Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon for his alleged involvement in the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) scandal. In a 34-page report, the Senate committees on justice, constitutional amendments, blue ribbon, and finance accused Faeldon of wrongdoing when he did not follow […]
Read moreCredit to Author: William B. Depasupil| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:41:00 +0000
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to arrest individuals disseminating false information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus (n-CoV). In Department Order (DO) 052, Guevarra also instructed NBI Director Dante Gierran to coordinate with the Department of Health (DoH) and provide technical assistance, if necessary, in contract tracing individuals […]
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