All local execs, units told to publicly disclose finance, budgets
In a bid to promote transparency, the Department of the Interior and Local Government ordered all local government officials and units to publicly disclose all their financial transactions and budget reports... read more>>

Aquino vows stronger PNP, AFP
President Aquino has vowed to enhance the capabilities of the military and the police, including the hiring of new recruits and purchasing of equipment, next year. The DILG would receive P88.2 billion to ensure peace and order and public safety. To enhance the BJMP, the government also plans to spend P1.3 billion for the hiring of 500 jail officers, the purchase of 500 short firearms, and funding for subsistence and medicine allowances of detainees... read more>>

Prisoners gain freedom to vote
The BJMP said that inmates can now decide the fate of local candidates in the next local elections citing that the 20,000 detainees who registered for the May 10 national elections and the newly registered inmate voters is enough to make a difference in the next elections.

Director Rosendo Dial, BJMP chief, cited the turnaround on how powerful detainees' votes have become in the making or unmaking of local leaders and their political adversaries.

Dial said that the number of inmate voters and the addition of the newly registered prisoner voters are enough to alter the result of the elections considering the thin gap between political candidates' number of votes... read more>>

Bagong panganak na miyembro ng Morong 43 pinayagan sa PGH
Dahil na rin sa hindi pagtutol ng prosekusyon ay pinayagan na ng korte ang isa sa mga miyembro ng Morong 43 na nanganak kamakailan na makapanatili pansamantala sa Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Sa desisyon na ipinalabas ng Morong Regional Trial Court ay pinayagan nitong manatili sa loob ng susunod na tatlong buwan si Judilyn Oliveros sa PGH kasama ang bagong silang na sanggol nito... read more>>

Livelihood behind bars
Inmates at the Maghaway Talisay City Jail use peels as a source of sustainable livelihood. The fruit peels are used for composting and vermi-compost fertilizer, explained Talisay City Jail Warden Chief insp. Renante Rubio. Started two years ago, the program uses artificially cultivated worms that convert organic garbage like fruit peels into useful fertilizer...read more>>

Sept. 10 recommended as Eid'l Fitr non-working holiday
With Ramadan about to end in less than 10 days, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), headed by Secretary Bai Omera D. Dianalan Lucman, has recommended to Malacañang Sept. 10 as the date for the Eid'l Fitr national holiday, the Islamic festival of renewal, reconciliation, and peace that marks the end of the holy month of fasting.

The NCMF has not yet received any response from Malacañang as of Tuesday, although a Cabinet official was heard on e radio a week ago, saying the Palace is studying whether to declare Eid'l Fitr a holiday... read more>>