Ombudsman suspends Northern Samar town mayor
MANILA, Philippines — Mayor Jose Arturo Suan of Allen, Northern Samar has been suspended for six months in connection with a road project of the municipal government in a private property.
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NBI overruns 15 weed plantations in Benguet
BAGUIO CITY — Using unmanned aerial vehicles, National Bureau of Investigation-Cordillera agents, aided by narcotics operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera, overran 15 marijuana plantations in remote sitio Bana, barangay Tacadang, Benguet on Wednesday.
Garin et al fail to stop Dengvaxia cases
FORMER Health Secretary now House deputy majority leader Janette Garin (Iloilo) and her co-defendants have failed to halt proceedings in graft and technical malversation charges filed against them late last year by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Sandigan upholds Dengvaxia raps vs Garin, 4 others
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has denied motions to dismiss filed by former health secretary Janette Garin and four former and incumbent officials over the allegedly anomalous P3.556-billion dengue mass vaccination program of the Aquino administration from 2010 to 2016.
2 motorcycle thieves, shabu dealers face raps in Maguindanao del Norte
COTABATO CITY — Two men tagged in 13 motorcycle thefts and known for distributing shabu in isolated barangays in Maguindanao del Norte are now both detained, awaiting prosecution.
Police Catch South Korea’s ‘$3.5m Nursing Care Fund Crypto Thief’
Police in the Philippines have arrested a South Korean man suspected of stealing some $3.5 million from a nursing care fund – and spending the money on crypto.
DILG: 76 cops dismissed, nearly 200 demoted, suspended
A total of 76 policemen were dismissed from the service last year and nearly 200 others were meted out other penalties, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr said yesterday.