INQToday: Comelec junks refiled DQ case vs Erwin Tulfo
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the disqualification case refiled against Senator-elect Erwin Tulfo.
The first disqualification case filed by petitioners was dismissed due to failure of providing proof of service of the petition with complete annexes to the respondent.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition for disqualification against the Bagong Henerasyon Party-List, also known as BH Party List.
In a document released on Friday, the Comelec 1st Division presided over by Commissioner Aimee Ferolino said upon scrutiny of the submitted petition and its attachments, it appears that the petitioner allegedly furnished the respondents their respective copies of the petition via registered mail.
The National Maritime Council (NMC) is “gravely concerned” over an incident where the China Coast Guard (CCG) water cannoned and sideswiped a Philippine research ship in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ships BRP Datu Sanday (MMOV 3002) and BRP Datu Pagbuaya (MMOV 3003) were on a routine marine scientific research mission near Pag-asa Cay 2 (Sandy Cay) on Wednesday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed former President Rodrigo Duterte’s complaints against former Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and ranking police officials over the search for now-detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy in Davao City last year.
In a 14-page joint resolution dated May 13, acting Davao City Prosecutor Angelica Laygo-Francisco said the complaints were “bereft of the essential elements” of the crimes of malicious mischief and violation of domicile needed to indict the accused.
