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Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) task force against vote-buying has endorsed to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) a report about suspicious bank withdrawals during the election period. In a press briefing on Thursday, Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco was asked if they have received a report from AMLC or the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on the use of electronic wallets for vote-buying. “As to report coming from them, wala pa… Kami po ay nag-endorse sa AMLC. Kasi po mayroon pong liham na ipinarating sa amin ‘yung isang abogado regarding what they called suspicious withdrawals sa isang bangko and that’s the one that we endorsed to them,” Laudiangco shared. (As for reports coming from them, none… We endorsed a report to AMLC. A lawyer sent us a letter regarding what they called suspicious withdrawals in a bank and that’s the one that we endorsed to them.) “Nai-endorse na po ng Task … [Read more...] about Comelec task force endorses report of fishy bank withdrawals to AMLC

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin This week, Colorado's lawmakers passed a Senate bill ( SB-205 ) to allow the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to limit the sale of delta-8 THC products and create a task force to study intoxicating hemp products and, meanwhile, focus on consumer protection. The task force will submit a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2023. It will comprise 20 members, including state government representatives, experts in cannabis and industrial hemp regulation, and other stakeholders. The bill also allocates $587,347 to the Colorado attorney general's office to focus on the general consumer protection from synthetic hemp-derived intoxicating products, including delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC. The measure was introduced in the Colorado legislature last month and aimed to ban any intoxicating cannabis product that isn't produced by a state-licensed cannabis business or sold at a licensed dispensary. … [Read more...] about Colorado To Create A Task Force To Study Cannabis Delta-8 THC Products

KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will establish a task force to look into long-standing strata issues in the city, including those related to joint management bodies and management corporations. Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said the task force would comprise technical officers and its commissioner of building department amid rising strata-related complaints within private strata properties in the city. “This (strata) is an issue we are looking at closely at the moment. “It is part of our duty to ensure that residents and strata management are aware of their responsibilities and carry out their duties accordingly. “When issues arise, we need to find a new and more permanent solution,” he said after attending DBKL’s “Majlis Semarak Aidil Fitri Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur” in Cheras yesterday. He said City Hall had received many reports on ineffective strata management as well as those related to maintenance and cleanliness problems which had to be resolved. … [Read more...] about Mahadi: City Hall setting up task force to address strata issues

- A + A RUSKA LOZOVA, Ukraine (May 16): Ukraine counter-attacked Russian forces on the eastern front on Monday with fighting reported near its second-largest city of Kharkiv, after Western military agencies said Moscow's offensive in the Donbas region had stalled. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Vadym Denisenko said in televised comments that fighting near Kharkiv was "our counter-offensive". "It can no longer be stopped ... Thanks to this, we can go to the rear of the Russian group of forces," he said. The governor of the Luhansk region in the Donbas, Serhiy Gaidai, said the situation "remains difficult", with Russian forces trying to capture the town of Sieverodonetsk. He said leaders of the Lugansk People's Republic, the territory in Luhansk controlled by Russian-backed separatists, declared a general mobilisation, adding it was "either fight or get shot, there is no other choice". In the south, fighting was raging around the city of Kherson and Russian … [Read more...] about Ukraine counter-attacks Russian forces in the east

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It’s been almost three months now since Russia invaded Ukraine , and much of the latest news coverage has been depressingly predictable. It feels like every day, foreign correspondents share word of yet another Russian atrocity . Or, of outnumbered Ukrainian defenders still hanging on. Of a new show of defiance from President Zelenskyy. More countries, like the US, sending aid packages and weapons. More fighting, more dying. Journalists tasked with reporting this story certainly want to keep readers and audiences back home invested and caring about what happens. But rather than wrap their arms around the bigness and the battles that are part of this bloody geopolitical conflict roiling part of Europe, a group of NPR veterans decided to focus on the small, and the personal. Instead of covering the war the same way as most everyone else, the journalists launched a podcast in partnership with Spotify to … [Read more...] about Ukraine Stories Podcast: NPR Veterans Deliver A Tour De Force Of Narrative Journalism

KUALA LUMPUR: Vice Admiral Datuk Roslan Mohd Yunus has been entrusted as the new National Task Force (NTF) commander to replace Vice Admiral Datuk Aris Adi Tan Abdullah who retires on Thursday (May 19). The Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters’ Public Affairs Division in a statement said that prior to this, Roslan was the Marine Region 2 commander of the Royal Malaysian Navy based in Teluk Sepanggar, Sabah before being promoted to Vice Admiral on Tuesday (May 17). "With his 42 years in the service of MAF and exemplary persona, Aris Adi Tan had been successful in uniting the 19 security and enforcement agencies into a team that could realise the national aspirations smoothly and effectively until today. "Roslan’s appointment as the new NTF commander is to ensure the continuity of Op Benteng until the National Security Council (MKN) is prepared to take over this operation from the NTF as planned, namely, on June 30, 2022," said the statement. The handing over of duties ceremony … [Read more...] about Vice Admiral Roslan is new NTF commander

Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar - A + A JOHOR BAHRU: Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Sunday (May 15) received the interim report by the Special Task Force set up by the Federal Government to review actions and legal issues regarding the Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks and South Ledge case. According to a post on Sultan of Johor's official Facebook, Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Law and Parliament) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, accompanied by Task Force Chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, presented the report during a briefing at Istana Polo here. Also present was the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi. The Cabinet on Oct 29 last year had agreed to form the Task Force, following a decision during the tenure of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2018 to drop a review application for the Pulau Batu Puteh case in the … [Read more...] about Sultan of Johor receives interim report on Pulau Batu Puteh case

The Comelec head office at the Palace del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila. (File photo from Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has endorsed the issue of increased mobile phone sales allegedly induced by massive vote-buying to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Commission on Elections (Comelec) acting spokesperson, Atty. John Rex Laudiangco, said Thursday that the PNP’s involvement in the investigation is separate from the effort of the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) as well as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to get to the bottom of the matter. “Also, for the last [Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns] meeting, we have likewise endorsed to the PNP ‘yung (the) issue po ng (of) escalation ng (on) purchases ng (of) mobile phones sa (in) Surigao del Sur at sa (and in) Agusan del Sur,” Laudiangco said in a press briefing. “So, not only is the NTC looking on it, but also the [Armed … [Read more...] about Comelec endorses mobile phone sales jump caused by vote-buying to PNP

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur—The military confirmed losing one soldier while two others were wounded in an attack by Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Sulu on Tuesday. First Lieutenant Jerrica Manongdo, spokesperson of the Army’s Joint Task Force Sulu, said they lost Private Joefrazen Tawasil, 25, of the 45th Infantry Battalion when the bandits attacked their truck while moving along Maligay Road, in Barangay Tugas, Patikul town on Tuesday night. Manongdo said the attack was carried out by gunmen under Abu Sayyaf subleader Ellam Nasirin whose forces have been feeling the pressure of continued military operations on their lair. Two of Tawasil’s companions, identified only as Privates Morales and Mulkiri, were wounded and are currently recuperating at the military station hospital in Jolo. The Joint Task Force Sulu said they were saddened over the death of Tawasil, who was among the Tausug graduates of recent military training in 2021, inspired by his brother, who is also a … [Read more...] about Soldier killed, 2 others wounded in Abu Sayyaf attack in Sulu

FIND YOUR SPOT Joggers, bikers and picnickers soak in nature’s beauty under a canopy of fire trees along University Avenue of the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City, on Sunday morning, hours before rain drenched parts of Metro Manila. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has retained the most relaxed Alert Level 1 status for the entire Metro Manila (the National Capital Region or NCR) and various provinces, cities and municipalities from May 16 to 31, Malacañang announced on Sunday. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, who is also acting presidential spokesperson, said the task force approved the recommendations for the alert levels last Saturday. He quoted the IATF secretariat as saying that following the new classifications, there are already 79 provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent component cities (ICCs), as well as 160 other cities … [Read more...] about Metro Manila, other areas stay under Alert Level 1