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By: William B. Depasupil
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has received two separate criminal complaints against 20 officials, employees and private individuals over alleged anomalies in two flood control projects in Cebu, the latest cases in the government's widening crackdown on questionable flood control works.
CRIMINAL charges have been filed against engineers and personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways and private individuals before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with alleged anomalous flood control projects in Cebu.
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the motions for reconsideration filed by convicted Maute Group members, reaffirming its earlier decision that upheld their convictions for the 2016 kidnapping of six sawmill workers in Lanao del Sur, two of whom were later beheaded.
MANILA, Philippines — A fresh legal battle over Metro Manila's ₱85 wage hike is set to unfold Thursday after the Navotas Regional Trial Court (RTC) scheduled a clarificatory hearing on a petition questioning the wage order, prompting labor groups to mount a legal defense and renew calls for a legislated ₱200 daily wage increase.
By: William B. Depasupil
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday dismissed petitions filed by Vice President Sara Duterte and lawyer Israelito P. Torreon seeking to halt the impeachment proceedings at the House of Representatives, ruling that the challenges had become moot after the Articles of Impeachment were transmitted to the Senate.
By: Catherine S. Valente, William B. Depasupil, Reina C. Tolentino
AUTHORITIES uncovered an estimated P700 million worth of suspected counterfeit imported footwear at a warehouse in Imus City, Cavite, one of the largest intellectual property enforcement operations mounted this year by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and its partners.
By: William B. Depasupil
MANILA, Philippines — A broad coalition of labor organizations has moved to intervene in the legal battle over Metro Manila's historic ₱85 daily minimum wage increase, asking the Regional Trial Court in Navotas to dismiss outright a petition seeking to suspend the wage order and arguing that the court has no jurisdiction over wage-fixing disputes.
By: Javier Joe Ismael, William B. Depasupil
The Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Sentro, Partido Manggagawa, National Federation of Labor, Unified Filipino Service Workers, Kapatiran, Philippine Metal Workers’ Alliance, Workers and Peasants Party, Kamanggagawa Party-list and several enterprise unions filed an urgent motion to intervene, accompanied by an opposition to any status quo ante order, temporary restraining order or injunction against NCR Wage Order 27.
