House quad panel to invite Duterte
(UPDATES) A QUAD committee of the House of Representatives will invite former president Rodrigo Duterte to a joint probe on the drug war and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
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House mega-panel to probe links of Duterte’s drug war to POGOs
MANILA, Philippines — A new body of four committees at the House of Representatives will investigate the "overlaps" between former President Rodrigo Duterte anti-illegal drugs campaign and Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), including allegations that officials were bribed with "drug money" to allow POGOs to secretly proliferate.
Assignment of more health workers in BARMM provinces set
COTABATO CITY — The health ministry of the Bangsamoro region has started deploying barangay health workers in two Central Mindanao provinces from a pool of hundreds trained for field work in batches recently.
DAR Conducts Post Assessment on DAR Scholarship Program for ARB Dependents
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through the Agrarian Reform Capacity Development Service (ARCDS) is conducting a Post Assessment on the DAR Scholarship Program for the dependents of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). The nationwide assessment takes place from August 6-9 in Dapitan City, bringing together regional and provincial scholarship coordinators.
Fatal ambush of vice mayor linked to ancestral land issues — tribal leaders
COTABATO CITY — Local leaders are certain that the fatal ambush of the vice mayor of South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur last Friday is related to his involvement in resisting heavily armed outsiders from grabbing Teduray ancestral lands in the municipality.
2 dead in Zamboanga del Norte vehicular mishap
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two people died while five others were injured when a pick-up truck rammed three motorcycles in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte yesterday morning.
Maguindanao del Norte town declared 'drug-free'
COTABATO CITY — An inter-agency regional committee has declared the seaside Datu Blah Sinsuat town in Maguindanao del Norte free from illegal drugs, further boosting its well-acknowledged stature as the most peaceful town in the province.
Ex-Duterte adviser Yang flees, evades House order
CHINESE businessman Michael Yang left the country for Dubai before the House of Representatives could serve the arrest warrant it issued against him for his repeated failure to attend the panel’s hearing on the discovery of 560 kilos of shabu in a warehouse in Mexico, Pampanga last September.