96th victim of media killings laid to rest as journalists call for justice
The 96th victim of media violence in the country was buried Sunday as delegates to the 6th Congress of the National Union of Journalist of the Philippines (NUJP) renewed calls to an end to media killings.
The appeal came in the light of protests by local and international media and families of victims who deplore the [...]
Batangas town vice mayor slain inside office
Vice Mayor Rowell Mendoza Sandoval of Mabini town in Batangas was shot dead Tuesday night by still unidentified man right inside his call center in Bauan town, in Batangas province.
BMI ends probe, recommends Sulpicio franchise suspension
MANILA, Philippines - The Board of Marine Inquiry on Tuesday recommended the suspension of Sulpicio Lines Inc.’s certificate of public convenience (CPC) franchise by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) in connection with the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars last June.
CA justices didn’t deliberate on Meralco-GSIS case
Justice Bienvenido Reyes’s return to the ongoing investigation on the alleged irregularities in the Court of Appeals brought up a missing significant episode in the crafting of the decision on the case between Meralco and the Government Service Insurance System. He told the investigating panel today that the Eighth Division, which he chairs, never held [...]
14 still missing from 3 sunken vessels in Babuyan Islands
Authorities are still hoping to find survivors of three passenger-cargo vessels that capsized off Camiguin Island, part of the Babuyan group of islands in Cagayan province in northern Philippines, during typhoon Karen’s onslaught on August 20.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) already located M/V Perpetual and M/V St. Joseph, but the third vessel, M/V AAA [...]