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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Two Taiwanese men have been sentenced to two years in jail each after they staged a fake kidnapping from a Cambodian seaside resort and posted video of it online, a court said on Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — Environmental groups applauded the issuance of the Supreme Court (SC) of protection writs on abducted environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro.
MANILA, Philippines — With three former MVPs on board, a Filipino-Canadian scoring machine as a sophomore, and a pool of reliable standouts as holdovers, expect a far more powerful PLDT High Speed Hitters team at the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference.
MANILA, Philippines — A man wanted for large-scale illegal recruitment was arrested in Pasay City on Friday, according to the Southern Police District.
MANILA, Philippines — Children are not always assumed to have the ability to make sound judgments in criminal offenses, the Supreme Court (SC) said.
Philippine Infradev [INFRA 0.57, up 9.6%] [link] COO Georgina Monsod gave an interview with Hitoshi Iemura of Global Strategy Real Estate that was posted on Youtube on Nov. 28, 2023, where she spoke about the September court decision that altered the land distribution between Taguig and Makati, and about how that might impact INFRA’s crown jewel project, the Makati City Subway. This interview appears to have happened nearly three months after the court decision and the INFRA disclosure where the company stated that the “alignment of the subway will no longer be feasible” due to several stations now belonging to Taguig. In the interview, Mr. Iemura asks plainly, “What’s going on with the Makati City Subway project construction? How will you proceed?” Ms. Monsod responds that they are “undergoing some reviews”, but assures Mr. Iemura that “we are not very affected” and that “the project will still continue”. Later in the interview, Ms. Monsod says that they’re “looking at another plan”, and then vaguely notes that they might “look at modernizing the project”. Even stranger was the comment that INFRA is “looking at maybe another plan for another form of subway, another form of transportation, but still the rail.”
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has granted environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro protection from state security agents, saying there was an “established violation or threat” to their lives, liberty and security.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has granted writs of amparo and habeas data as well as temporary protection order to environmental defenders Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, who accused the military of abducting them in Bataan last year.