CEBU CITY — The policeman, who was caught on video mauling and brandishing his gun at a truck driver, has undergone questioning at the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO). PO3 Renato Inot and his cousin, Adelcos Alonzo,…
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday fired all presidential appointees in government by declaring their posts vacant. Citing continuing corruption in government “especially in the regulatory agencies,” Duterte told the appointees: “Consider your positions vacant as of this…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—If you don’t want us to be corrupt, you should do your part and not attempt to corrupt us. This was the message of the economic managers of the incoming Duterte administration to the country’s…
MANILA — A former overseas Filipino worker has filed a complaint against a traffic policeman for allegedly demanding P7,000 and refusing to release his kuliglig (improvised vehicle), which figured in an accident in 2015. Valerio Maghinay Darunday…
WHEN he announced his administration would practice austerity, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte told his official family not only to get rid of their luxury cars but also specified the vehicle they should use: Toyota Avanza, a mini multipurpose…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Incoming presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Monday denied a Facebook post alleging he committed a parking violation at Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan. Panelo took to Facebook to deny the claim of Clarisse Evangelista,…
Our new Cabinet members will be treated to a lifestyle change once the new administration starts, and that means no luxury trips and extravagant dining because the new president said so. Just simple meals and economy commutes just like everybody…
In a project dubbed “Na-HuliCam Ka Ba? (Were you caught on camera?),” the agency will make the information available online via a Google spreadsheet document starting May 3. The uneditable document contains the updated list of no-contact…
The chief of Manila’s trafffic enforcers has one message to kotong cops, or those who extort money from motorists—get rid of your “bad habits” or he’ll get rid of you. The newly installed chief of the Manila…
OVER the last several months, the eatery on Maysilo Circle in Mandaluyong City where Gloria Fuentes works has seen fewer customers coming in for a meal. According to Fuentes, the decline has nothing to do with their…
