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MANILA - Some 20 members of the MANGGAGAWA Party-list held a picket in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday and urged the magistrates to act on their petition questioning their group’s disqualification from the 2019 midterm polls. The Commission on Elections in December disqualified the group after it failed to mention in its application for registration that it is “not an adjunct or a project organized or an entity funded or assisted by the Government.” The group filed a petition before the high court last Friday, claiming it complied with Comelec’s requirement by stating that it did not receive any support from any organization. Elmer “Bong” Labog, national president and first nominee of the group, said they went back to the SC on Tuesday during the magistrates' weekly en banc session to appeal to the justices to allow their inclusion in the upcoming elections. “Sana po ay makita ng ating Korte Suprema at ng ating mga mamamayan na mahalaga … [Read more...] about News Labor party-list group urges SC to act on petition vs disqualification

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Secretary Benjamin Diokno to comment on the petition filed by former House Majority leader and now House appropriations committee chair Rep. Rolando Andaya, Jr. Andaya filed a petition before the high court last week to compel the DBM to release the 4th tranche of salary increase for state workers. Budget battle intensifies: Solon threatens to take Diokno before SC over pay hike row Diokno earlier said he had no legal basis to release just yet the 4th tranche of salary increase because Congress has yet to pass the 2019 budget. The 2018 budget, he said, only covers the 3rd tranche of increase. But Andaya insisted the DBM could use the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund amounting to around a hundred billion pesos from the reenacted 2018 budget to cover the amoung needed for the 4th tranche of increase, or use the savings from the 2018 budget. The passage of the 2019 budget was stalled … [Read more...] about News SC orders DBM, Diokno to file comment on Andaya petition

MANILA - Various government agencies and non-government organizations have decried proposals to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old, citing government unpreparedness to rehabilitate children in conflict with the law (CICL). In a press conference, the Commission on Human Rights, Council for the Welfare of Children, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates, Unchain Children, Civil Society Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Philippine Action for Youth and Offenders, United Nations Children’s Fund, Psychological Association of the Philippines and Child Rights Network questioned the amendments being introduced by the House justice committee to the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act. CHR Commissioner Leah Tanodra-Armamento said the government was not even prepared to house CICLs as there are only 58 Bahay Pag-asa facilities out of 114 required by the law. “The present Bahay Pag-asa does not meet the standards as they don’t … [Read more...] about News Not enough facilities for children in conflict with law, say groups

Ilang hindi lisensiyadong baril at mga bala ang nakuha ng awtoridad sa paghahain ng search warrant sa bahay ni Daraga Mayor Carlwyn Baldo sa Barangay Tagas, Martes. Dalawang kalibre .45 baril at iba't ibang uri ng bala ang nakuha mula sa isang bag na nakabaon malapit sa isang kubo sa loob ng compound ng bahay ni Baldo. Nabawi rin ang Nissan Alterra na ayon sa mga suspek sa pagpatay kay AKO Bicol party-list representative Rodel Batocabe ay ang ipinangsundo sa kanilang grupo para makatakas matapos maisagawa ang krimen. Kasalukuyang nasa kustodiya ng pulisya si Baldo. Si Baldo ang itinuturong mastermind sa pagpatay kay Batocabe. Batocabe slay 'mastermind' faces administrative raps Mariin namang itinanggi ni Baldo na may kinalaman siya sa pagkamatay ni Batocabe. -- ulat mula kay Jose Carretero at Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News Bisitahin ang Patrol.PH para sa iba pang mga balita. … [Read more...] about News Daraga Mayor Baldo, arestado sa pag-iingat ng ‘di lisensiyadong baril

MANILA - A Chinese and a Colombian national were arrested for using fake passports while trying to leave the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Tuesday. The Chinese national who was identified as 36-year-old Han Yujia was set to leave for Bangkok using a counterfeit Guatemalen passport, while 48-year-old Colombian Juan Arturo Carbajo was supposed to board a flight to Macau with a fake Argentinian passport. "Han admitted during questioning that he is a Chinese citizen, and surrendered his Chinese passport that he hid in his luggage," said Glen Comia, Immigration Travel Control and Enforcement Unit head "The Colombian allegedly bought his fake Argentinean passport for $300 from a passport fraud syndicate in Lima, Peru," he said. The 2 foreigners were detained at the Bicutan Detention Center for violating Philippines' immigration law, he said. … [Read more...] about News Immigration arrests 2 foreigners for presenting fake passports in NAIA