Gunmen shoot at BuCor chief’s car on Skyway
MANILA, Philippines — Unidentified assailants shot at a vehicle owned by Bureau of Corrections chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. as it was on its way to pick up BuCor deputy chief Al Perreras in Quezon City.
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275 BuCor personnel face job loss
MANILA, Philippines — At least 275 personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) are set to lose their jobs for failing to complete the required eligibility and education requirements under the law, despite extensions.
DOJ: 8 inmates freed on good conduct
MANILA, Philippines — Another batch of eight inmates has been released under the good conduct time allowance as part of the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s efforts to decongest penal and prison facilities.
Pangilinan sues YouTube channel for cyber libel
MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Francis Pangilinan yesterday filed a cyber libel complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against a YouTube channel creator for uploading what he described as malicious and libelous content against him and his family.
‘NOW plea to nullify NTC circular still pending before CA’
MANILA, Philippines — The petition of NOW Telecom Co. Inc. to have the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)’s bidding guidelines for the entry of a new major player (NMP) in the telco industry declared unconstitutional is still pending before the Court of Appeals (CA), the company said yesterday.
Supreme Court junks NOW’s bid as new telco player
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has shut down the bid of NOW Telecom Co. Inc. to become the third major player in the country’s telecommunications industry.
SC junks petition vs PUVMP
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a petition challenging the constitutionality of the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) due to the petitioners’ lack of legal standing and for violating the hierarchy of courts.
SC to Metro Manila LGUs: Follow single-ticketing system
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila to stop issuing their own traffic violation receipts and confiscating driver’s licenses and instead comply with the Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA)’s uniform or single-ticketing system.