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Senate, DND, in same page over ‘fixed term’ issue
DEPARTMENT of National Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the Senate had expressed support for his recommendation on the removal of “fixed terms” in some key positions…
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Iwahig prison officers accused Bantag of ‘torture’
‘WHEN it rains, in pours,’ as the saying goes and in the case of former Bureau of Corrections director general, Gerald Bantag, the hail of legal woes continues to pour in after five…
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‘Vote-buying’ yarn versus Lopez, junked
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has junked a case filed against Manila mayoralty bet Alex Lopez in connection with the 2022 elections.
In a resolution by the Comelec First…
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Govt. seizes P24.3 billion smuggled goods in 2022
THE government, thru the Bureau of Customs (BOC), confiscated assorted smuggled goods last year totaling some P24.3 billion, of which, nearly half or P11.95 billion, consisted of…
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Manila RTC releases Cams for the 2019 murder of Masbate vice mayor
THE quest for justice of the family of the late Batuan, Masbate vice mayor, Charlie Yuson III, took a turn for the worse after Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 42 presiding judge,…
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BOC seizes vessel loaded with 25,000 tons of PH nickel ores
THE Bureau of Customs has issued a seizure order against a foreign-registered vessel docked off the coast of Zambales loaded with 25,000 metric tons of “nickel laterite ore” with an…
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‘It’s a challenge, not a problem’—Comm. Yogi Ruiz
BUREAU of Customs (BOC) commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz is not deterred by the whooping increase that the country’s financial managers have placed on his shoulders in terms of the…
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Over P2.1 billion goods seized at Subic Port
THE Port of Subic of the Bureau of Customs has released its data on its anti-smuggling accomplishments to counter allegations that it has become a ‘smugglers’ haven’ particularly for…
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Former BOC exec is new OCD administrator
PRESIDENT Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. has appointed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) deputy commissioner for enforcement, Ariel Nepomuceno, as administrator of the Office of the…
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Jose Maria Sison, CPP founder, dead at 83, finally
A CROSS section of Philippine society torched various social media platforms to express rejoice and their disappointment after the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) confirmed…
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