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President Benigno S. Aquino III witnesses the change of command ceremony of Philippine National Police with former PNP Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina ceding to newly appointed Chief Police Director Ricardo Marquez the symbolic Transformation Torch during the PNP Change of Command Ceremony and Retirement Honors for P/DDG Leonardo Espina at the Multi-Purpose Center, Camp Crame in Quezon City on Thursday (July 16). (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ricardo Marquez on Tuesday assured the public that investigation on the alleged anomalies surrounding the so-called “White House” in Camp Crame will continue even if it has now become his official residence. Marquez said the Ombudsman has meted out administrative sanctions in connection with the donations gathered for the White House’s construction in 2013. At the time, the occupant of the two-story residence was then-PNP Chief Director General Alan Purisima. In late June, the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal of Purisima and 10 other police officials over another controversy – entering into an allegedly anomalous contract with service courier Werfast Documentary Agency (Werfast) in 2011. “Nagkaroon na ng administrative decision ang Ombudsman. ‘Yung mga pinaniniwalaang sangkot doon ay nabigyan na ng kaparusahan at ang alam ko ay parang administrative remedies ang ginagawa ngayon,” Marquez said. Asked if the investigation on the White House’s controversy will continue, Marquez replied in the affirmative. The White House landed in the headlines last year after reports surfaced that its construction cost reportedly reached around P20 million. PNP director Read More …

By SCE Newsroom Staff SCE crews help restore power to downtown Long Beach. Photo: Ernesto Sanchez/SCE Southern California Edison (SCE) crews have restored service to all customers affected by the Long Beach outage. Some customers who had been on SCE-provided generators have had their power transferred back from the generator to the SCE system. Additional outages may occur as a result of the current rain storm. If you are still without power, please reset your circuit breakers. If your power remains off, call SCE Customer Service at 1-800-655-4555. Representatives can help walk you through the circuit breaker procedure or identify if another issue exists. Once power is fully restored to the area, final repairs on the system will continue for the near future until the system is returned to its full operational capacity, so residents may continue to see SCE crews working in the area. SCE thanks the city of Long Beach, and its dedicated staff, for its cooperation during this incident, and for the especially important safety efforts of first responders in the Long Beach Fire and Police departments. The outages began at 3:08 p.m. Wednesday. They appear to be the result of failure of equipment in the underground system in the downtown area where several underground vaults were damaged. Underground systems are more difficult to evaluate, test and repair than overhead wires and work is progressing as quickly and as safely as possible. Customers may inquire about outages at 1-800-611-1911 and get the latest information from the outage page at www.sce.com/outages or by downloading the SCE outages Read More …

By Daniel HICKS Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao (right) poses with the head of Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto during a courtesy call in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday. Pacquiao earlier visited convicted Filipino drug mule Mary Jane Veloso at an Indonesian prison. (MNS photo) Macau, Macau (AFP)  – Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum has blasted the injured Manny Pacquiao for missing a planned rehab visit to his doctor and says he has no idea when “Pacman” might return to the ring. After watching Argentina’s Cesar Cuenca beat China’s “IK” Yang to lift the IBF junior welterweight title in Macau’s Cotai Arena on Saturday night, the 83-year-old Top Rank chief Arum responded angrily when asked when Pacquiao might fight again. “As far as I’m concerned he’s not an active fighter,” said Arum, adding that Pacquiao had “not been acting very professionally.” Pacquiao had surgery on May 7 to repair a torn right shoulder rotator cuff sustained in the unanimous points defeat against Floyd Mayweather in the richest fight of all time in Las Vegas five days earlier. But Arum confirmed the Philippines congressman cancelled a planned check-up with his surgeon Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles on July 4. “Pacquiao was supposed to come over to see the doctor and for some reason he decided to cancel it,” Arum told AFP. “So he’s not acting very professionally.” Just days after he had been due to see the surgeon, Pacquiao instead travelled to Indonesia in a Read More …

Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada turnover a key to the city of Manila to President of the French Republic Francois Hollande during the wreath laying ceremony at the Rizal Monument in Manila (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Former President and incumbent Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Monday said he wants to hear the platforms first of Senator Grace Poe and Vice President Jejomar Binay before throwing his support to either of them in 2016. In a weekly news form in Manila, Estrada said platforms weigh more to him that his close ties with Poe and Binay. “At the end of the day, titignan ko kung sino ang higit na makatutulong sa higit na nakararami, for the greatest good of the greatest number—the masses,” said Estrada, whose pro-poor stance catapulted him to the presidency in 1998. He also reiterated that he is torn between Poe and Binay as both are close to him. “Si Vice President Binay kumpareng buo ko. Si Senator Grace, inaanak ko sa kasal, anak ba ng kaibigang matalik ko,” he said, referring to Poe’s father, the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. “Mahihirapan ako but I have to decide,” Estrada said. “Kung sino ang nakikita kong maganda ang plataporma, ‘yun ang susuportahan ko sa huli. I owe it to the people of the Philippines. Hindi dahil sa kumpare o inaanak ko [ay] susuportahan na agad. Kung sino ang makapagbibigay ng makabubuti sa bayan, doon ako pupunta,” he added. The former President said he will support the candidate whose Read More …

Kathryn Bernardo (MNS photo) TEEN Queen Kathryn Bernardo claimed the 17th spot among sexiest Filipinas in popular men’s magazine FHM. In a television interview, Bernardo said she is grateful for being included in the list. “Well thank you, of course, sa pag-include nila sa ‘kin. Nakakagulat,” she said. She believes that being sexy is not just having a good physical appearance but also about carrying one’s self. Meanwhile, the Teen Queen renewed her multi-picture contract with Star Cinema. She is set to do another film with perennial leading man Daniel Padilla. Bernardo however said she is also open to working with other actors. (MNS)