EDITOR RICKY S.

TORRE
EDITOR RICKY S. TORRE
wEDnESDAY, JAnUARY 3, 2018
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CentrAL vISAyAS: CeBu
SC fines RTC judge
for ignorance of law
For allegedly granting the application
for bail and ordered the release of a man
with no standing warrant of arrest, Bogo
DoH-accredited clinics, recruitment agencies warned vs online scheme victimizing OFws City regional trial Court (rtC) Judge
A nongovernment organization that specializes in labor migration warned medical clinics and recruit- Antonio marigomen was found guilty
ment agencies catering to oFWs not to fall for a dubious scheme hatched allegedly by the gCC ministry of an administrative case. the Supreme
of Health, which imposes a $10 online registration fee for every middle east-bound oFW applicant. “this Court (SC), in a decision penned by As-
online registration scheme appears to be a multimillion-peso scam targeting our oFWs. no one in the sociate Justice marvic Leonen, found mr.
Philippines was consulted and we also don’t know who will benefit from these new fees being collected marigomen of Branch 61 liable of less
and arbitrarily imposed on our oFWs,” Susan ople, head of the Blas F. ople Policy Center said. the Web- serious charge for violating Supreme
site can be found via: www.gcchmc.org. — News5/interaksyon.com Court rules, directives, and circulars, and
>> See full story on https://goo.gl/t78tAQ of serious charge of gross ignorance of
the law. — The Freeman
Marcos denies deal with government
Former SenAtor Ferdinand r. marcos, Jr. on tuesday denied knowledge of an alleged compromise
agreement between the government and his family on their alleged ill-gotten wealth. “the marcos fam- mImAroPA:PALAWAn
ily has no knowledge or information on that apparent exchange and service of document between Atty. Agaton expected out of PAR
Lozano and the office of Sec. Sal Panelo. As a point of information, Atty. oliver Lozano does not represent AgAton is expected to be out of the Philippine
any member of the marcos family or the estate of the late President Ferdinand marcos,” mr. marcos said Area of responsibility (PAr) by Wednesday
in a statement. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S. Panelo said on monday that mr. oliver o. morning, Jan. 3, but state weather bureau PA-
Lozano, who is widely associated with the marcos family, had sent malacañang a draft proposal for a com- gASA said in an update on tuesday afternoon
promise deal with the family. “the document was sent to the office by Atty. oliver Lozano. our office, as that the tropical depression was expected to
a matter of courtesy and policy, acknowledges receipt of any letter coming from any citizen,” mr. Panelo intensify into a storm on its way out. By tues-
said in a statement last monday, adding that “no action has been taken on (the) proposal.” For his part, day night, it was seen to make its sixth landfall
Presidential Spokesperson Harry L. roque, Jr. also denied that the government had reached such a com- over Palawan province, which had been placed
promise deal. “Atty. oliver Lozano may have written to malacañang proposing the creation of a legal team under tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (tCWS)
that would study a compromise agreement with the marcos family. the proposal, however, has not been no. 1. PAgASA’s bulletin on tuesday said “scat-
acted and agreed upon by the Palace. As to the supposed House bill granting immunity on the marcoses tered to widespread moderate to heavy rains is
and allowing (a) compromise on their sequestered assets, the executive, as we all know, recognizes the expected over the areas with tCWS#1 as well as
separation of powers and independence of Congress. We leave the matter to the House of representa- Bicol region, eastern visayas, Southern Quezon,
tives to discuss and deliberate,” mr. roque said. — Arjay L. Balinbin Panay Island and rest of mimaropa.”
nAtIonAL CAPItAL regIon: PASAy
Robbers hold up hotel, make off
with P53,000 and P1.5M in guests’ valuables
gunmen barged into a hotel in Pasay City early tuesday morning, Jan. 2, and
made off with P53,000 in cash and some P1.5 million worth of valuables from
two guests after failing to force the manager on duty to show them the establish-
ment’s vault. — Interaksyon
>> See full story on https://goo.gl/x9K9ki
dAvAo regIon: dAvAo CIty
nCCC, SSI suspended after fire
tHe Philippine economic Zone Authority
(PeZA) has issued a suspension order on
the new City Commercial Center (nCCC)
in davao as an economic zone developer
and American market research company
research now SSI as a locator after the
dec. 23 mall fire that led to 38 dead.
PeZA director general Charito B. Plaza
told reporters in a year-end briefing last
Friday that both nCCC and SSI had been
registered since 2008 after the mall was
built but had failed to comply with the
requirements to annually renew their
permits since 2013. — Anna Gabriela A.
Mogato
>> See full story on https://goo.gl/szsANU

CentrAL vISAyAS:
BoHoL
Resilience
A resident gathers
belongings from his
flooded house after
tropical depression
Agaton hit Loboc
town, Bohol province,
on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
Two people were
killed and thousands
fled strong winds and
floods as the tropical
depression hit the
central Philippines,
following deadly
back-to-back storms
during the Christmas
AFP
season.