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Sandigan clears her in 16 PDAF scam raps, convicts on 2 others The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday acquitted imprisoned former businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in 16 graft cases in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. The Second Division, however, convicted Napoles for …

Official announcements will come from official BGC and Bonifacio High Street social media accounts Bonifacio Global City (BGC) has issued an official statement regarding a social media post that has been circulating online about the reopening of MotoStreat, a motorcycle community area in Bonifacio High Street. The Facebook page above is not …

Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Jose Art Tugade resigned Monday, citing differences with his boss, Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista. “Even as DOTR and LTO both aim to succeed in serving the public, our methods to achieve that success differ. For this reason, I am stepping down, so Secretary Jimmy …

PBGen Andre Perez Dizon, Manila Police District director, shows his men his courtesy resignation on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Dizon heeded the call of Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for police officials to step down to cleanse the Philippine National Police of scalawags ‘infecting’ the government’s war on drugs. …

Five firefighters were hurt in a fire that hit and destroyed the decades-old Manila Central Post Office in Lawton, Manila Sunday night, May 22. Photo courtesy of BFP/ MANILA BULLETIN According to the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), injured were Joel Libutan, 36, Carlo Abrenica, 24, Julio Erlanda, 43, …

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has rescued 149 children from a private orphanage in Quezon City, which it shut down following a complaint that it allegedly violated a law against child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. At a Palace press briefing on Tuesday, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian …

A huge fire destroyed the historic post office in Manila late Sunday night, causing an estimated P300 million in damage. More than 80 fire trucks were sent to the decades-old landmark after the blaze broke out, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Thick, black smoke billowed hundreds of meters …

Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a bid to legally challenge the British government’s decision not to allow him to pay for police protection while he is in the United Kingdom.  Britain’s Home Office had raised concerns over precedent of the wealthy buying police protection. Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a …

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, a columnist who won a $5 million US sexual abuse and defamation award against former U.S. president Donald Trump filed an amended lawsuit against him on Monday seeking to hold him liable for remarks he made during a CNN town hall after the verdict.  E. …

The G7 called for the adoption of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence “trustworthy.” But warnings that governance of the technology has not kept pace with its growth have been growing deafening, both inside and outside the tech community.  Geoffrey Hinton, ‘godfather’ of AI has warned some chatbots are ‘quite …