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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police is studying the possibility of charging former President Rodrigo Duterte with obstruction of justice after he told reporters last week that he did not want to reveal the whereabouts of wanted sex trafficker Apollo Quiboloy, its chief said on Monday.
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the appeal of the catering company hired by the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) to provide meals for prisoners at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW), lifting the Notice of Disallowance earlier issued against the P115.84 million contract.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights on Monday launched a new online portal where the public can file complaints digitally and track the status of their cases — a system that also gives the rights body a centralized way of monitoring human rights violations.
FIVE of 27 Filipino crew members of the MV Transworld Navigator arrived in Manila yesterday, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
UPDATED: There’s joy all around as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has crossed the coveted $1B milestone at the worldwide box office. With $1,014.8B through 19 days, this is the quickest time to the mark for an animated movie ever, besting the previous record holder, Frozen 2, which got there in 25. Only 11 animated films have ever crossed the $1B threshold, and of those, Disney and Pixar combined now have eight.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The city government of Zamboanga is considering reviewing its amended ordinance that lifted a ban on pyrotechnics and firecrackers, following an explosion that ripped through a firecracker warehouse on Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations agency tackling crime and drug abuse released its annual World Drug Report warning that there are now nearly 300 million users globally, alongside an increase in trafficking.
MANILA, Philippines — Senators challenged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to name the former Cabinet official who allegedly facilitated the grant of gaming licenses to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) so as not to cast doubt on all other former members of the Cabinet.