CDO businessman nabbed with ecstasy at airport

A young Cagayan de Oro businessman was arrested Monday, November 6, at the Laguindingan airport by anti-narcotics agents who found a quantity of the party drug ecstasy on the suspect.
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WATCH | Harry says it’s important for PH to have free press, wants Mocha...

"I will forever consider individuals as under my tutelage on important matters. So I hope Asec Mocha will accept being a student of the spokesperson," said acting presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.

WATCH | Police identify suspect in slay of Grab driver Gerardo Maquidato

Authorities are now pursuing 25-year-old Narc Tulod Delemios also known as "Miko" and Real Nikolo Delemios, who was Maquidato's last passenger before the victim was found dead along the city's Brgy. Bonanza.

WATCH | 14-year-old boy shot dead in Taguig City

Mark Angelo Estacio, who was said to have been fetched Friday night by a friend from his residence in Brgy. Calzada, was walking on the street with his companion when the killers approached him and repeatedly shot the victim.

Ernesto Abella still with Palace as PCOO usec, says Roque

Though President Rodrigo Duterte already has a new spokesperson, Ernesto Abella will remain part of Malacañang as undersecretary under the Presidential Communications and Operations Office headed by Secretary Martin Andanar.
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WILL DOTS LEAD TO TRUTH? | Watch: Poe notes ‘connections’ of Divina law firm...

Connecting the dots: that's what Sen. Grace Poe sought to do Monday, at the resumption of the Senate hearing on the fatal hazing of Horatio "Atio" Castillo III. Citing the “connections” of the high-profile law office headed by lawyer Nilo Divina of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Civil Law, the senator said such may provide critical links in the case of the freshman UST law student who died early morning of Sept. 17, 2017.

Northrail settlement spares PH from payment of P5-B claims to Chinese firm: DOTr

After a series of negotiations that started in January 2017, Philippine officials and the Chinese firm that had won the contract to build the Northern Luzon railway - conceived 22 years ago - have reached a settlement, sparing the country the obligation of having to pay P5 billion more in damages the next few years.

WATCH | Ping thinks Ventura a ‘Trojan horse’ but fratman says while’s he’s no...

"Your honor. I am not an angel, I am not a saint. But I’m here to tell the truth. Only few good men can tell the truth and nothing but the truth,"said March Anthony Ventura, during the Senate hearing on Monday.

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WATCH | Roque wants Sereno to resign; CJ’s camp says remark means evidence vs...

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has called on Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to resign, saying President Rodrigo Duterte wants her removed from the position "by all means".

WATCH | DOTr: Decision to terminate MRT-3 contract with BURI is final

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) served Monday (November 6, 2017), its final decision to terminate its contract with Busan Universal Railways Inc. (BURI) for the maintenance of the Metro Railway Transit 3 (MRT-3) system, general overhauling of 43 Light Rail Vehicles (LRV), total replacement of its signaling system, and other additional maintenance works.
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Philippines to keep wary eye on new Chinese dredger

The Philippines expressed concern on Monday about China’s testing of a massive dredging ship, saying it would track its activities closely, despite Beijing’s assurances it would not develop areas where it has competing claims with Manila.

Whether or not he had a heart condition, Atio died from hazing injury: doctors,...

Doctors at the Senate hearing on the hazing death of Horacio Castillo III refuted John Paul Solano's defense that the 22-year-old law student died not because of hazing but due to pre-existing heart conditions.
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Sereno warns jurists: forces harassing independent courts are at it again

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday warned of the return of political forces that pose a threat to the independence of the judiciary, and continually harass the institution. She underscored the need for the judiciary to preserve its core values of independence, integrity and impartiality in fulfilling its duty to uphold the rule of law and human rights.

‘Motorcycle tourism’ seen to link riders in Calabarzon-proposed routes

The Department of Tourism (DOT) plans to link bike riders all over Luzon in its proposed route loops in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas. Rizal and Quezon (Calabarzon) as it partnered with several motorcycle clubs in the Philippines.