People & Politics

Ex-ERC chair charged with graft, 4 commissioners suspended

MANILA -- The Office of the Ombudsman ordered on Thursday a one-year suspension on former Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jose Vicente Salazar and four other commissioners of...

Lanao Sur execs dismissed for unremitted GSIS, PAGIBIG premiums

MANILA -- Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur Vice Mayor Diarangan Dipatuan and treasurer Rasad Dumarpa have been found guilty of grave misconduct and ordered dismissed from service. They have also been meted the accessory...

Duterte fires urban poor commission execs

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the firing of all commissioners of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Tuesday. "The President stated two grounds --...

Graft raps vs. Surigao City vice mayor, 5 others junked

MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft cases filed against Surigao City Vice Mayor Alfonso Casurra and five others, on the alleged PHP723-million fertilizer fund scam, for too much delay. In a...

Muntinlupa RTC defers arraignment of De Lima

MANILA -- Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 206 on Friday deferred the arraignment of drug cases filed against Senator Leila De Lima in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal...

DILG awaits copy of dismissal order of NegOr governor

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Oriental has yet to receive a copy of the order of the Office of the Ombudsman dismissing Governor...

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