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Taipei clears Pinay in robbery case

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has filed charges against a Taiwanese lawyer for falsely accusing a Filipino...

Does PH need a Dep’t of Culture?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Loren Legarda is pushing for the creation of a Department of Culture aimed at strengthening and protecting Philippine...

DA officials charged before Ombudsman

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Four Department of Agriculture (DA) officials face criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly...

PNoy raises alarm over transnational crimes

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III urged the police heads of various Southeast Asian countries to ensure that organized criminal groups...

Alternative fuel vehicles pushed

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Bam Aquino is pushing to exempt manufacturers or importers of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) from the payment of excise...

Surrender Napoles list, Senate tells de Lima

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – There is no stopping the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee from compelling the Department of Justice to “surrender” the affidavit...

Ex-PCSO chief resignation due to Mar?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Malacañang denied that Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) former chairman Margarita Juico resigned because of her failure to comply...

Qatar court clears 17 Filipinos in theft case

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Seventeen Filipino ship workers charged with stealing fuel were acquitted by a Qatar criminal court. The Philippine Embassy...

Pinay ‘croc’ savior hailed for conservation efforts

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA -A Filipino conservationist has been bestowed with a Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) award for her work involving...

‘Lacson should not have accepted rehab czar job’

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson should have not accepted the government’s offer to become the super typhoon “Yolanda” rehabilitation...