ILOILO CITY – A Regional Trial Court (RTC) has junked a petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the redevelopment of two public markets in Iloilo City by SM Prime Holdings Inc.
THE Central Market is one of the two public markets in Iloilo City that will be redeveloped by SM Prim
OF TREES AND FOREST
Today, June 15, is the birthday of my friend, the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. She would have been 77 years old and I imagine still as feisty and loving as I remember her. In my mind, Miriam occupies a place in the pantheon of great men and women this nation has ever p
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Iligan City has convicted a man and his female accomplice for sexually exploiting their relatives for online trade. In a statement on Wednesday, anti-online sexual exploitation on children watchdog International Justice Mission (IJM) said the RTC Branch 2 has found the man guilty of sexually exploiting his sister, who was then 14 years old in July 2021. The court also convicted the accused for offering his underage female cousin and another female minor for online sexual exploitation. IJM withheld the name of the man and his accomplice to protect the identity of the victims, and also as part of trial courts' policy on cases involving minor victims. Since the accused pleaded guilty to the accusations on a plea bargain hearing on November 18, the court sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment for attempted trafficking under Republic Act (RA) 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. The accused was also ordered to pay a fine of P