A veteran employee at one government office stands to lose his retirement benefits over a bullshit complaint by a reporter from a small (in size and circulation) paper. The reporter has accused the employee, who works in the media division of that government office, of kicking him and cursing at him over some minor misunderstanding. [...]
It was bound to happen: An Iloilo teenager was hit by a jeepney as she crossed the street while texting. Since she was too busy with her mobile phone, a passenger jeep ran over Mallaca’s foot at the area’s rotunda. Jeepney driver Danilo Pineda said he honked his horn several times to get Mallaca’s attention, [...]
An itinerant toy seller accused a Manila Police District officer recently of raping her in one of the MPD’s offices. After a bounty was placed on his head for the rape, Police Officer 3 Antonio Bautista Jr negotiated a surrender. Claiming he was set up, Bautista said his supposed victim is actually a prostitute. ‘Itinerant [...]
It was probably not smart of Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson to admit on national TV that his son, Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson, is only pleading guilty to drug possession as a “legal strategy.” Hong Kong, where the younger Singson was arrested for allegedly bringing in cocaine and sleeping pills, may be a [...]
Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson could lose his seat in congress if convicted for drug trafficking charges in Hong Kong. Pleading guilty to simple possession might make his colleagues at the House of Representatives more forgiving, though.
The daring dawn raid we hinted at in the last post was not as daring as advertised. The Bureau of Customs raided Tondo Friday morning and seized 60 bags of onions smuggled in from China. At 10 pounds per bag, that comes to 600 pounds and a market value of around P17,680. Admittedly, [deputy Customs [...]