Inmates practice their dance steps for “Together in Electric Dreams,” a chosen homage to the inmates’ fans, at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu. Up to 1,500 march and clap in unison as they perform precision dance routines with the Village People’s “In the Navy” and “YMCA” pounding from six well-worn black speakers. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- A former member of Representative Antonio Cuenco’s staff has surfaced to say that almost P3 million from the congressman’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2004 went to “ghost purchases.”
James Yrastorza, who used to head the Cebu City south district congressman’s medical mission office at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), said Wendell Villacin, owner of Dell Pharmacy and exclusive supplier of the medicines used in Cuenco’s P30-million medical program, facilitated the ghost purchases.
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo transferred the head of the Philippine Army to the restive southern Philippines on Saturday after the deaths of 26 soldiers in attacks by suspected Islamic militants.
BAGUIO CITY –- Top police officials will appear before the City Council’s regular session on Monday to explain the proliferation of illegal gambling activities in the city.
DAVAO CITY -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the four provinces in the Davao Region agreed to strengthen the tourism industry and make the region a primary international destination.
