ADVERTISEMENTPresidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the assurance following the SWS survey, which showed that joblessness increased by 2.3 points from the previous quarter. “The Palace is seriously looking at the third quarter 2018 survey conducted by the SWS showing adult joblessness at 22 percent and is continuously finding ways to improve the local employment situation,” he said in a statement. “Obviously, all these allegations against Mislatel is not only baseless, but is utterly malicious,” said John Coluso, the company’s lawyer. According to their death certificates, Unas, Macapendeg and Guinaid died on April 14, 2014, Dec. 13, 2015, and July 28, 2016, respectively. But Ombudsman prosecutors still named the three as coaccused in the graft, malversation and falsification charges filed against Ampatuan in April 2017.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 11, 2018 21:32 UTC