MANILA (Updated) — Broadcast network TV5 filed Friday a petition before the Court of Appeals, asking it to stop the government from continuously enforcing a decision putting public service program “T3: Kapatid Sagot Kita” off air for 20 days. Central to TV5’s petition is the nullification of a preventive suspension order issued by the Movie […]
MANILA (Updated) — Justice Secretary Leila de Lima confirmed that one of her security aides was found dead Friday morning in San Ildefonso, Bulacan. Speaking to reporters, De Lima said Alister Quintos, 32, a member of the Department of Justice’s Internal Service Operations Group, died of gunshot wounds. His remains were autopsied this morning as […]
MALACANANG will let the court decide whether former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be allowed to seek medical treatment abroad. “There is a plunder case. It is a non-bailable offense. It is now within the courts to decide. If they should decide to seek for medical attention that would be left to […]
THE House Speaker on Thursday expressed doubt that the reproductive health (RH) and freedom of information (FOI) bills will be approved in the plenary before Congress goes on a sine die adjournment next month. “I’m 100 percent aware that there are certain bills that are of importance which are pending in the mill such as […]
DIVERSIFIED conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said on Friday that its net income rose by 19 percent to P8.5 billion during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year. SMC said its robust first quarter earnings were due to the solid contributions from all its business units. Have something […]
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has agreed to conduct general registrations in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) despite its earlier rejection to hold the listings. Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes said the purging of the current voters’ registration will be conducted after issues were settled by senators. Have something to report? Tell us in […]
ACTRESS Alma Moreno is interested in running for senator in the 2013 midterm elections under the political party of former President-turned-Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Lakas-CMD president and Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. bared this during the party’s national council meeting on Friday attended by almost 150 local officials from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The meeting […]
CLARK FREEPORT — The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) is set to remit more than P300 million worth of dividends to its mother company, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), state-owned officials said. CDC chair and officer-in-charge Eduardo Oban Jr. said the state-run corporation is now capable of paying its 2009 to 2011 remittances to […]
SAN LUIS — The chief of police here said Wednesday that the town has a zero crime rate for the past two years. Police Chief Inspector David Arcega, town’s chief of police, said there is no carnapping, shooting, riding in tandem incidents and other street crimes recorded in the local police station. Have something to […]
MEXICO, Pampanga — The Pampanga 1 Electric Cooperative (Pelco 1) is looking at “diamond distinctions” after sweeping this year’s Lumen Awards of the National Electrification Administration (NEA). Hall of Famer General Manager Loliano Allas told Sun.Star Pampanga in an interview that Pelco 1 is “fully energized and equipped” to take on bigger challenges, especially that […]