Duterte OK’s community service penalty for minor offenses
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law allowing courts to penalize those who committed minor offenses with community service instead of sentencing them to a jail...
2 Cabinet members face corruption probe
MANILA – The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission
(PACC) will look into alleged corruption involving two incumbent Cabinet
Secretaries.
PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica said on Wednesday that the...
4 UK men arrested in huge Australia drug bust
CANBERRA – Six people
including four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand in
one of the region’s largest-ever drug seizures.
Australian police said...
Dead Irish girl’s family wants thorough probe in Malaysia
JAKARTA – Malaysian police should accept an offer by
French authorities to help investigate the death of an Irish girl whose naked
body was found near...
Pakistan celebrates Independence Day
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Prime
Minister Imran Khan used an address celebrating Independence Day on Wednesday
to criticize India for its actions in the disputed Kashmir region...
Laborer killed in wake shooting
ILOILO City – A laborer who was attending a wake was shot
to death in Barangay Batuan, Dueñas, Iloilo.
The 44-year-old Gerald Peñaflorida died of multiple
gunshot...
Rape suspect falls
ILOILO City – Charged with rape, a man was arrested in
Barangay 4, Tigabauan, Iloilo.
Police identified him as 29-year-old Andy Von Cagay.
Cagay –...
‘Shabu’ worth P90T seized
BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu valued at around P90,000 was
seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Silay City, Negros
Occidental.
The 32-year-old Alvin Jardiolin yielded...
Ex-drug convict gunned down
BACOLOD City – A former inmate was shot to death by still
unidentified assailants in Purok Arao, Barangay Estefania.
The 37-year-old resident Joemar Parofil sustained...
Sagay man hangs self
BACOLOD City – He was found dead hanging from a tree,
police said.
The 50-year-old Rolando Dayon of Barangay Himogaan Baybay
, Sagay City, Negros Occidental...