Siphoned oil from sunken tanker way short of daily target
AUTHORITIES were able to siphon off some 42,000 liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from the sunken tanker Terranova last Wednesday, the first day of the “full blast” siphoning operation.
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Pampanga RTC convicts Chinese national of money laundering
MANILA, Philippines — The Regional Trial Court Branch 56 of Angeles City has found drug laboratory operator Xinli Chen guilty of 35 counts of money laundering, the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) said yesterday.
MVP sacks TV5 executive for sexual abuse
MANILA, Philippines — Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of TV5, has terminated a program manager over a sexual abuse complaint filed by a 22-year-old news researcher.
Duterte ordered killing of drug inmates, hitmen claim
MANILA, Philippines — Two inmates from the Davao penitentiary have come forward and tagged former president Rodrigo Duterte as the mastermind who indirectly ordered them to kill three Chinese drug lords inside the penal colony in August 2016.
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No matter the direction of the country’s political winds, there is an unwavering place for Ninoy Aquino in Philippine history, writ in stone and in a multitude of memories.
Baguio City logs record high over 5,500 dengue cases, deaths climb to 12
BAGUIO CITY — Deaths due to dengue fever in Baguio City rose from seven to 12, even as cases continued to decline albeit reaching unprecedented levels.
General Santos City LGU employee busted in PDEA operation
COTABATO CITY — Anti-narcotics agents clamped down a local government employee after selling to them P14,000 worth of shabu in an entrapment operation in Barangay Sinawal in General Santos City on Wednesday.