SACRAMENTO, California -- A local resident who worked as a pilot was convicted September 5 in U.S. District Court here of traveling to the Philippines to engage in sex with minors and to buy children for sex and pornography.
Read more: Sacramento pilot convicted of traveling to PH to rape kids
Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday, Sept. 14, assured that the military has not monitored any coup attempt against President Duterte.
Read more: ‘Nothing to worry’: Lorenzana says no monitored coup plot vs Duterte
Detained former Senator Bong Revilla Jr. has expressed joy as he expects his colleague, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, to be released on bail soon - illustrating the fear of highly placed prosecution sources that such a favorable Sandiganbayan ruling would open the floodgates for high-profile defendants.
Survivors of martial law and human rights campaigners marched in the rain on Monday, Sept. 11, to demand the return of the stolen wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family, whose political rehabilitation by President Rodrigo Duterte was denounced by a Catholic bishop as a “shameful revision” of Philippine history.
President Duterte has assured the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a “game plan” for the smooth passage and implementation of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Peace Process Adviser Jesus Dureza said on Thursday, Sept. 14.
Read more: Duterte has ‘game plan’ for smooth passage of BBL - Dureza
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno assured on Thursday, Sept. 14, that the “ambitious” Metro Manila Subway Project is possible amid the perennial problem of flooding in the capital region.
Read more: Metro Manila subway to withstand floods, assures Budget chief
CHICAGO -- The new Filipino American president of DePaul University was recently feted by the Consulate General here Aug. 17 at its Kalayaan Hall.
Read more: New Fil-Am president of DePaul U feted at Chicago PH Consulate
Former Prime Minister Cesar Virata on Monday, Sept. 11, praised the accomplishments of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as the strongman’s family led supporters in celebrating his 100th birth anniversary.
The Office of the Ombudsman has denied the appeal of former President Benigno S. Aquino III, who was indicted for graft and usurpation of authority over his alleged involvement in the Mamasapano tragedy, clearing the way for the filing of the criminal information against the ex-Chief Executive before the Sandiganbayan.
Read more: Ombudsman upholds Aquino’s indictment over Mamasapano
ILOILO CITY -- The wife and children of Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog have left the country amid security concerns, according to a source who knew of their trip.
Read more: Mabilog’s wife, children leave PH over ‘security concerns’