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MANILA, Philippines --- Even the party-mate of expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. believes that the proceedings leading to his expulsion were fair, adding that lawmakers are required to be present when work calls. In an interview on Wednesday, Rizal 1st District Rep. Michael John Duavit revealed that there were already suggestions to remove Teves from the House of Representatives' roll early into the issue, but it was deferred in hopes that the lawmaker would attend the proceedings. Both Duavit and Teves belong to the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). "I think that yeah, I believe they were fair. Makikita naman do'n sa body eh (We can see that i...

Keep on reading: Teves party-mate says hearings, expulsion fair: When work calls, you should be present

MANILA, Philippines --- The death of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar, who was allegedly killed by six Navotas policemen last August 2, is not an accident but an act of murder, according to Caloocan Bishop and Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Pablo Virgilio David. David said this during a funeral mass on Wednesday,ashe likened the death of Baltazar to 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos, who was also killed by law enforcers six years ago today in a police operation along Barangay 160, Caloocan City. "Alam natin lahat na ang nangyari kay Jemboy ay nangyari na rin sa mas kilalang biktima na mistaken identity si Kian Delos Santos at nakapangingilabot i...

Keep on reading: CBCP president: Death of Jemboy Baltazar in Navotas not accident but murder

  MANILA, Philippines ---Several irregularities were observed in the mistaken identity killing of Jemboy Baltazar in Navotas City, such as the involved police officers' unnecessary use of "lethal approach" to apprehend the victim, Senator Raffy Tulfo said on Wednesday. In his privilege speech delivered in a plenary session on Wednesday, Tulfo explained that various approaches are observed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) during an operation. "In the 2021 Revised PNP Operational Procedures Manual, they introduced the Use of Force Continuum policy. Here, we see the three approaches for the Use of Force Continuum, starting with Non-Lethal Approach, moving to Less Le...

Keep on reading: Tulfo hits Navotas cops’ lapses in fatal mistaken identity shooting

Distributors of the film "Third World Romance," starring Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon, were summoned by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) after an uncensored trailer was released without the agency's review. The MTRCB through chairperson Diorella "Lala" Sotto-Antonioreleased a "Notice to Appear and Testify" to the film's distributors on Wednesday, Aug. 16, citing the distribution of an "unclassified and unrated version" of the trailer which contains the scene where Dizon said the expletive "p*t*ng *n*". "It has come to our attention that an unclassified and unrated version of the trailer of 'Third World Romance' with the expletive phrase p*t*ng ...

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MANILA, Philippines --- The expulsion of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. from the House of Representatives' roll marks a dark day for the rule of law, his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said on Wednesday. In a statement, Topacio said that the House committee on ethics and privileges --- which recommended Teves' expulsion --- was a mere kangaroo court. "Today is a dark day for the rule of law and the dawning of a new age of the tyranny of the majority, where might is right and the prevailing principle is the Law of Force rather than the Force of Law," Topacio said. Teves was expelled from the House roll after 265 lawmakers voted in favor of adopting ...

Keep on reading: Teves’ House expulsion a dark day for rule of law, says lawyer

HONG KONG, China -Hong Kong's stock exchange operator reported a "strong" first-half net profit of HK$6.31 billion ($807 million) on Wednesday, up 31 percent from the same period last year despite IPO activity being impacted by "global market fragility". It was a "good half year for HKEX, despite continued global macro uncertainty", bourse chief executive Nicolas Aguzin said in the earnings report. First-half revenue rose 18 percent year on year to $1.4 billion. The bourse attributed the strong revenue result -- its "second best ever" -- to a $345 million net investment income buoyed by high interest rates, and the strong performance of its external portfolio. "In the f...

Keep on reading: Hong Kong exchange posts 31% rise in H1 profit despite IPO malaise