2 motor bancas capsize off Antique; 3 passengers dead, 7 missing
THREE passengers died and seven others were missing after two motor bancas capsized off Antique, the Philippine Coast Guard reported yesterday.
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Cassandra Li Ong offered immunity, cited in contempt
MANILA, Philippines — The quad committee of the House of Representatives is eyeing Katherine Cassandra Li Ong, an incorporator of Whirlwind Corp., as a state witness in the panel’s ongoing probe on Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) activities in Porac, Pampanga.
Bato: Espenido recruited to discredit Duterte drug war
MANILA, Philippines — Some ranking officials have “recruited” police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido as part of their “game plan” to make him discredit the drug war in the previous administration and convince him to testify against former president Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said yesterday.
DOTr open to further deferment of new toll fines
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) may further extend the enforcement date of new fines on tollway users, cracking under pressure by the House of Representatives as they rethink the set of penalties it intends to impose on motorists without electronic toll collection (ETC) devices.
P70 billion elevated road to decongest NLEX
MANILA, Philippines — The Metro Pacific Group plans to put up a P70-billion elevated structure along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to decongest vehicle traffic in one of its busiest tollways.
Abu Sayyaf Militants Behead Hostage, Philippine Forces Say
MANILA — The Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf has beheaded a Filipino hostage, the country’s armed forces announced Monday, just days after a clash in the central Philippines left five militants and four members of the security forces dead.
Drug war 'poster boy' says POGOs funded reward system
MANILA, Philippines — One of the former "poster boys" of the Duterte administration's drug war on Wednesday said cash rewards for cops who kill drug suspects came from Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and government intelligence funds.
P408,000 worth of shabu seized from courier nabbed in Marawi
COTABATO CITY — Policemen in Marawi City on Tuesday morning foiled an attempt by a courier, reportedly connected with the Dawlah Islamiya, to deliver P408,000 worth of shabu to a buyer in Molundo town in Lanao del Sur.