PHONE CHARGER KINDLES CRAME BARRACKS FIRE
A fire allegedly caused by an unattended mobile-phone charger nearly gutted down Tuesday morning a police barracks inside Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police.

The fire reportedly started at about 10:58 a.m. on Tuesday at room 206 at the second floor of the Base Police Headquarters, which is just a few meters away from Camp Crame’s Edsa gate. ANTHONY VARGAS

FATHER GETS 23 YEARS FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
Life sentence is what a father got for raping his own daughter as a Quezon City court sentenced him to suffer a penalty of reclusion perpetua, without eligibility for parole. In his decision, Judge Eleuterio Bathan of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 92 found Francisco Matobato guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape. “Per judicious analysis of the testimony of the victim it is crystal clear that she was raped by her father,” said Bathan in his decision. “In short, the victim rendered a complete and credible narration of her ordeal at the hands of the accused whom she positively identified in court. Her testimony was given in an honest and believable manner, devoid of any hint of falsity or attempt at fabrication,” the decision added. The victim said that the incident happened in November 1, 2004 when she was left alone at the house of her grandmother. JING VILLAMENTE

BANK BARES P1.4M IN MARCOS ACCOUNT
THE Philippine Veterans Bank bared that Rep. Imelda Marcos of Ilocos Norte province has a P1.4-million in her pension account based from her 2012 bank statements. In a single-page compliance, the private bank attached in an annex the bank statements of the wife of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos following the directive of the anti-graft court. The Sandiganbayan ordered the payment of the Marcoses P34.6 million in Civil Case 0029 after they were convicted of illegally siphoning public funds from the National Food Authority of another P2 million in damages. JOHN CONSTANTINE G. CORDON