DEFENSE and military officials on
Wednesday steered clear of the controversy involving a retired army
general who is offering P20 million from the wealth he allegedly
amassed in exchange for the dropping of charges against him.
In a plea-bargain offer, former
military comptroller Jacinto Ligot wants to surrender part of his
assets if the charges against him and his family are withdrawn.
A crewmember of a Panamanian
cargo ship was killed and two were still missing after the vessel
sank off Curimao Island in Ilocos Norte Wednesday morning.
Former governor Antonio Leviste
of Batangas on Wednesday refused to enter a plea when he was
arraigned for the murder of his long-time associate last January.
The Japanese contractor hired by
the consortium that built the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Terminal 3 reportedly refuses to accept responsibility for the
structural and design defects in the facility...
DEFENSE officials on Wednesday
still remain slighted by UN special rapporteur Philip Alston’s
report that all but dimmed the country’s human-rights credibility
before the international community.
DISASTER agencies and local
security forces have acquired new equipment that would enhance the
country’s capability to response to high-level terror assault such
as chemical or nuclear attacks.
HUNDREDS of illegally placed
posters and billboards of local officials in Quezon City have been
torn down by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel
as part of the agency’s task ...
THE family of a Korean
businessman is considering filing criminal charges against several
agents of the National Bureau of Investigation for allegedly
detaining the trader for two weeks without any charges.
The newly installed chief of police of Muntinlupa City has ordered a
major reshuffle of ranking police officers in the city two weeks
after the controversial removal of the former police chief.
Global Call to Action against
Poverty (GCAP)-Philippines, a local network of nongovernment and
people’s organizations that is part of the biggest antipoverty
alliance in the world...
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