VP Sara stays in House chamber to support detained aide, defying security rules

Kathleen de Villa - @inquirerdotnet, Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 11/23/2024

Vice President Sara Duterte is disregarding House security rules by staying “indefinitely” in the chamber to support her detained top aide. This unusual action is expected to increase tensions between her and lawmakers. On Friday, Duterte also…

Ex-prison official: Garma behind plot to kill Chinese drug convicts

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 09/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A former prison official testified on Wednesday that one of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s trusted police officers pressured him into participating in a plot that led to the killing of three Chinese drug convicts…

Metro Manila mayors told: Keeping bus, jeepney ban ‘catastrophic’

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 05/28/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Banning buses and jeepneys after the national capital shifts to a general community quarantine (GCQ) would be “catastrophic” for an economy on the verge of a crisis, a transport economist warned on Wednesday.…

Mass transport back in some areas, but riders limited

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 05/01/2020

Public and mass transportation will resume in limited capacity in parts of the country where the lockdown is being relaxed starting Friday as the government begins a phased exit from quarantine to revive the economy. But in…

Matteo Guidicelli punches Sarah G’s bodyguard over civil wedding leak – police

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 02/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A private security guard supposedly hired by the family of actress-singer Sarah Geronimo reported to Taguig police on Thursday that he was punched by the pop star’s now-husband, actor Matteo Guidicelli, after the latter…

Virus scare: 600 Chinese from Wuhan must leave PH by Jan. 27

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 01/25/2020

  Aviation authorities on Friday said over 600 Chinese tourists who had entered the country on separate flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan must return home as scheduled in their package tours, giving them no time…

Rookie bike service challenges Angkas

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 12/29/2019

  MoveIt, one of the two motorcycle taxi-service providers that regulators chose last week to join pioneer Angkas in a three-month pilot test extension, is touting certain features of its service to differentiate itself from competitors. While…

No more motorcycle taxis after March 23

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 12/28/2019

No more motorcycle-hailing services like Angkas can operate after March 23, the multiagency technical working group (TWG) studying the viability of bikes-for-hire announced on Thursday, adding that it sees no reason to extend the pilot test a…

2 more motorcycle taxi operators join test run

Krixia Subingsubing - INQUIRER.net 12/22/2019

  Two new motorcycle-hailing services will be joining a pilot test to determine whether two-wheeled vehicles could be used for public transportation after an interagency technical working group (TWG) on motorcycle taxis agreed to extend an ongoing…

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