Thai king strips consort of titles for ‘disloyalty’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:45:55 +0000

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for “disloyalty” and apparent “ambition” to match the Queen’s position, a royal command issued late Monday said, less than 3 months after she was bestowed with the honor. Former royal bodyguard Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi — known by her nickname “Koi” — was gifted the […]

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Bangladeshi lawmaker hired 8 lookalikes to take her place in exams

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:33:41 +0000

A Bangladeshi lawmaker has been expelled from university after allegedly hiring as many as eight lookalikes to take exams in her place, officials said Monday. Tamanna Nusrat, from the ruling Awami League party, is accused of paying the lookalikes to pretend to be her in at least 13 tests. The scandal emerged after private broadcaster […]

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Cavs, Kamao still unbeaten in UNTV Cup

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:26:46 +0000

Defending champion Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Malacañang-Philippine Sports Commission defeated their rivals Sunday and stayed unbeaten in their respective group elims in the 8th UNTV Cup at the Pasig City Sports Center. The AFP Cavaliers rode on the hot shooting of former Letran star Boyet Bautista to beat the Department of Agriculture […]

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3 cops involved in Antipolo drug raid dismissed

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:24:17 +0000

Three of the 13 policemen implicated in the recycling of more than 160 kilos of shabu they seized in the Pampanga drug raid in 2013 were ordered dismissed from the service. But their dismissal is not in connection with the Pampanga drug raid but with the anomalous drug raid in Antipolo City in May this […]

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Korean teacher wanted for fraud arrested

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:33:27 +0000

    Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a Korean teacher wanted by authorities in Seoul for swindling two compatriots of more than 100 million won, or roughly US$85,000. BI fugitive search unit chief Bobby Raquepo said 49-year-old Kim Sang Wook was arrested in Malvar Street, Malate, Manila last Tuesday. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente […]

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NBI tapped to probe Yuson’s slay

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:01:06 +0000

  Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a case build-up on the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III in Sampaloc, Manila, last October 9. NBI Director Dante A. Gierran has also been ordered to file appropriate charges against persons found […]

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New Jones Bridge lamp posts wow commuters

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:36:22 +0000

Newly-installed ornate lamp posts that line Jones Bridge in Manila are catching the attention of commuters and pedestrians. The street lights were reportedly designed and built by Jerry Acuzar, the architect behind Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bataan.He was hired by the City’s administrator as consultant. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno earlier said that Chinese […]

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Baby boy found dead near sugarcane field in Negros Occidental

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 03:03:18 +0000

By GLAZYL MASCULINO   BACOLOD CITY – A baby boy wrapped in manila paper was found dead Wednesday at Hacienda Sta. Maria, Barangay Zone 15, in  Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Maj. Jigger Gimeno, city police chief, said the baby, believed to be between five to six months old, was left on a roadside near a sugarcane […]

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Nurse, pal arrested for selling shabu via dating apps

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:18:23 +0000

  By ALEXANDRIA SAN JUAN   Police learned that drug dealers are now using dating applications to sell illegal substances after a 34-year-old nurse and his companion were arrested Wednesday for  peddling shabu online in Quezon City. Arrested during the buy-bust operation of Quezon City Police District’s Project 4 Police Station (PS-8) were Rowell Pagsolingan, […]

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