News Evening Round Up
Oct 18, 2019 • 1 min Read
PET: Robredo maintains, increases lead over Marcos | INQUIRER.NET – The Presidential Electoral Tribunal ruled that “Based on the final tally, after revision and appreciation of the votes in the pilot provinces, protestee Robredo maintained, as, in fact, she increased her lead over protestant Marcos. After the revision and appreciation, the lead of protestee Robredo increased from 263,473 to 278,566”. Relatively, Rule 65 of the PET states that if the tribunal is “convinced that, taking all circumstances into account, the protestant or counter protestant will most probably fail to make out his case, the protest may forthwith be dismissed”.
DOJ to look into Senate report for possible charges against Albayalde | PHILSTAR.COM – The Senate report that investigated the drug recycling issue involving the so-called “ninja cops” had recommended the filing of charges against PNP chief Oscar Albayalde who was the Pampanga Provincial Director during the 2013 controversial drug bust. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the report of the Senate Blue Ribbon and Justice committees would be useful in the reinvestigation of the drug recycling and ninja cops case.
P598-M ‘shabu’ seized in Samar, 6 suspects arrested | The Manila Times – Six suspects were arrested at Barangay Buñagan, Gandara, Samar at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in an anti-illegal drug operation involving P598M worth of shabu. The arrested suspects are identified as Cesar Uy, Jarred Axcel Elaran, Steven Perez, Leonard De los Reyes, Elbert Abella, and Jeralou Rapuela.
Opposition to two-year probationary period gains ground | Manila Bulletin – Militant labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) has rejected House Bill 4802 which was filed by Probinsyano Ako party-list Rep. Bonito Singson. BMP president Luke Espiritu said that “The proposed Labor Code amendments of Rep. Singson is but a cheap trick by capitalists like himself to optimize their profits by delaying workers’ regularization and entitlement to benefits”.
