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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government will be forced to file a case against Sanofi Pasteur if the pharmaceutical giant will not grant a full P3.5 billion refund of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine purchase, including payment for damages from the French pharmaceutical firm. Sanofi Pasteur already paid Php 1.16 billion for the unused Dengvaxia vaccine. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III had earlier urged the Department of Health (DOH) to demand a full refund […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Statistic Authority, formerly the National Statistics Office, will implement additional charges on those who will get official documents like birth certificates. According to the PSA, this is because of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN law. Starting on February 2, 2018, there will be a Php 15 additional charge on every document which means that birth certificates will cost you Php 155 from the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros filed a bill that will alleviate the negative effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law on the prices of goods. Hontiveros said that the proposed Senate Bill 1671 or “Bawas VAT” bill will lower the value-added tax to 10% on January 1, 2019 and will eventually reach 8% by January 1, 2022. “After the recent passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Bureau of Investigation has served a warrant of arrest against one of the personalities implicated in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. The arrest warrant was served against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba in his detention cell in the Senate, where he has been in protective custody since last year, when Senate hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs started. Earlier, the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 […]
(Eagle News) — Any official who refuses to enforce the suspension order against Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang may face “administrative and criminal sanctions.” This is according to Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, who issued the statement after the Office of the Ombudsman said it would not implement the suspension order issued by the Office of the President. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said that the order was unconstitutional. “The suspension should be implemented by the Office […]
Assailed evidence came from the tribunal, a Marcos spokesperson says (Eagle News) — The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday accused Vice President Leni Robredo of “dishonoring” the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Lawyer Victor Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, said Robredo did this when her lawyer Romulo Macalintal accused the former senator of “tampering evidence” in support of Marcos’ electoral protest against her. Macalintal was referring to the ballots which Marcos showed the media in a […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday welcomed what a narcotics official said was the United States’ support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. “These efforts are anchored on respect for human rights, cognizant of our obligation to protect our people’s right to life and to live in peace and security,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement after James Walsh, deputy assistant state secretary in the international narcotics and law enforcement bureau, said the […]
(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales finally broke her silence on Malacanang’s suspension of Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, saying that the move was unconstitutional. According to Morales, the Supreme Court already declared “the administrative disciplinary jurisdiction of the President over deputy ombudsmen” as such in 2014, in the case Gonzales III vs Office of the President. As such, her office said the order would not be enforced. “The Ombudsman cannot, therefore, seriously place at risk […]
Department of Health officials on Wednesday denied there was a “mafia” in the agency and that there was a “missing” fund for Dengvaxia. “Your honor, as far as I am concerned — and given that I am only in the DOH the second time for the last three months — I see no documents nor evidence that would point out to the existence of a mafia in the DOH,” Duque said when asked by Senator […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer for Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday slammed Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy after she accused the second highest-ranking official in the country of being a “purveyor of fake news” in a Senate hearing on Tuesday. “If this is the Lorraine Badoy who insisted that a high school class project was an ‘LP publication,’ and, when corrected, refused to accept her mistake and tried to bully Jillian Robredo and her high school […]
(Eagle News) — Kabilang ang Palawan sa listahan ng mga lugar na may “bluest water in the world” ng Travel + Leisure magazine. Inilarawan sa artikulo ang Palawan bilang islang binabalutan ng asul na tubig, coral reefs, lagoon coves at mga lihim na beach. Kabilang dito ang El Nido, Linapacan Island at Puerto Princesa Underground River. Kasama rin ang Palawan sa listahan ng “The 15 Best Beach Destinations to Visit in January” ng magazine dahil […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Handang harapin ng Malacañang ang anumang impeachment case na isasampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kaugnay ng pagsuspinde kay Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang. Ito ang tugon ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque sa pahayag ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na impeachable offense ang ginawa ng Office of the President na pagsuspende kay Carandang dahil mayroong jurisprudence ang Korte Suprema noong 2014 na pumabor sa apela ni Deputy Ombudsman Emelio […]
