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(Eagle News) — It’s a “desperate” stunt. This was how the camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno described lawyer Larry Gadon’s filing of a criminal complaint against her on Friday. “Indeed, desperate times call for desperate measures,” Atty. Josa Deinla, one of the Chief Justice’s spokespersons, said in a statement. She said Gadon filed the complaint because he “knows that he still has nothing on the Chief Justice after all the undeserved attention that his […]
(Eagle News) — The Rappler case does not involve the issue of press freedom. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday said that allegations that it involved such were therefore merely “fake news.” “(It’s) about avarice for money that violates the (Constitution) and the laws of the land,” he said. Roque noted that the decision to revoke Rappler’s registration was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission “manned by (former President Noynoy) Aquino appointees.” “(I will give) […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee has once again summoned former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to its hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. But his lawyer, Jose Diño, has said he doubted his client would attend the hearing slated on Monday, January 29. “He will maintain, I think, his right to his personal dignity, specifically his right not be browbeaten (again) with hopelessly, unprovable, and garbage allegations,” Diño said. Faeldon, who is […]
(Eagle News) — A criminal complaint has been filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for her alleged non-filing of her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth for 17 years. Lawyer Larry Gadon filed the complaint for violation of Republic Act 6713 and Republic 3019 before the Department of Justice on Friday. According to Gadon, Sereno only filed her SALN in 1998, 2002 and 2006, even when she served as a law […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace is backing the Office of the Solicitor General’s decision to ask the Supreme Court’s help in seeking the filing of homicide charges against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. “The Solicitor General as counsel of the Government is correct. There ought to be accountability for those responsible for the SAF 44 debacle,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, referring to the 44 […]
(Eagle News) – The National Telecommunications Commission’s “failure to maintain an effective competition among private entities in the use of communication and radio facilities” needs to be addressed prior to the entry of the third telco company. Tarlac 2nd District Rep. Victor A. Yap said this was to ensure that the third player will not be “eaten by the existing telco giants.” “The entry of a new player will not only provide competition to the existing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated an officer-in-charge at the Commission on Higher Education. Duterte named Commissioner Prospero de Vera at the helm of the CHEd, following chair Patricia Licuanan’s resignation amid allegations she went on questionable foreign trips. “Although I vehemently deny the accusations against me, it is time to resign as my continued presence in CHED is inimical to the interest of the institution,” Licuanan had said. The appointment paper of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iniimbestigahan ng Labor Attaché sa Kuwait ang pagkamatay ng mga OFW sa Kuwait. Ito ay batay sa atas na rin ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) na naging bunsod ng deployment ban sa Kuwait. Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, binigyan niya ng isang linggo hanggang 15 araw ang Labor Attaché doon para magsagawa ng imbestigasyon. Nito lamang Miyerkules, nagbabala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na aalisin ang lahat […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is a target of the Islamic State during his official trip to India, a publication from the Philippines’ neighboring country said. But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President–who is slated to attend Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi today—remained unfazed despite the report published by The Print. “(President Duterte) will not cower to threats from ISIS nor any other terrorist groups,” Roque said. According to the presidential spokesperson, […]
(Eagle News) — “He made himself look incompetent.” Former President Benigno Aquino III had this to say to former Special Action Force chief Getulio Napeñas , who earlier criticized the former chief executive for making him and other top officials who led the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 “incompetent.” “He made himself look incompetent, because he actually performed incompetent,” Aquino told reporters. According to Aquino, Napeñas was to be blamed for what happened. “May tiwala akong honorable […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice on Thursday said that the Supreme Court has yet to act on the prosecutors’ bid to transfer the venue of the cases filed in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Rosanne Elepano-Balauag said in a letter sent to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II that the SC has “not resolved the prosecution’s request” for the transfer of venue from Cotabato […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Thursday thanked the government for supporting and promoting the passage of a Bangsamoro Basic Law. MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, who held a dialogue with Senators Sonny Angara, chairman of the committee on local government; Juan Miguel Zubiri, JV Ejercito and Risa Hontiveros in their camp in Sultan Kudarat Maguindanao, also expressed hope that the measure, once passed, will not suffer the […]
